Peace Index - July 2019
- Most of the public rejects the pledge of loyalty to Netanyahu signed by Likud candidates to the Knesset, and this includes a sizable minority of Likud voters. If Netanyahu is unable to form the next government, there is similar support among the Jewish public for giving the mandate either to another Likud Knesset member or to Benny Ganz. In the first case, Gidon Saar is the candidate most popular among the general public as well as among Likud voters.
- The public remains stable in its opposition to legislation that will prevent the prime minister from standing trial, and this is also true among a small majority of Likud voters.
- Like last month’s index, most of the Jewish public prefer formation of a government under the Likud following the coming elections and would rather have a government without the ultra-Orthodox parties, while the Arab public would prefer a center-left government. Support for a unity government between the Likud and the Blue-White Party fell among the Jewish public in comparison with the June index. However, the accepted appraisal among the general public remains that the Likud will most likely form the next government with the ultra-Orthodox parties following the election.
- The public believes that Ethiopians receive the most discriminatory treatment by the Israeli police, and that following them, in descending order, are Israeli Arabs, ultra-Orthodox and women.
- The general Israeli population places economic and social issues at the top of their list of priorities for the coming government. Achieving peace with the Palestinians as a single issue is least important among the Jewish public and most important among the Arab public.
- The Jewish public is divided in their preference for a solution to the conflict with the Palestinians: The two-state solution is preferred by the left-wing and center, and continuing the existing situation is preferred by the moderate right-wing. Annexation of the territories is the solution preferred by the right-wing. The Arab public comprehensively supports the two-state solution. However, a majority of each of these groups believes that the existing situation will continue for the foreseeable future.
