Peace Index - May 2020
- Regarding the corona crisis, about half of the Israeli public believes that the economic-social costs do not justify the government policy adopted to deal with the crisis.
- Independent business owners, and to a lesser extent, the elderly are perceived as those who were forced to pay too high a price in dealing with the corona crisis in contrast to salaried workers and young people who are perceived as those who paid a fair price.
- The Ministries of Health, Finance and Education, as well as the police, are not viewed as having succeeded in balancing between the health needs and the economic-social needs of the Israeli public.
- Trust in Netanyahu and Ganz are at a serious low point. In addition, half of the public do not trust the state attorney general and they are divided evenly between those who express trust in the Supreme Court and those who express lack of trust.
- The public are in disagreement about the establishment of the rotation government. The High Court of Justice ruling that enabled Netanyahu to form a coalition and the shortening of the governmental term to three years were met with opposition by about half of the public. At the same time, a large majority opposes the inflated size of the government.
- The two-state solution is still relatively the most favored solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while the solution involving annexation of the territories and granting limited rights to the Palestinians receives support from less than a third of the public.
