Peace Index -September 2020
- A great majority of the Israeli public considers the functioning of the Corona Cabinet, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education as mediocre and worse. In addition, only about one quarter of the respondents think that most of the public behaves according to the corona instructions.
- More than half of the public feel that the demonstrations against Netanyahu will not change his status in the short run, while the public is divided in their opinions about the how the police behave towards the demonstrators. About a third of the Jewish respondents and half of the Arab respondents support the demonstrations.
- The public is divided in accord with their political identities about a solution to the continually recurring coalition crises.
- Only a third of the public think that the police force and the legal system function in a professional way, without political bias.
- Almost half of the public support concessions holding back annexation in return for a peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates. Most respondents think that the agreement will have no effect on a solution to the conflict with the Palestinians, and more than half feel that other Arab states will follow in the footsteps of the UAE.
- This is the first time that the solutions of two states and annexation have garnered almost identical support among Jewish respondents. Nevertheless, support for negotiations with the Palestinian Authority has remained stable, although there is still disbelief that negotiations will lead to peace between the sides in the coming years.
