Peace Index - December 2020
Peace Index- December 2020
- Two-thirds of the Jewish public in Israel support the advancement of a proposed bill that would prevent a person accused of a criminal act from serving a prime minister and a bill that would limit a prime minister from serving more than two terms of office. A similar majority exists for the first proposed bill of the two among the Arab public.
- Almost half of the Jewish public prefer that someone other than Netanyahu serve as prime minister after the coming election, and about a quarter do not know who they would prefer as prime minister. In addition, a bit more than half of this public would be interested in a unity government.
- More than half of the Arab public do not know who they would prefer to head the government and what kind of government they would wish to see after the coming elections.
- A similar proportion of the Jewish public (about 40%) feel that the recent peace agreements signed with Arab governments will not affect or advance the chances to solve the conflict with the Palestinians. The Jewish public is divided in its opinion, in accord with their political identification, considering the question of how the regime change in the United States will affect the chances for renewing negotiations with the Palestinians.
- It seems clear that recent events have posed many question marks for the Arab public about a solution to the conflict with the Palestinians. Many feel that they do not know what effect the recent peace agreements will have, while half do not know what effect the regime change in the United States will have with regard to the conflict. A higher percentage than usual also do not know how to answer the question about their preferred settlement to the conflict and which of the solutions has the best chance at being realized.
- Most of the general Israeli opinion holders believe that vaccination against corona should be encouraged using incentives and only a small minority support imposition of sanctions on those who do not wish to be vaccinated.
- Most of the Jewish public support transmitting vaccines to the Palestinian Authority with limiting conditions, while half of the Arab public support immediate transmission of vaccines to the Palestinian Authority with no limiting conditions.
