More Palestinians believe Israel is conducting apartheid rather than being oriented towards a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a poll conducted by the left-wing organization B’Tselem has found.
The organization is among a number of left-wing groups who have attempted to promote the idea that the Israeli government is akin to an apartheid regime.
This regime, according to NGOs like B’Tselem, rules over all the area from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing sovereign Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, including parts ruled by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.
The poll was commissioned by B’Tselem and conducted by Dahlia Scheindlin and Khalil Shikaki from February 14-19, with a 3.5% margin of error.
The poll questioned 598 Palestinians in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, 315 in the Gaza Strip, 200 Israeli-Arab Palestinians and 600 Jewish citizens of Israel. The questions were all related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, democracy or the status of Israeli-Arabs.
The results showed that, among those surveyed, 45% would consider Israel to be an apartheid regime, while only 13% believe Israel to be serious about a two-state solution to the conflict, according to B’Tselem.
The poll asked: “A regime in which one group controls, and perpetuates its control over another, through laws, practices and coercive/forced means is considered an apartheid regime. In your opinion, does this description fit or it doesn’t fit Israel?”
Only 28% of Israelis agreed with this assessment compared to 77% of the Palestinians. Among Israelis, 41% of the Arabs thought Israel was an apartheid regime compared to 25% of Jews.
Poll participants were also asked what they believed Israel wanted to do in the Palestinians territories and were asked to choose one of the following options: the continuation of Israeli military rule, two separate states, West Bank annexation or I don’t know.
Some 36% said they believed Israel wanted to maintain the status quo, with 41% of Israelis holding that position compared to 27% of Palestinians. In addition, 32% of those polled said they believed Israel wanted to annex the West Bank, with only 18% of Israelis concurring, compared with 58% of Palestinians.
Few believed – only 13% – that Israel wanted a two-state solution, with both Israelis at 12% and Palestinians at 14% having an almost equal level of disbelief.
Only 21% of Israelis said they believed Palestinians should be granted citizenship should annexation occur, with 17% of Israeli Jews and 39% of Israeli Arabs supporting such a step.
Among those Israelis polled, some 46% of Israelis said they supported the 2018 Nation-State Law which shored up Israel’s identity as the nation-state of the Jewish people. Support for the law was higher among Jewish Israelis: some 53% favored the legislation compared to the only 6% of Israeli-Arabs who supported it. Another 36% of Israelis – 29% Jews and 72% Arabs – wanted the Nation-State Law repealed.
The poll also showed that 54% of Israelis supported the idea of an Israeli-Arab party joining a government coalition, with much less Jewish Israelis concurring (49%) than their Arab counterparts (80%).
Even so, among Jewish Israelis, support for an Arab party joining the government has risen from 35% in April 2019.
“The rise was most dramatic among the Jewish right-wing and centrists, from 19% of the Right who said it was acceptable in 2019, to 31% at present; among the centrists, from [half] 50% to two-thirds (67%) at present,” B’Tselem said.
While 58% of Israelis said they believed they could find redress at the Supreme Court, only 10% of Palestinians said it was possible to seek justice there. Israeli-Arabs had more faith in the Supreme Court, with 44% stating that they trusted the court and 60% of Jewish Israelis concurring.
More Palestinians believe Israel is conducting apartheid rather than being oriented towards a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a poll conducted by the left-wing organization B’Tselem has found.The organization is among a number of left-wing groups who have attempted to promote the idea that the Israeli government is akin to an apartheid regime.
This regime, according to NGOs like B'Tselem, rules over all the area from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing sovereign Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, including parts ruled by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.
The poll was commissioned by B’Tselem and conducted by Dahlia Scheindlin and Khalil Shikaki from February 14-19, with a 3.5% margin of error.
The poll questioned 598 Palestinians in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, 315 in the Gaza Strip, 200 Israeli-Arab Palestinians and 600 Jewish citizens of Israel. The questions were all related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, democracy or the status of Israeli-Arabs.
The results showed that, among those surveyed, 45% would consider Israel to be an apartheid regime, while only 13% believe Israel to be serious about a two-state solution to the conflict, according to B’Tselem.
Those polls were asked, A regime in which one group controls, and perpetuates its control over another, through laws, practices and coercive/forced means is considered an apartheid regime. In your opinion, does this description fit or it doesn’t fit Israel?"
Only 28% of Israelis agreed with this assessment compared to 77% of the Palestinians. Among the Israelis, 41% of the Arabs thought Israel was an apartheid regime compared to 25% of Jews.
Poll participants were also asked what the believed Israel wanted to do in the Palestinians territories and were asked to chose out of the following options; the continuation of Israeli military rule, two separate states, West Bank annexation or I don't know.
Some 36% precent said they believed Israel wanted to maintain the status quo, with 41% of Israelis holding that position compared to 27% of Palestinians. In addition 32% of those polls said they believed Israel wanted to annex the West Bank, with only 18% of Israelis concurring compared with 58% of Palestinians.
Few believed, only 13%, that Israel wanted a two-state solution, with both Israelis at 12% and Palestinians at 14% at an almost equal level of disbelief.
Only 21% of Israeli said believed Palestinians should be granted citizenship should annexation occur, with 17% of Israeli Jews and 39% of Israeli Arabs supporting such a step.
Among those Israelis polled, 46% of Israelis said they supported the 2018 Nation State law which shored up Israel's identity as the nation state of the Jewish people. Support for the law was higher among Jewish Israelis, among whom 53% favored the legislation compared to the only 6% of Israeli-Arabs who supported it. Another 36% of Israelis, 29% Jews and 72% Arabs, wanted the Nation State Law repeated.
The poll also showed that 54% of Israelis supported the idea of an Israeli-Arab party joining a government coalition, with less Jewish Israelis at 49% concurring that the 80% of their Arab counterparts..
Additionally, among Jewish Israelis, support for an Arab party joining the government has risen from 35% in April 2019.
“The rise was most dramatic among the Jewish right-wing and centrists, from 19% of the Right who said it was acceptable in 2019, to 31% at present; among the centrists, from 50% (April 2019), to two-thirds (67%) at present,” B’Tselem said.
While 58% of Israelis said they believed they count find redress at the Supreme Court, only 10% of Palestinians said it was possible to seek justice there. Israeli-Arabs had more faith in the Supreme Court, with 44 percent stating that they trusted the court and 60% of Jewish Israelis concurring.