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The Israel Democracy Institute released the results of its Israeli Democracy Ranking and
poll on Tuesday, revealing that 53 percent of Jewish Israelis say the government should
encourage Arabs to emigrate from Israel, and only 51% believe Jews and Arabs should
have equal rights.
The poll showed that the more religious respondents were, the less they believed Arabs
should have equal rights, with 33.5% of secular Jews opposing rights for Arabs, as
opposed to 51% of traditional Jews, 65% of religious Jews, and 72% of haredim. In
addition, 86% of Jewish Israelis believe that important decisions should be made by a
Jewish majority.
The institute's findings were presented to President Shimon Peres, Knesset speaker
Reuven Rivlin, Minister of Justice Yaakov Neeman and High Court Chief Justice Dorit
Beinisch.
Nearly half (46%) of Jewish Israelis polled said that they would not want to live near
Arabs, and 39% would be opposed to living near foreign workers or people with mental
illness. One-fourth would not want to live near a homosexual couple, and 23% opposed
having haredi neighbors.
Arabs had different preferences, with 70% opposing living near gays, 67% against haredi
neighbors and 65% against former settlers. About half (46%) would not want to be
neighbors with foreign workers.
The Israel Democracy Institute polled Jewish and Arab Israelis as to their views on and
satisfaction from democracy in Israel. The survey showed that most Israelis said Israel
should remain a democracy, while claiming that democracy in Israel is weak and
inefficient.
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