More than 80% of Israelis think a settlement is unlikely judicial reform April 2023 will reach between the coalition and the opposition, according to the Israeli Voice Index.
A poll conducted by the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research found that only 16% of Israelis think the matter can be compromised.
60% of Coalition voters blame the opposition and protest movement While 75% of opposition voters blamed the coalition for the lack of agreement. A small majority (53%) of respondents said they believed protests would continue even if an agreement was reached.
Slight increase in optimism about Israel’s future
Despite pessimism about the prospect of agreement, there was a slight increase among respondents in optimism about both the future of democratic rule in Israel and the future of national security, although this still represented less than a third of respondents.
According to the survey, there is a wide gap in levels of optimism about the future of the state between Jews and Arabs, with only 14% of Arabs expressing optimism about the future of democratic rule and only 9% about national security. expressed.
There is also a wide difference in levels of optimism between opposition and coalition voters, with optimism being higher among coalition voters.
Slightly fewer respondents rated the overall situation in Israel as bad or very bad (falling from 47% in February to 43.5% in April) compared to the survey two months earlier. Less than a quarter of respondents today defined the overall situation in Israel as good or very good, the lowest share since the year following the Second Lebanon War.
The proportion of Arab respondents who rated the situation in Israel as good or very good was significantly lower (8%) than Jewish respondents (24%).
A noticeable difference was also seen on this issue between men and women, with 31% of Jewish men expressing optimism about the state of Israel compared to only 18% of Jewish women and 14% of Arab men compared to only 2% of Arab women. Did. ,
Israelis everywhere concerned about rise in violent crime
The survey additionally asked respondents about rising levels of violent crime In recent months, finding that an increasing number of Israelis are concerned that they or a family member will be the victim of violent crime in the area where they live.
Among Arab respondents, older respondents expressed greater concern about being a victim of a violent crime than younger respondents, while the opposite was true among Jewish respondents.
Respondents were also asked whether they believed that the police dealt with crime in Jewish areas more thoroughly than they did in Arab areas, with 71% of Arab respondents saying they believed so and 55% Jewish respondents said the same.