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National Security Index:                                                            What is the central element responsible
Public Opinion Survey                                                                for the weakened sense of solidarity?

The sense of solidarity in Israeli                                                  Tension between right and left                       40%
     society has weakened

30%

                                                                                    Religious-secular relations     23%

                                                                                                    11%

                                                                                    Israeli-Palestinian conflict

                                          70%                                                   10%

                                                                                    Gaps between rich and poor

                         Agree                                                                8%
                         Disagree
                                                                                    Jewish-Arab relations

                                                                                              8%

                                                                                    Tension between conservative and liberal worldviews

                                          Israel can confront the following challenges successfully:

Jewish respondents only

                             81%          73% 72% 62%                                                               56% 55%

                         Ongoing severe    Escalation on      Polarization between    Corruption                 International   Reduced support
                          terror attacks  all fronts at once     different sectors  in government                  isolation    by the United States

Over several decades, the Institute for National Security Studies has conducted public opinion polls on issues related
to Israel’s national security. The most recent poll was conducted in November 2019 and included some 70 questions;
field work was done by Pori. The INSS public opinion project is headed by Zipi Israeli.

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