Hedi Viterbo
Hedi Viterbo

@HediViterbo

16 تغريدة Mar 03, 2024
What do most Israelis think about #Palestinians?
A thread 🧵
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#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank
Almost half of Israeli Jews say they don't care about the inequality between Jewish & Palestinian citizens of Israel - according to this 2011 poll:
sikkuy-aufoq.org.il
3/15
In 2004–2005, almost 1,600 Jewish high-school students in Israel were asked about their views.
This is how most of them described Palestinian citizens of Israel:
- "uncivilized" (84% of respondents)
- "unintelligent" (87%)
- "dirty" (84%)
machon-merchavim.org.il
4/15
In another poll conducted in 2004, most Jewish-Israeli youths said that Palestinian citizens of Israel should be banned from being elected to parliament:
fes-org-il-pub.s3.amazonaws.com
5/15
In a 2018 poll, four in five Jewish Israelis objected to their daughters being friends with "an Arab boy".
Also, half of the respondents opposed having "an Arab resident in their building":
idi.org.il
7/15
According to a poll conducted in May 2023, an overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis – 86% – support the continued "Judaization" of Israel (decreasing the percentage of Muslim & Christian citizens):
en.zulat.org.il
8/15
Similarly, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said in 2019:
"Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people – and them alone".
npr.org
9/15
In these videos, former soldiers admit that the Israeli military has killed #Palestinians who were already injured and posed no threat:
youtube.com
youtube.com
11/15
In 2020, thousands of people in 16 countries were asked if they opposed the use of torture.
55% of respondents worldwide said torture was never acceptable.
But among Israelis, the figure was just 23% – the lowest of all countries surveyed:
timesofisrael.com
13/15
In some of the polls that are mentioned in this thread, Palestinian citizens of Israel were asked the same questions.
Usually, their answers were much more respectful toward Jewish citizens than the other way around.
15/15

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