Peace Index Report: Israeli Arabs Appreciate Country's Achievements More than Jews

An assessment of Israel’s achievements in different fields based on the views of Israeli Jews and Arabs in April, 2017, reveals that on many key issues Arabs are more appreciative of their condition and more optimistic about their country's future than Jews.

The Peace Index, a project of the Evens Program for Mediation and Conflict Resolution at Tel Aviv University and the Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research of the Israel Democracy Institute, was conducted by telephone and Internet on April 25-26, 2017, by the Midgam Research Institute. The survey included 600 respondents—500 Jews and 100 Arabs—who constitute a representative national sample of the adult population of Israel aged 18 and over. The maximum measurement error for the entire sample is ±4.1% at a confidence level of 95%. Statistical processing was done by Ms. Yasmin Alkalay.

The graph of how Jews and Arabs assess Israel’s achievements included the following fields: Maintaining of Country's Security; Medicine and Health; Maintaining Economic Stability; Education and Science; Attentiveness to what Citizens Want; and Reducing Social Gaps.

Here is how Jews and Arabs feel about the above topics (the higher the percentage, the more positive the feelings):

Maintaining of Country's Security – Jews: 83% Arabs: 74%

Medicine and Health – Jews: 67% Arabs: 93%

Maintaining Economic Stability – Jews: 60% Arabs: 74.4%

Education and Science – Jews: 59% Arabs: 71%

Attentiveness to what Citizens Want – Jews: 22% Arabs: 46%

Reducing Social Gaps – Jews: 19% Arabs: 46%