Majority of Israelis think peace agreement with Palestinians would improve Jewish state’s international standing

Fifty-eight percent of Israelis think that signing a peace agreement with the Palestinians would positively contribute to Israel’s international standing, the latest Peace Index from the Israel Democracy Institute’s Guttman Center finds.

Fifty-six percent of Israelis say that a unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank would not improve Israel’s international status.

Fifty-one and a half percent think that the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement is only moderately successful in damaging Israel’s international status.

Ninety-five percent of the Israeli public thinks that the United States is Israel’s most friendly ally, followed by India (62%) and Germany (58%). Only 22% of the Israeli public thinks that Egypt is a friendly ally. On the list of countries that are neither friendly nor hostile, the survey finds UK (33%) and Russia (38%). As for China, 50% of the the Israeli public thinks that it is friendly toward Israel, and 43% think that it is neither friendly nor hostile.