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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

IDI Israel Democracy Institute

Ultra-Orthodox men dance during a special celebration marking the end of Hanukkah, in Meron, northern Israel, on January 2, 2025. (David Cohen/Flash90)
January 9, 2025, 3:08 pm
Haredi men’s employment growth stalls, income gap with mainstream Israel widens – study
Alongside turmoil over low military draft rates, Israel Democracy Institute report raises alarm over Haredi men’s limited progress integrating into workforce
By Mati Wagner
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest outside an IDF Recruitment Center in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 1, 2025, 1:11 am
Survey: Public support for conscripting ultra-Orthodox has surged throughout war
With IDF strapped for personnel amid grueling multifront conflict, 84.5% of poll respondents back drafting Haredim, compared to 67% in January 2024
By ToI Staff
Lawmakers and ministers listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addresses the first plenum session of the Knesset’s winter 2024 legislative session, October 28, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
December 30, 2024, 9:11 pm
In rare cross-aisle cooperation, MKs back bill to penalize ministers who snub oversight
‘As of today, ministers have not answered 900 queries submitted by MKs,’ harming parliament’s capacity to watch over government, says Yesh Atid’s Lahav-Hertzanu
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 8, 2024. (Jack Guez/Pool Photo via AP)
December 29, 2024, 7:17 pm
Netanyahu is undergoing surgery. Who takes over if something goes wrong?
Amid a series of surgeries, health concerns over Israel’s leader have risen; unlike the US’s smooth succession, Israel’s process can have unintended consequences
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Jerusalem District Court during the testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan in Netanyahu's corruption trial, July 2, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
December 5, 2024, 7:31 pm
Poll: 60% pessimistic about the future of democratic governance in Israel
Israel Democracy Institute finds public split on whether PM Netanyahu can function as needed while testifying in his corruption trial; 42% of Jews support resettling Gaza
By Sam Sokol
IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon in a handout photo cleared for publication on November 10, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 10, 2024, 2:41 pm
Israelis split on pursuing diplomatic end to fighting with Hezbollah, survey finds
Israel Democracy Institute poll shows 56% think Israel should be more flexible to reach a Gaza hostage deal; more Arab than Jewish Israelis view Israel’s strikes on Iran as ‘too weak’
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers and police clash with far-right protesters, after they broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists who are suspected of abuse of a Palestinian terror suspect detained there, on July 29, 2024 (Oren Ziv / AFP)
October 7, 2024, 2:47 pm
Poll finds deep divisions on Gaza war goals as post-October 7 solidarity dissipates
A year after Hamas massacre, Israel Democracy Institute survey shows most Israelis want war to end, hostages’ return to be its primary goal — but Netanyahu’s voter base disagrees
By Michael Bachner
Israeli soldiers on guard while students arrive to their first day of school at Lev Ha'Emek School in Neot Mordechai, northern Israel, on Septmber 1, 2024.(Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
September 16, 2024, 5:09 pm
Israelis feel fractured school system cannot promote a shared identity – poll
IDI survey finds 45% of Jews, 16% of Arabs want schools to focus on ‘national unity’; many Israelis want hostages discussed in schools, but less so on religious and political right
By Gavriel Fiske
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 4, 2024, 11:50 pm
Poll: Israelis believe hostage deal unlikely, are split on Netanyahu’s intentions
Israel Democracy Institute finds 73.5% of Israelis pessimistic about likelihood of a deal; 39% say PM is trying to prevent one with stance on Philadelphi Corridor
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox students studying at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 18, 2024, 11:45 am
Study finds many yeshiva students working illegally in violation of IDF exemptions
Israel Democracy Institute researcher Gabriel Gordon argues new data shows ultra-Orthodox don’t believe their own rhetoric about importance of learning Torah full-time
By Sam Sokol
Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, May 8, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 7, 2024, 9:04 pm
Poll: Majority of Israelis support prioritizing hostage deal over Rafah operation
56 percent of Jewish Israelis would prefer an agreement over invading Hamas’s final remaining stronghold in Gaza, Israel Democracy Institute finds
By Sam Sokol
Demonstrators gather on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv to protest against the government and call for early elections and a deal to release hostages held by Hamas, April 6, 2024. (Ben Cohen/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
April 11, 2024, 7:01 pm
Poll: Israelis remain pessimistic on future of country’s security, democracy
Israel Democracy Institute survey finds majority don’t believe government will last until 2026; 84% of Jews say Israeli policy strengthened Hamas over the years
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Israeli Prime Minister's Office (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
April 7, 2024, 11:50 am
Everybody dies. But what if that person happens to be a sitting prime minister?
After a couple of sudden surgeries, health concerns over Israel’s 74-year-old leader have risen. Unlike the US’s smooth succession, Israel’s process can have unintended consequences
By Sam Sokol
Demonstrators burst into a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee to call for government action to free their relatives held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, January 22, 2024. At right is Gilad Korngold, whose son Tal Shoham was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri and is still held in Gaza (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
March 14, 2024, 2:52 pm
Survey: Israelis have little faith in political institutions after Oct. 7, do trust IDF
Only 23% of Jews and 19% of Arabs trust the government, according to the 2023 Israel Democracy Institute annual survey, but Arab Israelis exhibit increasing faith in police, army
By Sam Sokol
The war cabinet meets at the IDF's Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on January 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 24, 2024, 5:07 pm
Poll: Over half of Israelis feel let down by war cabinet’s handling of Hamas conflict
Israel Democracy Institute survey finds 53.8% are unsatisfied with three-member forum overseeing the fight, 50.4% back immediate probe of failures that enabled Oct. 7 attack
By ToI Staff
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