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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

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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
IDF armored forces at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. January 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
January 2, 2024, 5:56 pm
Only 15% of Israelis want Netanyahu to keep job after Gaza war, poll finds
Survey finds most want to reject reported US demands to ease fighting and think military pressure will get hostages back; optimism for future security sags after post-Oct. 7 bump
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Two women work together at a volunteer center in Rahat, Israel, run by Jewish and Arab volunteers. (Facebook, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
December 26, 2023, 9:54 pm
Poll finds high support among Arab Israelis for volunteering during war
86.5% say they are in favor of activities to help evacuees or provide medical assistance; survey confirms trend of greater kinship with Israel among Arab citizens after Oct. 7
By Gianluca Pacchiani
ToI senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur (Courtesy)
December 22, 2023, 8:57 am
What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Wartime polls and unexpected conclusions
ToI’s senior analyst sifts through a slew of surveys on perceptions of Hamas, Israel and the day after the war. The results are often counterintuitive
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Prof. Amichai Cohen at a ToI Live event in Jerusalem's Israel Democracy Institute, December 15, 2022. (Oded Antman/IDI)
December 15, 2023, 9:16 am
What Matters Now to Prof. Amichai Cohen: Is the IDF acting legally in Gaza?
Questions answered include how Israel derives its legal legitimacy for self-defense and how, postwar, to try Hamas for international crimes against humanity
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Prof. Amichai Cohen at a ToI Live event in Jerusalem's Israel Democracy Institute, December 15, 2022. (Oded Antman/IDI)
December 4, 2023, 5:04 pm
Join ToI for: ‘Is the IDF acting legally and ethically in Gaza?’ with Prof. Amichai Cohen
On December 6, we speak with the Israel Democracy Institute’s Cohen, an expert in International Law of Armed Conflict and National Security Law. Exclusively for the ToI Community
By ToI Staff
Hebrew University Jewish Law Prof. Benny Porat, a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. (IDI)
September 15, 2023, 6:24 am
What Matters Now to Jewish Law Prof. Benny Porat: Common ground as titans clash
A resident of a West Bank settlement city, the Hebrew U prof. is a vocal opponent of the coalition’s judicial overhaul. Hear how 2,000 years of Jewish law shapes his thinking
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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