48 percent of Jews support Arabs’ expulsion or transfer from Israel: study
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TEL AVIVMar 08, 2016 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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Mar 08, 2016 12:00 am
Almost half of Israeli Jews think that Israel's Arab minority should be expelled from the country, said a study published Tuesday by a Washington think-tank.
Some 48 per cent of all Jews questioned by the Pew Center said they supported the statement that "Arabs should be expelled or transferred from Israel."
Among nationalist-religious Jews that percentage was even higher: 71 per cent.
Some 58 per cent of all secular Jews oppose any expulsion.
Of Israel's population of 8.5 million, the majority are Jews, while some 20 per cent are Arabs. Many of the Arab minority prefer to be referred to as Palestinians with Israeli citizenship. Most of them are Muslims, while a smaller number are Christians.
All expressed skepticism with the chances of reaching a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Only 50 per cent of Israel's Arab minority believe that a way can be found for Israel and an independent Palestinian state to coexist peacefully with each other. In 2013, 74 per cent this was possible.
Among Jewish Israelis, 43 per cent believe this is possible.
Some 40 per cent of all Jewish Israelis do not believe that their government is making a sincere effort to achieve peace. And 88 per cent believe the Palestinian leadership is not making a sincere effort to achieve peace.
Among Israel's Arab minority, 72 per cent do not believe that the Israeli government is genuinely trying to make peace.
The last attempt at peace talks collapsed in April 2014. A new wave of street violence has swept over Israel and the Palestinian areas since early October.
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