Israeli Public Opinion Polls: Attitudes of Israeli Arabs

Note: We are presenting raw data. When available, we provide some or all of the crosstabs (i.e., breakdowns by various categories such as party ID). To analyze the data, we encourage users to read the entire study and the methodology used. Results and reliability can be affected by such things as sample size, question wording, and question order. Responses may also be influenced by context and timing; for example, if the survey is conducted during a war. 

To what extent, if at all, do you feel a change in relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel since the start of the war? (INSS, November 16-19, 2023)

How high is your sense of personal security at the present time? (INSS, November 16-19, 2023)

What is the most important element to you in defining your personal identity? (Tel Aviv University, November 2023)

Tel Aviv University

ome Muslims in Israel have experienced difficult situations. Please tell me whether or not these have happened to you in the past twelve months. (Pew, March 15 to April 24, 2023)

Is your main identiy (non-Jews) ? (JPPI, 2020)

In your opinon, how are the following groups treated by Israeli Jews? (JPPI, 2020)

Israeli Muslims

Israeli Christians

In your opinion, was there ever a Jewish temple on Haram al-Sharif (the temple mount)? (JPPI, 2020)

There is not enough gender equality within Arab society. (JPPI, 2020)

In your opinion, what portion of Jews in Israel are political extremists? (JPPI, 2020)

To what extent do you feel like a ‘real Israeli’? (JPPI, 2020)

Israel Democracy Index 2012 (May 2013)

How proud are you of being an Israeli?

Based on your understanding on "Zionism," how would you characterize the State of Israel today?

Is the State of Israel today democratic in the right measure, too democratic, or not democratic enough?

Do you agree or disagree that Arab Israelis are discriminated against as compared with Jewish citizens?

Does the Arab political leadership represent the prevailing opinions of the Israeli Arab community in its criticism of the State?

Trust in Israeli Institutions ...

The Peace Index (February 2013)

What is your position on holding peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority?

Do you believe or not believe that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will lead to peace between Israel and the Palestinians in the coming years?

According to your gut feeling as well as what you hear, what is President Obama’s attitude toward Israel?

How would you characterize the position of U.S. President Barack Obama toward Israel and the Palestinians?

In your opinion, should Israel show more flexibility in order to help President Obama put the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations back on track?

Dahaf Poll (January 2012)

Was the High Court right or not right when it decided not to allow Palestinians married to Israelis to live with their spouses in Israel?

Is the Israeli Arab population deprived or not deprived?

Do you have confidence in the Arab Knesset members?

Who is primarily served by the Arab parties - the interests of the Arab public in Israel, or the interests of the Palestinians?

Do you know or not know the platforms of the Arab parties?

Did the participation of MK Haneen Zoubi in the incident of the Turkish flotilla (Marmara) hurt the Arab public in Israel, or was it good for the Arab public in Israel, or did it neither hurt nor help?

Are you for or against that more Arab women will enter politics?

Will events in Arab countries, termed the Arab Spring, increase your tendency to vote for the Knesset, reduce it, or will it not be affected?

What bothers you more - the Palestinian Israeli conflict, or various problems that exist in the Arab sector in Israel?

Arab Center for Applied Social Research (November 2007)

Does participation in the Annapolis Conference without internal Palestinian concensus lower the level of demands and increase the possibility of concessions on the part of the Palestinians?

Do you support or oppose demanding Palestinian President Abu Mazen not recognize Israel as a Jewish State?

Should Arabs in Israel demand that the State of Israel change its definition of itself as a Jewish State?

Is it possible for the Palestinian citizens in Israel to obtain equality while Israel defines itself as a Jewish State?

Would you agree or disagree with a proposal to annex towns and villages in the Triangle to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for the annexation of the settlements to Israel?

The Peace Index (February & October 2007)

From the Israeli perspective, is it possible to sustain the current state of relations with the Palestinians indefinitely?

From the Palestinian perspective, is it possible to sustain the current state of relations with Israel indefinitely?

The Annapolis Conference could achieve a basic clarification of the sides disagreements.

The Annapolis Conference could increase the chances of reaching a permanent peace agreement.

Do you believe the Iranian nuclear armament constitutes an existential danger to Israel?

Should Israel attack Iran's nuclear facilities and destroy them even if it has to do so on its own?

Has the establishment of the Palestinian national unity government increased or decreased the chances of reaching a peace settlement?

Do you believe it is possible to reach a settlement with a Hamas-Fatah government based on principle of two states for two peoples?

Should Israel recognize a Palestinian unity government or talk with it as long as it has not recognized Israel and fulfilled the Quartet's conditions, especially in regard to fighting terror?

Do you believe the present situation is dangerous for Israel, and that it should make greater efforts than in the past to reach a political settlement?

Are you in favor of exchanging peace with Syria for a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights?

Do you believe Israel should respond positively to Syria's call to return to negotiations even if it has not stopped supporting Hizbullah and other terrorist organizations?

Rate your levels of patriotism: (Yaar and Peleg, January, 2007)

Would you encourage your children to remain in Israel? (Yaar and Peleg, January, 2007)

Are you prepared to fight for Israel? (Yaar and Peleg, January, 2007)

Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish Zionist state: (“Du-Et,” June 2005)

Israel as a Zionist state is a racist state: (“Du-Et,” June 2005)

Israel has a right to exist as a state of the Jewish people: (“Du-Et,” June 2005)

Israel is justified to retain a Jewish majority: (“Du-Et,” June 2005)

Israel has a right to exist as an independent state: (“Du-Et,” June 2005)

Israel has a right to exist as Jewish and democratic state: (“Du-Et,” June 2005)