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| Survey Shows 'Complete Collapse' of Israeli Left Since Oct. 7 |
| 2024-07-03 |
| [WFB] Nearly nine months after Hamas's Oct. 7 terror attack, the Jewish state's political divisions have reemerged, with protests criticizing the government for various and often opposing reasons breaking out across the country. But a sweeping new public opinion survey by pollsters affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has revealed how the Oct. 7 attack on Israel solidified a national consensus on what used to be the country's main political disagreement. When it comes to the Palestinians, the survey found, almost everyone is a right-winger now. "Oct. 7 caused a complete collapse of the old Israeli left," Hebrew University political psychologist Nimrod Nir, who led the survey, told the Washington Free Beacon. "Until a few years ago, I could find out which political camp you were in by asking you one question: Palestinian state, yes or no? Today, that question doesn't really differentiate the two camps because no one supports the old idea of a Palestinian state." The findings help explain why the Biden administration has so far failed to persuade Israel to end its war to destroy the Palestinian terror group Hamas in Gaza and recommit to a two-state solution. "There isn't even a majority for a Palestinian state among liberal voters anymore," Nir said. "It's just not on the table." Nir and his team, known as Agam Labs, surveyed a nationally representative sample of 4,000 Jewish Israeli adults in August and then, from Oct. 9 through last month, checked back in with most of them every 10 days or so. By tracking so many of the same individuals over time, the pollsters were able to minimize noise and uncertainty—yielding the most comprehensive picture to date of how Israeli politics have shifted since Oct. 7. Each round of polling had a margin of error of about 4 percentage points. But changes as small as 2 percentage points are significant if consistent over time, according to the pollsters. The survey found that the rightward ratchet of Israeli politics across decades of Palestinian terrorism and rejectionism has lurched ahead since Oct. 7. Based on political self-identification, the right has grown by 5 percentage points to include 36 percent of Jewish Israelis, or 60 percent when the poll factors in the moderate and hard right. The left has shrunk by 3 percentage points to just 8 percent of the public, or 13 percent factoring in the moderate and hard left. And the center has held steady at about a quarter of the political spectrum. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #9 Maybe part of a broad shift to the right in the Americas, Europe, and others? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2024-07-03 16:58 |
| #8 not quite a complete collapse as the left still has the loyalty of about 8% in any event the collapse has been happening over a long period until the 1977 election, the left coalition was the ruling party in Israel the entire time |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-07-03 16:48 |
| #7 I would say that reality is the best mistress. It's when one doesn't adhere to reality that ultimate failure occurs. That is the harshest of mistresses. Far harder than following reality. I'd rather face reality any day than live a life of fake-reality. |
| Posted by: OspasDhahran 2024-07-03 16:05 |
| #6 Reality is a harsh mistress |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-07-03 16:00 |
| #5 This Joshua, I simply do not understand. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-07-03 15:04 |
#4 Get them out of Gaza already. What's taking so long? Annex the territory and when the rubble stops bouncing start bulldozing and building beachside condos.
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| Posted by: Vortigern Borgia1150 2024-07-03 14:44 |
| #3 how can israel continue to exist while it contains enclaves populated by people whose religion calls for their death? occupy gaza and west-bank now. forgiveness is easier to obtain than permission |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2024-07-03 14:39 |
| #2 Luxury beliefs. |
| Posted by: Throlush Dark Lord of the Nebraskans2736 2024-07-03 14:26 |
| #1 "a tiger doesn't change its stripes." |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-07-03 14:03 |