Israeli Public Opinion Polls: Attitudes Toward Democracy in Israel

Israel Democracy Index 2012 (May 2013)

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

	Jews	Arabs	Total
Very Zionist	11.7	33.5	15.5
Quite Zionist	44.6	35.1	43.0
Not so Zionist	33.5	11.5	29.7
Not at all Zionist	7.7	7.3	7.6
DN/NA	2.5	12.6	4.2

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

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2009	2010	2011	2012
Much too democratic	4.9	9.6	8.1	4.6	7.2	6.8	7.6	8.0
Too democratic	15.5	16.2	15.3	12.5	18.7	20.3	16.8	16.0
Democratic in the right measure	46.2	29.7	39.4	36.5	32.8	34.0	34.1	42.4
Not democratic enough	25.5	34.2	29.0	34.1	27.3	29.0	27.5	26.6
Definitely not democratic enough	7.3	8.7	7.2	11.5	10.4	6.6	11.8	4.7
DN/NA	0.6	1.6	1.0	0.8	3.6	3.2	2.2	2.3

Israel is defined as both a Jewish and Democratic state. Which is more important to you?

	2010	2011	2012
Jewish	32.4	29.5	34.3
Democratic	17.0	22.9	21.8
Equally Important	48.1	46.1	41.9
Neither Important	1.7	1.0	0.5
DN/NA	0.8	0.5	1.5

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

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2012
Disagree totally	27.4	23.8	21.9	27.4	20.8	27.3	36.0	29.8	30.9
Disagree somewhat	17.1	10.8	21.7	18.1	22.4	19.7	20.3	17.2	21.2
Agree somewhat	30.2	30.6	26.0	25.0	24.9	24.4	17.7	27.0	25.1
Agree strongly	24.9	32.3	29.2	28.3	27.9	25.6	22.6	22.7	19.5
DN/NA	0.4	2.5	1.2	1.2	4.0	3.0	3.4	3.3	3.3

Trust in Israeli Institutions ...

	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2012
Army/IDF	91.8	90.5	87.3	86.8	91.6	91.0
Supreme Court	83.6	76.3	77.0	68.5	81.7	86.7
Police	85.0	80.3	67.3	65.3	77.9	82.2
Knesset	79.9	57.5	65.4	67.0	79.0	78.8
Government	80.0	72.9	60.4	66.4	76.6	79.3
Media/Press	71.8	75.3	72.0	68.5	74.5	72.4
Political Parties	65.7	49.2	53.1	59.5	68.3	64.6

Speakers should be prohibited from harshly criticizing the State of Israel in public ...

	2007	2008	2009	2011	2012
Disagree totally	19.5	15.8	23.0	22.4	32.4
Disagree somewhat	24.4	24.7	18.0	23.6	15.1
Agree somewhat	21.8	21.5	19.3	23.3	19.8
Agree strongly	12.0	12.4	35.4	27.5	28.8
DN/NA	3.8	5.8	4.3	3.2	3.9

It is never acceptable, under any circumstances, to employ violence for political ends ...

	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2012
Disagree totally	7.3	12.6	9.5	13.2	18.1	7.5
Disagree somewhat	10.3	8.5	13.0	12.5	12.3	3.8
Agree somewhat	25.1	17.5	22.0	14.2	14.8	10.9
Agree strongly	56.7	63.3	49.4	56.8	53.6	76.6
DN/NA	0.6	1.1	3.1	3.3	1.2	1.2