IDI Survey Results: Majority-Minority Relations in Israel, State, Societal, & Interpersonal Levels

In 2017, the Israel Democracy Institute’s survey of Jewish-Arab relations focused on differences in perceptions on the state, societal and interpersonal levels. According to IDI, results show that while definite, substantial disagreements exist between Jews and Arabs on the state level, relations on the societal and, to an even greater extent, personal levels are less tense. What do the different quality of interactions tell us about Jewish-Arab relations in Israel? Professor Tamar Hermann, Academic Director of the Guttmann Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at IDI and chief author of the 2017 survey, provided an in-depth discussion on the results.