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Israel Democracy Institute Poll: Israelis Oppose Two State Solution

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:09:18 -0400

Content preview: Israel Democracy Institute Poll: Israelis Oppose Two State
Solution Deal 46.8%:40.8% (Women Oppose 51.2%:32.5%) Dr. Aaron Lerner 23
September 2022 “If Israel and the Palestinian Authority reach agreement
on a peace accord, would you support or not support the accord, if it includes
dividing the Land of Israel into two states, Israel and the Pa [...]

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Israel Democracy Institute Poll: Israelis Oppose Two State Solution Deal
46.8%:40.8% (Women Oppose 51.2%:32.5%)
Dr. Aaron Lerner 23 September 2022

“If Israel and the Palestinian Authority reach agreement on a peace accord,
would you support or not support the accord, if it includes dividing the
Land of Israel into two states, Israel and the Palestinian state?”

Male
Certain support 19.5%
Think support 29.5%
Total support 49.0%
Think oppose 12.6%
Certain oppose 29.7%
Total oppose 42.3%
Don't know 8.7%
Total 100%

Female
Certain support 11.2%
Think support 21.3%
Total support 32.5%
Think oppose 16%
Certain oppose 35.2%
Total oppose 51.2%
Don't know 16.3%
Total 100%

Total
Certain support 15.4%
Think support 25.4%
Total support 40.8%
Think oppose 14.3%
Certain oppose 32.5%
Total oppose 46.8%
Don't know 12.5%
Total 100%

The June 2022 Israeli Voice Index was prepared by the Viterbi Family Center
for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute.
The survey was conducted via the internet and by telephone (to include
groups that are under-represented on the internet) between June 27 and June
29, 2022, with 601 men and women interviewed in Hebrew and 154 in Arabic,
constituting a nationally representative sample of the adult population in
Israel aged 18 and over. The maximum sampling error was ±3.59% at a
confidence level of 95%. Field work was carried out by Midgam Research and
Consulting Ltd.
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Weekly Commentary: PM Lapid said Pal State if pigs could fly - yet crowned Netanyahu? (and the real headline)

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:33:48 -0400

Weekly Commentary: PM Lapid said Pal State if pigs could fly - yet crowned
Netanyahu? (and the real headline)
Dr. Aaron Lerner 22 September 2022

Prime Minister Yair Lapid told the United Nations General Assembly in New
York today that:

"An agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples, is
the right thing for Israel's security, for Israel's economy and for the
future of our children."

BUT

" We have only one condition:
That a future Palestinian state will be a peaceful one.
That it will not become another terror base from which to threaten the
well-being, and the very existence of Israel.
That we will have the ability to protect the security of all the citizens of
Israel, at all times."

In other words: if pigs could fly.

Most Israelis don't read more than a headline so they won't be aware of the
if pigs could fly caveat.

The left - some of whom think pigs can fly - will praise him. But Lapid's
remarks at the UNGA won't cause one Labor or Meretz supporter to vote for
Yesh Atid.

At the same time, Lapid not only managed to convince some "moderate right"
NOT to vote for Yesh Atid - he succeeded to prompt disgruntled members of
the national camp who were thinking of staying home this round to go and
cast a ballot for one of the right wing parties!

Here is the REAL headline from Mr. Lapid's remarks:

"If the Iranian regime gets a nuclear weapon, they will use it."

Twelve words which have Lapid reject the argument made by so many "experts"
in leading Israeli think tanks and even inside our military who maintain
that Iran seeks nukes to prevent regime change.

Now if you think Iran seeks nukes only to prevent regime change then the
measures you are willing to take to stop a nuclear Iran are magnitudes
different than if you think that "if the Iranian regime gets a nuclear
weapon, they will use it."

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PSR Poll: 68% of Gazans support Hamas' decision not to become directly involved in the armed exchange between Islamic Jihad and the Israeli army

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:32:50 -0400

PSR Poll: 68% of Gazans support Hamas' decision not to become directly
involved in the armed exchange between Islamic Jihad and the Israeli army

Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) poll number 85 in
the West Bank and the Gaza Strip between 13 and 17 September 2022. Total
size of the sample is 1270 adults interviewed face to face in 127 randomly
selected locations. Margin of error is +/-3%.

For complete results http://www.pcpsr.org/en/node/916

85% oppose`12% support PA announcement that the salaries of Palestinian
laborers who work in Israel will be paid to them via Palestinian banks.

68% of Gazans support Hamas' decision not to become directly involved in the
armed exchange between Islamic Jihad and the Israeli army.

41% willing 55% not willing to use the Israeli Ramon airport, located near
Elate, instead of the Amman or Cairo airports

Two-thirds think it was right for Abbas to use the "Holocaust" in reference
to Israeli massacres against Palestinians during his visit to Germany; 26%
think it was wrong for him to use that term.

Two-thirds would not welcome 31% would welcome support to Palestinians in
East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip from the Arab countries
that recently normalized relations with Israel.

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Immigrants from Yugoslavia since Hareidi men lack job skills - Yahadut Hatorah leader Rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf offers solutions

Sat, 17 Sep 2022 15:20:45 -0400

Immigrants from Yugoslavia since Hareidi men lack job skills - Yahadut Hatorah
leader Rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf offers solutions
Dr. Aaron Lerner 17 September 2022

In a sweeping interview published in the Friday edition of Haaretz Market
Week, the new head of Yahadut Hatorah, Rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf shared his
ideas for solving Israel's problems and more:

#1. That Hareidi men lack job skills: "Nu, that's why we are bringing in
immigrants from Yugoslavia."

#2. That living off of payments rather than men in households working is
difficult: "We should add more products to price control supervision and
make a basket of products which are accessible to everyone in the State.
You cannot give NIS 900 via National Insurance and then say that you start
the month with expenses of NIS 1,500. "

#3. Why Hareidi boys don't have to learn English in school: "You think that
the younger generation doesn't know English? They know it. They learn via
books, a course. They learn by themselves. We do not think that not
learning the basic skills is a detriment, and we do not think that if they
are needed that it should be in school. And this is true for many things.
If you reach the age of 20 and decide to learn high tech, that's OK."

#4. Why the Ministry of Education should not supervise Hareidi schools:
"There are tens of thousands of educational institutions in Israel, why are
only Hareidis required to get a license?" (reporter noted that all schools
need a license.)

#5. How Rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf benefited from not knowing English himself:
when he visited South Africa to raise money the receptionist at offices of
the Morgenstern family in Johannesburg was so frustrated by the inability to
communicate with him that instead of screening him out like other fund
raisers she let him go up to the executive offices.

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Weekly Commentary: Netanyahu Needs Acceptable Carrots To Save Economy If Yields To Hareidi Demands

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:13:42 -0400

Weekly Commentary: Netanyahu Needs Acceptable Carrots To Save Economy If
Yields To Hareidi Demands
Dr. Aaron Lerner 14 August, 2022

Binyamin Netanyahu is well aware that if Hareidi boys aren't taught English
and math so that they are equipped with the basic knowledge needed to
acquire the work skills needed to be productive workers and Hareidi men
don't participate in the labor force that we face economic disaster.

But to win over the support of the Hareidi parties Mr. Netanyahu is ready to
pull the only "carrot" to encourage Hareidi institutions to teach English
and math: full versus partial school funding.

And now Shas leader Deri is effectively talking about a stick to punish
Hareidi families where the father works on the books by introducing food
stamps limited to families with the low incomes that a family typically will
exceed if both the husband and wife work on the books.

To be clear: this isn't some kind of cultural war to somehow collapse
Hareidi society by giving Haredi boys English and math skills.

Its our country which could face economic collapse in the years to come if a
substantial segment of the population lacks the skills needed to be
productive workers or opts not to work altogether.

On the other hand. barring an incredible surprise at the polls, Binyamin
Netanyahu will need the support of all of the Hareidi parties to become
prime minister.

The question is if Netanyahu can come up with the "carrots" to induce
Hareidi boys to learn English and Math and Hareidi men to go to work.

"Carrots" which would be acceptable to his Hareidi partners.

I daresay that if he unveiled such a program before we go to the polls that
it would make a huge contribution towards a Likud victory.

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Arab-Israeli relations

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Weekly Commentary: Is Deployment of Attack Drones In Judea and Samaria a PR Stunt or Life Saver?

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:57:33 -0400

Weekly Commentary: Is Deployment of Attack Drones In Judea and Samaria a PR
Stunt or Life Saver?
Dr. Aaron Lerner 8 September 2022

Israel Television Channel 11 News reported on 6 September that the
commanders of the Judea and Samaria Division and the Menashe Brigade (which
is responsible for Jenin) underwent training by the Israel Air Force on the
operation of attack drones. The report noted that, thanks to the
training,these commanders will be able to operate attack drones with the
Division commander having the authority to "activate" this "attack tool".

By sheer coincidence, this development was revealed just as we found
ourselves in a shouting match with America over the right of Israeli
soldiers to defend themselves.

"I will not allow an IDF soldier that was protecting himself from terrorist
fire to be prosecuted just to receive applause from abroad. No one will
dictate our rules of engagement to us, when we are the ones fighting for our
lives. Our soldiers have the full backing of the government of Israel and
the people of Israel."

Prime Minister Lapid yesterday.

Almost every time Israeli security forces enter an urban area to capture a
terrorist they find their lives on the line as gunmen in nearby buildings
and elsewhere try to murder them with a rain of bullets.

Will the attack drones be used to silence this gunfire?

Will the use of attack drones be integrated into daily operations as an
important force multiplier and even as a "first responder" in some
circumstances?

Since our use of attack drones is no longer a secret banned from publication
by the military censor, we will know soon enough.

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