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A woman waves a large Israeli flag as people watch the military airshow as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

Less than half of Israelis think gov't war decisions based on professional considerations

 Israel Police officers inspect remains of a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, near Moshav Kfar Daniel, September 15, 2024

Trust in Israel Police declines, Israelis suspect politicians impact police decisions - IDI

A laborer works on an apartment building under construction in the Har Homa quarter in Jerusalem

Employment rate of Israeli-Arab population decreases during war, IDI report finds

 Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, Ono Academic College, Dr. Tammy Hoffman, the Israel Democracy Institute and Martin Herskovitz, a poet and Holocaust educator with Tamar Uriel-Beeri

After October 7, individual communities in Israel must reach shared ethos, experts say

 People walk past photographs of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. June 25, 2024.

Most Israelis support hostage deal to end the Israel-Hamas war

 A PROTEST against the sexual violence committed in the October 7 massacre – and the international silence afterward – takes place outside UN Headquarters in New York City earlier this month.

In Israel and on the world stage: Women face more violence, less representation

 State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends the Eli Horowitz Conference, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on May 22, 2024

'Israel's lack of long-term planning harming economy,' comptroller says

 Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman speaks at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 20, 2024

Saudi using Israeli peace as cover for its nuclear program - Liberman

 Demonstrators protest calling for the for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, March 16, 2024.

Few Israelis believe government will last full term

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog attends the opening in Tel Aviv in December of an exhibition of objects collected at the site of the Nova music festival.

Israelis are yearning for nonpartisanship in time of crisis

By DANA BLANDER
 Thousands march in protest of the judicial reform in Tel Aviv, March 23, 2023.

2023 Israeli Democracy Index reveals mixed sentiments on trust and solidarity

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli selects his ballot paper on the day of Israel's general election in a polling station in Jerusalem November 1, 2022.

Tuesday's election was a reminder of what clean politics could look like

Netanyahu and Abbas

Majority of Jewish Israelis opposed to demilitarized Palestinian state

 THE RANSACKED home of Emily Tehila Damari in Kfar Aza bears a banner with her name, photo, and the words: ‘Kidnapped from her house! Bring her home today!’

Majority of Israelis prioritize hostage release over toppling Hamas - poll

Haredi women in the tech sector

Ultra-Orthodox women break through in tech education, report finds

By LANA IKELAN/THE MEDIA LINE
 Optimistic about the future of democratic rule in Israel and about the future of national security, June 2022–November 2023 (total sample; %)

Israeli optimism about the future on the rise despite war - poll

 On a scale from 1 = not at all important to 5 = very important, rate the importance of each of the following goals for the war as 4 or 5 (Jewish sample and Arab sample; %)

Release of hostages top war goal for Israeli Jews and Arabs - poll

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023.

On a tightrope: Israel’s Arab citizens and the war with Hamas - opinion

By ARIK RUDNITZKY