Close to two-thirds of the Israeli public believe that the right-wing bloc will continue to lead the government for at least another 10 years, according to the "Future Index" compiled for the 2018 Sderot Conference for Society by the Sapir Academic College and the Sderot Cinematheque.
The poll asked 624 Jewish and Arab Israelis what they expected the country to look like a decade from now.
The percentage of Jewish respondents who said they expected the Right to remain in power for the next decade was noticeably higher than the percentage of Arab respondents who thought the same: 66% compared to 50%.
Nearly half of the public as a whole believed that Jewish-Arab tensions would grow worse, although the Arabs were more optimistic about the future of coexistence, with 23% of Arab respondents saying they believed that tensions would fade, compared to 18% of Jewish respondents who said the same.
According to the poll, 60% of the public (63% of Jews and 45% of Arabs) does not believe that there will be a permanent peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians in the next 10 years, and 54% believe that Iran will have nuclear weapons.
Nevertheless, most respondents expected Israel's security to improve.
When asked about the chances of peace treaties between Israel and additional Arab nations, 39% believed that there would be no more peace deals in the next decade, compared to 33% who believed there would.
More Arabs (45%) than Jews (30%) believed the decade to come would bring Israel more peace agreements with its regional neighbors.
Sixty-eight percent support the death penalty for terrorists.
Fifty-three percent of respondents believed that relations between the U.S. and Israel would improve over the next 10 years, compared to 10% who said they thought relations would worsen. Europe appeared to pose a bigger question, with only 39% believing EU-Israeli ties would improve.
Nearly half (48%) of respondents said they expected corruption to spread, and broken down by ethnicity, 64% of Arab respondents and 45% of Jewish respondents expected to see more corruption in the country 10 years from now.
The poll showed more optimism about public transportation, with 64% of respondents expecting an improvement over the next 10 years, compared to 27% who believe public transportation will become worse.
Sixty-three percent of respondents said they were in favor of operating public transportation on the Sabbath in secular areas, with only 19% opposing the idea.
More than half – 54% – of Jews supported the idea of civil marriage in Israel, and only 24% of Jews actively opposed the option of civil marriage.
