An overwhelming majority of Israelis oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to the "Trust Index" survey conducted by Direct Polls Institute for the Regavim movement. The survey, conducted among 511 citizens from all sectors of Israeli society, indicates a consensus against the establishment of a Palestinian state.
A year and a half after October 7, and following the July vote of 68 Knesset members on a declaration against establishing a Palestinian state, the Regavim movement examined public positions on this issue as part of the "Trust Index" conducted by the movement for the third year.
According to the survey, 81% of the public opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state. Of these, 53% firmly oppose ever establishing a Palestinian state, while another 28% expressed reservation by answering "not in the foreseeable future." On the other side of the political map, 13% who identify themselves as left-wing party voters answered "yes and soon" to this question.
The Trust Index indicates a trend: the Israeli public is increasingly moving away from the two-state idea.
Attitude toward Israel
These results correspond with the responses to questions about the relationship between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. To the question of how similar the Palestinian Authority's aspirations are to those of Hamas regarding the State of Israel, 70% answered they are similar to very similar, compared to 23% who answered "somewhat different" and only 7% who answered "very different."
Against the backdrop of a series of exposés by the Regavim movement in recent months about incitement and identification with Hamas actions by senior figures in Arab society in Israel, the survey examined whether trust in Arab society in Israel has weakened after the events of October 7.
68 Knesset members opposed the establishment of a Palestinian state in July, and now 81% of the public opposes it. The findings indicate a clear trend: 47% believe that trust in Arab society in Israel has weakened. In contrast, 33% answered that they did not identify any change in trust, and 17% believe that trust has actually strengthened.
"The survey can be summarized as the end of innocence. The public is sobering up," Meir Deutsch, CEO of the Regavim movement, said. "The Israeli public is waking up and shaking off the conceptions that blurred reality, the loss of trust in the Palestinian Authority and the understanding that it is no different from Hamas, alongside the erosion of trust in Arab society within us, require leadership to recalculate its course."
