Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Though the war against Hamas has been taking place in Gaza, violence has also increased in the West Bank, according to the United Nations. Israelis are broadly concerned about this: 65% say they are extremely or very concerned about increasing violence against Jews in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and 31% say the same […]
We asked people in three dozen countries how they see religion’s role in society, government and national identity.
Nine-in-ten American Jews say they think discrimination against Jews has risen in the United States since the Israel-Hamas war began.
The shares of Israelis who see very strong conflicts in their society have shrunk, but public opinion has grown more polarized in other ways.
40% of U.S. adults say there’s a lot of discrimination against Jews in society, and 44% say there’s a lot of discrimination against Muslims.
21% of Israelis think Israel and a Palestinian state can coexist peacefully, the lowest share since 2013.
Migration outpaced global population growth by 83% to 47% from 1990-2020. Buddhist and Muslim migrants more than doubled in number during this time.
Israelis generally describe their society as one rife with divisions. More than half say there are strong or very strong conflicts between people who are religious and people who are not religious (56%), between Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis (61%), and between those on the political left and right (69%). Still, the shares who see […]
Israelis’ views of Netanyahu, Gantz and Lapid lean negative, and they have especially unfavorable views of Palestinian leaders.
In the year since Hamas attacked Israel, and Israel responded by invading Gaza, U.S. public opinion on the war shifted modestly.
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