• voodooattack@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Asked if they feel part of the country, 70% of Arab citizens polled said “yes”, up from 48% in June, the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) said, describing it as the highest finding for the sector since it began such surveys 20 years ago.

    I wonder what happened to change their minds (or what happened to the missing 38%)

    Police have carried out arrests among Arab citizens accused of social media posts inciting pro-Palestinian violence, and on Thursday arrested five leaders of the Arab community who had planned to organise an anti-war protest.

    Seems legit.

    • filister@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Ah yes, that’s very typical for democracies. I think as a next step Israel should add democratic to their name to remind people how democratic they are.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    If I was an Israeli Arab who didn’t feel like part of the country and someone called to poll me about it, I’d lie my ass off. That seems like an impossible thing to poll during wartime.

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Given lehi and irguns (the two main terrorist organizations that provide nearly all of Israels leadership structure) actions historically I wouldn’t say a fuckin thing at all for fear of having to be literally scraped off of a building.

      Some of the deaths and injuries occurred in the road outside the hotel and in adjacent buildings. The blast threw the Postmaster General from the hotel across the street onto a wall of the YMCA opposite, from where his remains had to be scraped.[19] No identifiable traces were found of thirteen of those killed.[8]