Almost a year of riots that shook Israel, and the sediment of violence seems to have exacerbated the rift between Jews and Arabs in Israel, showing no signs of abating.
What started with unrest in Jerusalem during the month of Ramadan, soon spread to other riots across the country.
For about a week, control of streets and neighborhoods in mixed cities such as Lod, Ramla and Acre was lost, and violence also raged on the roads of the Negev and the Galilee.
Three Jewish civilians were killed, almost 200 were injured.
Synagogues were set on fire, and countless businesses, public buildings and residences were damaged.
A comprehensive survey, to be published on the eve of the second holiday in a special supplement summarizing a year for the May riots, reveals the dimensions of the rift that has developed in Jewish-Arab relations in Israel over the past year.
Among other things, the survey reveals that an absolute majority of the Israeli public - 82% of respondents (91% of opinion leaders) - believes that the next wave of riots, if it breaks out, is likely to be as violent as the previous round - or more.
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According to the survey, a large majority of Arab citizens of Israel - 62% - also believe that the following riots are likely to be at least as violent as the previous ones, or even more violent, and only 20% of them believe that they will be less violent.
Similar figures are also emerging in relation to the degree of optimism that it will be possible to rehabilitate coexistence in the cities involved.
An absolute majority of respondents - 69% - believe that the chances of Arabs and Jews being able to live in peace and coexistence in the cities involved are nil or small.
Only 22% believe that there is a high chance of living together in these cities. Among the Arab respondents, the distribution of opinions is more moderate: 44% of them believe that the chances of coexisting in the evenings involved are small to nil, and 40% think the chances are high.
The survey data indicate the extent of the crisis in Jewish-Arab relations and signal, among other things, the depth of the impact of the violent incidents that erupted against the background of Operation Wall Guard.
Almost a year later, Jews and Arabs express mutual suspicion and pessimism about the future of relations and coexistence.
The survey was conducted at the beginning of Ramadan, at the height of a wave of terrorist attacks, two of which were carried out by Arab citizens of Israel.
The atmosphere of security tensions may explain some of the survey findings, but to the same extent they reflect the fragility of Jewish-Arab relations and the problematic starting point for their future rehabilitation.
The full survey - in the second holiday supplement of "Israel of the Week" which will summarize a year of the May 21 riots.
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