New survey: 60% of the public thinks that Israeli democracy is in danger - voila! news

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60% of the public think that Israeli democracy is in danger - this is what a new survey by the "Yisod" association, which works to anchor the legal status of fundamental rights in Israel, reveals today (Tuesday).

In addition, according to the survey, 78% of the respondents who answered that the court should not have the authority to annul laws enacted by the Knesset, were religious, compared to 26% who defined themselves as secular.

To the question "Do you think that Israeli democracy is in danger", 60% of the entire population gave a positive answer, with 69% of them belonging to the secular public and 34% to the religious public.

It was also found that the members of the Arab sector fear the future of democracy in much higher numbers - 76% compared to 56% of the respondents in the Jewish public.

To the question "Does the majority decide everything in a democracy or are there decisions it cannot make such as decisions related to the violation of minority human rights?"

37% of men compared to 20% of women answered that the majority can determine everything.

In a sectoral breakdown, it can be seen that 41% of the religious compared to 23% of the secular also believe that the majority rules, even if this endangers the rights of minorities.

A large majority of the Israeli public, 94%, agreed on the sentence "It is important that the State of Israel remains democratic", and also among the religious the agreement was almost the same - 91%.

60% of the public think that Israeli democracy is in danger.

The Knesset building in Jerusalem (photo: official website, Knesset website)

The survey also referred to the public's position regarding the judicial system and the powers of authority granted to it.

78% of the religious public - compared to 26% of the secular public - believe that the court should not have the authority to cancel Knesset legislation.

Only 45% of the adults and even less among the young, 34%, think that the court should have the authority to cancel legislation of the Knesset.

In the religious community, the data is even more unusual and indicates a percentage of only 12%.

In addition, 84% of the secular people in the country support the independence of the courts compared to only 46% among the religious public.

The survey also showed that 94% of the public in Israel believe that it is important that in schools students learn what democracy is, what the structure of the government system in Israel is, what the authorities are and what the powers of the state authorities are, a high figure as well and almost the same figure is also found in the religious public - 90%.

In addition, about 75% of the public in Israel believe that the education system does not give students the tools to understand what democracy is and what citizenship is.

The confidence of the students in the education system and in the way it conveys the studies of democracy and citizenship is also low.

53% of them voted that they think that the system does not provide enough tools for learning these subjects and about 20% of the youth think that it does not provide tools at all.

The survey was conducted by the "Geocartography" company through an internet panel, among 621 graduates in the State of Israel, with a special concentration of 202 respondents aged 16-18.

It appears that the Israeli public fears the future of Israeli democracy and believes that it is extremely important that the State of Israel remains a democratic state.

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