Jerusalem
President Rivlin received the 2019 Israel Democracy Index
President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday was presented with the 2019 Israel Democracy Index by the president of the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) Yohanan Plesner. This is the 17th annual report, outlining the Israeli public’s perception of the state of
This year’s report includes two special sections on the IDF and Israel-diaspora relations.
Here are some of the Israel Democracy Index findings:
· 90% of the Jewish public has faith in the IDF, 71% in the president and 55% in the supreme court
· At the bottom of the public trust index are the government and the Knesset with 30% and the various political parties with 14%
· 58% of Israelis believe that public corruption exists among political leaders
· 34% of the Israeli public believes that Israeli democracy is in a good or excellent state, while 34% believe it is not
· Two thirds (64%) of Israelis believe that the country does not take care of its citizens’ welfare, apart from security, where 63% think it does ensure the security of its people
· The split between left and right has become deeper, with 37.5% of the Israeli public seeing this as the most significant tension in the country, a rise of 5.5% since the 2018 index
The president began his remarks by referring to the public’s faith in the institutions of the state, saying, “In two months, the Israeli public will go to the polls for the third time in less than a year, something wholly unprecedented in the history of our country.
Attached photo credit: Mark Neyman (GPO)
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