Overview
- The Jewish People Policy Institute survey found 33% of respondents labeled the Jewish rioters in Qusra “Israeli terrorists” and another 18% called them “nationalist criminals,” giving a majority a harsh view of the group.
- JPPI president Yedidia Stern said public support for the rioters is negligible at about 5%, and only 13% chose the most sympathetic descriptions of the participants.
- The poll shows wide divisions by politics and ethnicity: large shares on the left and in the center used the “terrorist” label while the political right did not, and Arab Israelis were far more likely than Jewish Israelis to use the term.
- The survey framed responses around a recent Qusra incident in which dozens of masked Israelis attacked Palestinian residents, entered and barricaded a home and wounded several people, and Israeli security forces made no arrests.
- The results strengthen diplomatic calls for tougher enforcement after Netanyahu ordered removal of some outposts, though his coalition’s far-right partners remain a domestic constraint and the lack of arrests raises questions about follow-up policing.