Survey: Many Arabs miffed with life in Israel

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Sixty-three percent of those surveyed think that "the status of the Arabs in Israel is worse today than 10 years ago," and 45% anticipate "Israel's transformation into an apartheid state," while 32% expect "increased Palestinian emigration from Israel." More than four fifths "reject compromising on the right of return for Palestinian refugees."

In addition, 62% believe it is impossible for Israel to be both a Jewish and democratic state; 54% think equality between Jews and Arabs is not possible as long as Israel is identified as a Jewish state; only 33% describe Israel as a democracy; 94% consider Zionism "a racist movement"; and 87% feel the Law of Return is "racist.".........

Similarly, the percentage of those who believe there is equality between Jews and Arabs is low: only 4% when it comes to resource distribution, 10% in terms of private employment opportunities and 7% in government employment, 11% in the arena of political rights, and 30% on the issue of freedom of expression (the highest number in any category considered)..........

Haifa University sociology Prof. Sammy Smooha, director of the Index of Relations Between Jews and Arabs in Israel, said the survey findings were broadly consistent with his own recently released data. His research, however, found that nearly 70% of Israeli Arabs accept Israel's right to exist within the Green Line as "a Jewish and democratic state in which Jews and Arabs live together" and that 37.7% accept the Zionist principle of Israel's right to preserve a Jewish majority........

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