Vast majority of Israelis said they were not troubled at all by reports, with a majority saying Israel's army was careful to avoid civilian suffering

The vast majority of Israelis say they are not troubled by reports of famine and suffering in Gaza, a new poll released by the Israel Democracy Institute shows.

The survey shows that 79 percent of Jews in Israel were not troubled, or troubled at all, whereas 86 percent of “Arab” respondents were somewhat or very troubled by the reports about the war on Gaza.

The survey was conducted between 27-31 July.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    117·
    16 hours ago

    Sir, this is Lemmy. Get your information hygiene out of there!

    …Seriously though, subtle rewording makes a huge difference:

    The majority of Jewish respondents think that, given the circumstances of the fighting in Gaza, Israel is making efforts to avoid causing suffering to the Palestinian population there. The majority of Arab respondents think that even with the restrictions imposed by the fighting, Israel could have done more to reduce this suffering. Among Jews, only on the Left is there a majority who think that Israel is not making the necessary efforts to reduce suffering.

    On a personal level, the majority in the Center and on the Right (Jewish respondents) say that they are not troubled by the reports of famine and suffering among the Palestinian population in Gaza. On the Left, the majority reported that they are personally troubled by these reports.

    The majority of the Jewish public believes the IDF’s reporting on the extent of Palestinian civilian casualties in Gaza

    In other words, Jewish respondents believe Israel is making efforts to avoid suffering, not that they approve of the suffering, and the national mood is very low.

    Propaganda works.

    So do clickbait tabloid headlines.

    • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      15 hours ago

      Sorry bud, the original source doesn’t make Israelis look better.

      Israelis think that because they believe the IDF. You literally just read the first paragraph and are acting like the responsible one doing real research.