The proportion of Arab Israelis who say they feel part of the state of Israel has soared to a record high as the country has pulled together in the wake of Hamas’s deadly terror attacks.
Overall, 70 per cent of Arabs said they felt part of state and its problems when surveyed this month, up from under half the population (48 per cent) who said so in June this year, according to poll carried out by the Israel Democracy Institute, a Jerusalem-based think tank.
This is the highest level recorded since the body began asking respondents this question in 2003; the only time the proportion of Arab Israelis who said they felt part of the state of Israel came close to this level was in 2005, when 69 per cent of participants said so.
Where Jewish Israelis were concerned, 94 per cent said they felt part of Israel and its problems this month, compared to 85 per cent in June. The latest figure marks a record high for Jews too.
