What Do Polls Tell Us About Israeli and Palestinian Attitudes?

08/26/24 • 57 min

October 7 and the ten months of war that have followed continue to define public opinion and daily life for Israelis and Palestinians. This challenging period has recharacterized how each society sees itself, its relationship to the other, and its trust in leadership. Public opinion polling offers us insight into the evolving sentiments on both sides and what these changes might mean for the future of Arab-Israel relations.

On this episode of Decision Points, leading Israeli and Palestinian pollsters Tamar Hermann and Khalil Shikaki join host David Makovsky to discuss the trendlines and underlying nuances of Israeli and Palestinian public opinion polling since October 7. Hermann is a Senior Research Fellow and the Academic Director of the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute. Shikaki is the Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah and a senior fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University.

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