BRACE YOURSELVES . . .

. . ."Majority of Israelis for Severe Sanctions Against Anti-Vaxxers"

JewishPress:  Survey: Majority of Israelis for Severe Sanctions Against Anti-Vaxxers. by David Israel

Most Israelis are livid about the minority in their midst who refuse to roll up their sleeves and take the first, second, and third coronavirus vaccine, according to a survey conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and published on Monday (Stabilizing the Economy and Combating COVID by Imposing Restrictions).   IDI describes itself as an independent center of research and action dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli democracy. It’s generally considered to be a left-leaning think-

tank.   

mind you, they are the MINORITY

Back to the enraged Israelis: 

*59% of them support banning the unvaccinated from public areas such as supermarkets and workplaces.  

*57% want to see them pay personally for their medical treatment (in a country where almost everybody is part of an HMO – DI).

But wait, there’s more: 51% of Israelis want unemployment payments yanked away from the unvaccinated who also refuse to be tested (those tests must be paid for by the unvaccinated unless they are children – DI).

Finally, brace yourselves: 

*30% of Israelis want unvaccinated individuals who contracted the coronavirus to be denied access to the ECMO machines that pump blood from the body and oxygenates it – allowing the heart and lungs to rest. If a vaccinated patient needs an ECMO, say 30% of survey respondents, he or she goes automatically ahead of the anti-vaxxers.

HOW IN THE WORLD COULD THOSE WHO DON”T TAKE THE JAB CAUSE ANY HARM TO THOSE WHO GET JABBED WITH TOXINS AND NANOPARTICLES AND GRAPHINES, LIKELY TO GET “MAD COWS DISEASE” AND WHO WILL END UP DYING SOONER OR LATER, BUT IN THE MEANTIME SUFFER HEART AILMENTS AND AN ASSORTED NUMBER OF DEBILATATING SIDE EFFECTS. THIS ONLY PROVES THOSE WHO ARE JABBED ARE NOT IN THEIR RIGHT MINDS

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BELOW IS THE SURVEY.

I have omitted sections that can be read at their website, and included their documentation about the “MINORITY”:

Main Findings

* Identical rates, each slightly less than half of the public, are optimistic about the future of national security and the future of the democratic regime in Israel. On the democratic future the measurement is high, while on national security it is a low one. As in the past, the Jews are more optimistic than the Arabs.

* The majority of the public thinks that a year after they were signed, the Abraham Accords have fulfilled the expectations of them.

* A very large majority of the public sees low chances that in the next five years an accord will be signed with the Palestinians.

* Among the Jews, the rate of those who agree more with those who favored a military attack on Iran to prevent it from going nuclear exceeds the rate of those who agree more with those who favored reaching an agreement. Among the Arabs, the distribution of preferences is the opposite: more support the idea of reaching an agreement.

* A majority of the public considers that even if Iran reaches a nuclear capability, because of Israeli deterrence it will not attack Israel with those weapons.

* Only a minority of the Israeli public views Bennett’s speech at the United Nations as good or excellent.

* The highest rate of the public as a whole, though not a majority, regards the restrictions the government has imposed to prevent COVID-19 infection as appropriate to the situation.

* The rate of those who favor denying entry to public places to unvaccinated people who are not willing to be tested exceeds the rate of those who oppose it. The same holds true for charging a fee for their medical treatment and denying them unemployment benefits. At the same time, only a minority favors granting priority for connection to an ECMO machine to those who have been vaccinated. The approval of sanctions among the Jews exceeds what we found among the Arabs.

* Only a minority of the public thinks Prime Minister Bennett is waging the struggle against COVID-19 appropriately. As on the question of his UN speech, the position on this question is closely related to the interviewees’ political stance.

* Among the Jews, the prevailing perception is that the most important issue for the government in the coming year is stabilizing the economy. Among the Arabs, the top issue for the government to address is the crime in Arab society.

The National Mood

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Peace Agreements

The Abraham Accords

Exactly a year ago former Prime Minister Netanyahu signed the Abraham Accords with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. In your opinion, so far have the accords fulfilled the expectations of them? (%, entire sample)

The Chances of Signing an Accord with the Palestinians

What, in your opinion, are the chances that in the next five years a peace accord will also be signed with the Palestinians? (%, Jewish sample and Arab sample, very low and low chances)

The Iranian Danger

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Attack or Agreement?

Who was more right: those who favored a military attack on Iran at early stages of its nuclear development or those who claimed that a settlement should be reached with Iran? (%, Jewish sample and Arab sample)

The Chances of an Iranian Nuclear Attack

“Despite Israel’s official policy of ambiguity, it apparently has advanced nuclear weapons. In your opinion, what are the chances that in case of a direct clash Iran will use nuclear weapons against Israel?” (%, entire sample)

Prime Minister Bennett’s Speech to the UN

What grade would you give Prime Minister Bennett’s speech to the UN General Assembly? (%, good and excellent, by voting in the latest elections)

Grading Prime Minister Bennett on His Handling of the COVID-19 Crisis

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A grade of not good/poor for Prime Minister Bennett on leading the struggle against COVID-19 (%, entire sample)

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The Government’s Order of Priorities for the Coming Year

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What should be at the top of the government’s order of priorities in the coming year? (%, Jews and Arabs)

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The COVID-19 Crisis

The Government’s Restrictions for Preventing Infection

We wanted to know to what extent the restrictions the current government has imposed to prevent infection win or do not win the public’s approval. Forty-two percent of the interviewees (entire sample) said the government’s restrictions are appropriate to the situation, a slightly lower rate (39%) said they are not severe enough, and only 14% viewed they as too severe.

In this case, too, the responses are explainable largely in terms of the responders’ political positions: whereas half of those who voted for coalition parties in the most recent elections see the restrictions as appropriate to the situation while less than a third claim they are not severe enough, among opposition voters the picture is exactly the opposite: half said the restrictions are not severe enough while slightly over a third saw them as appropriate.

The restrictions the government has imposed regarding COVID-19 are: (%, voting in the most recent elections, by division into coalition and opposition parties)

The gaps on this question between the Jewish and Arab samples are considerable. Whereas, among the Jews, the rates of those who see the restrictions as appropriate or not severe enough are almost identical, among the Arabs a much higher rate views them as too severe.

GRAPH

The restrictions the government has imposed regarding COVID-19 are: (%, Jewish and Arab sample)

GRAPH

Sanctions for the Unvaccinated?

In light of the data showing that the current wave of infections is found mostly among the unvaccinated, some claim that different sanctions should be imposed on them. We looked into which sanctions the public supports. We found that more than half think that unvaccinated people who refuse to be tested should be banned from public places, that they should be charged a fee for medical treatment, and that unemployment benefits should be denied those who refuse to be tested. At the same time, less than a third said those who have been vaccinated should be given priority for connection to an ECMO. Regarding all the sanctions that were presented, the Jews’ support is greater than the Arabs’ support. The largest disparity was found on the two questions with economic aspects (charging a fee for medical treatment and denying unemployment benefits).

Support imposing different sanctions on the unvaccinated (%, Jewish sample and Arab sample)

A segmentation by political camps of the Jewish sample’s responses concerning the different sanctions did not reveal substantial differences. Overall, in the Jewish sample the older age groups take stricter positions on sanctions. The age effect was found to be weaker in the Arab sample.

GRAPH

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SURVEY:  https://en.idi.org.il/articles/36355?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_10_11_2021_9_34)

The Israeli Voice Index for September 2021 was prepared by the Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research of the Israel Democracy Institute. In the survey, which was conducted on the internet and by telephone (supplements of groups that are not sufficiently represented on the network) from September 30 to October 4, 2021, 603 men and women were interviewed in Hebrew and 153 in Arabic, constituting a representative national sample of the entire adult population of Israel aged 18 and older. The maximum sampling error for the entire sample was 3.59%± at a confidence level of 95%. The fieldwork was done by the Midgam Institute. For the full data file see: Data Israel

For all charts/graphs see: https://en.idi.org.il/articles/36355?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_10_11_2021_9_34)