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70% of Teens say Israeli Arabs Not Loyal
Arutz 7 ^ | 12-23-2007 | staff

Posted on 12/23/2007 3:04:32 PM PST by Nachum

(IsraelNN.com) According to a poll carried out by the Smith Institute, 70 percent of Israeli youth believe that Israeli Arabs are not loyal to the state. Half said they would change their minds if Arabs participated in non-military national service. Seventy-three percent of respondents said they identified as Jewish first, with their Israeli identity in second place.

The teens overwhelmingly trusted the IDF over the government, with 73 percent saying they have full confidence in the army and only 11 percent saying the same for the government. Five percent said they had no trust in the army, while 54 percent said they had no trust in the government.

Researchers questioned 400 Israeli teens between the ages of 14 and 18. The research was conducted for the Israeli Zionism Institute in advance of the National Zionist Youth Congress, which will begin on Monday.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: arabs; israeli; loyal; teens

1 posted on 12/23/2007 3:04:33 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

30% of Israeli teens mentally deficient.


2 posted on 12/23/2007 3:06:01 PM PST by Steely Tom (Steely's First Law of the Main Stream Media: if it doesn't advance the agenda, it's not news.)
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To: Nachum

Hell,
If I had the appeasing lawyer Olmert leading my govt. I’d think very very poorly of it too.


3 posted on 12/23/2007 3:10:18 PM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Nachum

increasing muslim % of voters in israel is a time bomb.


4 posted on 12/23/2007 3:21:22 PM PST by WoofDog123
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To: Steely Tom

70% of Teens say Israeli Arabs Not Loyal...

30% of teens are deaf/dumb/blind!!!!


5 posted on 12/23/2007 3:27:18 PM PST by nyyankeefan
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To: Nachum
There have been statements by leaders in the Arab-Isreali community that anyone who does participate in national service would be a leper in their community. Not real helpful.

On the other hand, Druze Israelis are doing full military service and are welcomed in the IDF.

6 posted on 12/23/2007 3:48:51 PM PST by Starwolf
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To: Steely Tom

I prefer to look at it this way: The vast majority of Israel’s youth are actually paying attention.


7 posted on 12/23/2007 3:56:18 PM PST by RichInOC (KATZ: HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!! ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US. HA HA HA HA....)
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To: Nachum

As in America, 30% is the basic number of cluless citizens in almost any given poll.


8 posted on 12/23/2007 3:58:46 PM PST by airborne (Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
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To: Nachum

Duh.


9 posted on 12/23/2007 6:26:47 PM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: airborne

How many of the 30% are Israeli Arabs?


10 posted on 12/23/2007 7:05:20 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: airborne
As in America, 30% is the basic number of cluless citizens in almost any given poll.

Ah, so that explains Huckabee's numbers.

11 posted on 12/23/2007 7:21:31 PM PST by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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