WEST BANK (Dispatches) – A new poll conducted by an Israeli institute shows optimism about the future of the Zionist regime is rapidly on the decline amid political infighting among the regime’s top officials.
The poll, which was conducted by the so-called Israel Democracy Institute, showed that over half (51%) of the people living in the occupied Palestinian territories are fearful for the regime’s future.
The poll analyzed statistical data on the inhabitants of the occupied territories from 2003 to 2022.
It showed that only 49 percent of the people living in the occupied territories share optimistic views regarding the regime’s future, compared with 76 percent who were asked the same question in a 2012 poll.
Moreover, 2022 saw a steady decline in the trust of the inhabitants of the occupied territories in the Zionist regime’s political institutions, including the presidency, the cabinet, the Knesset and various political parties.
Earlier on Sunday, the regime’s president said he was deeply worried about the growing protests against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new extremist cabinet and its proposed judicial reforms plan.
Isaac Herzog said he had been working for days to mediate discussions between political figures in the occupied territories over the hardline cabinet’s contentious planned judicial overhaul, which is projected to hand more powers to lawmakers.
“We are in the grips of a profound disagreement that is tearing our nation apart,” the Zionist president said in a statement, adding, “This conflict worries me deeply, as it worries many across Israel and the diaspora.”
Herzog said he was focused on “averting a historic constitutional crisis and stopping the continued rift within” the occupied territories. Herzog, however, admitted that he could fail in his efforts as “there is still a long way to go and significant gaps remain.”
His comments came after on Saturday, tens of thousands rallied in three major cities across the occupied territories against Netanyahu’s new extremist cabinet and its judicial reforms plan.
Protesters flooded the streets in Tel Aviv, the occupied city of Al-Quds and the city of Haifa in the northern part of the occupied territories, brandishing signs with slogans decrying Netanyahu’s new cabinet as the “government of shame” and urging, “bring down the dictator.”