Israel National News reports: “The Israel Democracy Index (IDI) on Sunday published a new survey showing that while Israeli Arabs believe that Israel’s response to Iran’s missile October 1 missile barrage was too weak.

The survey showed that in total, 41% of respondents believe that Israel’s response was ‘appropriately strong,’ while 43.5% believe it was ‘too weak’; just 3.5% believe it was ‘too strong.’ Among Arabs, however, 45.5% of respondents say the response was too weak, 31% say it was appropriately strong, and 8% say it was too strong. Among Jews, 43% said the response was too weak, while an equal number said it was appropriately strong. Just 3% said it was too strong.

When divided by political stance, 46% of leftists and 48% of centrists believe the response was appropriately strong, and 28% and 32% respectively think it was too weak. On the political right, however, 51% say Israel’s response was too weak, and 41% say it was appropriately strong.

When asked about the effect of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s elimination, 62.5% of Jews said that Sinwar’s death brings Israel closer to achieving its goals for the war, while only 21% of Arabs agreed…”