Israel’s 81% war consensus is an illusion

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When we breakdown the data, what looks like national unity turns out to be two markedly different understandings of the war, imagined by two different publics.

Beyond the 81%: two visions of Israel’s war

When we break the data down this way, what looks like national unity turns out to be two markedly different understandings of the war, imagined by two different publics.

Third, and most revealing, opposition voters support a fundamentally different campaign: while 86% of coalition voters support continuing until the regime falls, 40% of opposition voters prefer a ceasefire following limited degradation of capabilities, and 7% are unsure. 

Among the left-leaning third of the opposition, this divergence is even starker: 48% prefer a ceasefire, 8% unsure, and 45% want to continue until the regime falls.

The Israeli Left is imagining a bounded military operation. The Right is imagining regime change.