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Source: https://en.idi.org.il/articles/28654
Poll: 65 Percent of Arab Israelis Are Proud of Their Citizenship
(Israel Democracy Institute) According to a survey of Israelis published by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) on Sunday, 65% of Arab Israelis are proud to be Israeli - the highest since 2003. At the same time, 77% deny Israel's right to define itself as the nation-state of the Jewish people. 58% believe that their political leadership does not do a good job in representing the Arab community (up from 41% in 2017). 70% of Jews and 75% of Arabs work or have worked in places in which Jews and Arabs work together. 93% of Jewish Israelis and 98% of Arab Israelis defined working relationships as either "good" or "very good." 58% of Jewish Israelis reported that they try to avoid entering Arab localities - while only 8% of Arab Israelis reported that they avoid entering Jewish localities.