Internal divisions are the biggest future threat in the eyes of Israelis.

Internal divisions are the biggest future threat in the eyes of Israelis.

According to the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv, the latest survey by the Jewish Policy Institute shows that Israelis are more fearful than ever of internal disintegration and deep social divisions in the regime; 55 percent of them consider internal disputes to be the “greatest existential threat” to the Zionist regime; a threat that, in their view, is even more dangerous than “Iran” and the “Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

According to the survey, only 23 percent of respondents considered the “Iranian threat” to be the main threat, and 18 percent considered the “conflict with the Palestinians” to be the most important challenge. These figures show that, contrary to the claims of Tel Aviv authorities about external threats, public opinion in the Zionist regime is more concerned about internal crises and the erosion of internal cohesion than anything else.

According to the Ma’ariv report, the disaggregated survey data also present a more worrying picture, with 59 percent of Jews and 39 percent of Arabs living in occupied Palestine considering internal divisions as the greatest threat. It also emphasizes that this concern is common among all groups, including right-wing, moderate, and left-wing party movements.

Even among the right-wing movements of the Zionist regime, which usually emphasize external threats, concerns about social collapse are at the top of the survey; the results of the survey show that 48 percent of the right-wing, 57 percent of the moderate right, and 73 percent of the moderates consider social divisions to be the main threat to the future of the Zionist regime.

In this regard, Yedid Stern, the head of the Jewish Policy Institute, warned of the continuation of the process of social collapse and stated that Israelis are more concerned than ever about the future of the regime and place the social threat above the security threat.

He acknowledged that these data show that Israel is facing a crisis that cannot be ignored and that action must be taken to contain it before it is too late.

According to IRNA, the survey is being published at a time when Israel has been facing political crises, widespread protests, religious and ethnic divisions, severe differences between right and left parties, and growing distrust of political, security, and military institutions in recent years; crises that analysts see as a sign of structural erosion and a serious internal threat to the existence of the Zionist regime.

The results of this survey once again show that, contrary to the claims of Tel Aviv officials about external threats, the greatest danger to this regime is neither Iran nor Palestine, but rather the deep and unresolved crises within this regime; a crisis that, according to experts, could shake Israel’s political and social foundations more than any other external threat.