"One survey after another brings into focus how much faith Israelis and Palestinians have lost in one another. Sixty-two percent of Israeli respondents to a poll released by the Hebrew Universityof Jerusalem in August agreed to some degree with the statement: "There are no innocent people in Gaza." Seventy-six percent of respondents who identified as Israeli Jews agreed with the statement 42% of those said they "strongly agree." Such surveys raise fears that the mutual alienation will endure long after the current war."
""My biggest concern about Israel is the lack of empathy," Corey Gil-Shuster told DW. He heads the master's degree program on conflict resolution and mediation at Tel Aviv University. "People can't even have empathy for children and old people, or the sick." In 2012, he started a YouTube channel called The Ask Project, where he tackles controversial topics. In his program, he asks viewers for questions that he then directs at members of both societies in street surveys."
Surveys reveal deepening mutual distrust and dehumanization between Israelis and Palestinians, with 62% of Israeli respondents agreeing that 'There are no innocent people in Gaza' and 76% of Israeli Jews concurring. High percentages report strong agreement, raising fears of enduring alienation after the war. Conflict-resolution experts report a striking loss of empathy, including indifference toward children, the elderly, and the sick. Street-level video projects show Palestinians and Israelis expressing willingness to endorse further violence or to celebrate suffering. Public opinion research in Ramallah registers historically low relations between the two societies over the past two years.
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