Ask Haviv Anything Episode 10: Thirty years of traumatic peacemaking - what do Israelis really think?
Apr 22, 2025
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Historic Voter Turnout Collapse
- Israeli voter turnout was historically very high, averaging 80% for four decades.
- In 2001, it collapsed by 17 points to 62%, signaling unprecedented political disruption.
First Intifada Shapes Israeli Left
- The First Intifada was a grassroots Palestinian uprising against 20 years of Israeli military rule.
- It created a new Israeli left belief that Israeli military rule was unsustainable and peace was possible.
Second Intifada Shattered Israeli Left
- The Second Intifada was a top-down, violent wave of suicide bombings unlike the first uprising.
- It shattered the Israeli left’s belief in peace, ending its electoral success since then.