The More Orthodox-Religious Israelis Are, The More They Support Random Retaliation Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians

While most seculars oppose "price tag" violence (36% in favor, 57% against), most traditional, national-religious and ultra-Orthodox Jews believe these actions are justified (55%, 70% and 71%, respectively).

 

Poll: 46% in favor of 'price tag'
Ynet-Gesher survey conducted after Itamar massacre shows nearly half of Jewish public believes extreme rightists' actions against Palestinians are justified
Ynet

Nearly half of Israel's Jewish population believes the "price tag" activities executed by extreme rightists against Palestinians are justified to a certain extent, according to a survey conducted for Ynet and the Gesher educational organization.

The poll was carried out by the Panels research institute following the massacre of five family members in the settlement of Itamar, among 504 respondents who constitute a national representative sample of the adult Jewish population in Israel. The sampling error stands at 4.4%.

Respondents were asked to refer to the "price tag" activities executed by extreme right-wing elements. Forty-eight percent said there was no room for such actions (33% - "totally unjustified", 15% - "somewhat unjustified"). On the other hand, some 22% said the actions were "perfectly justified", and 23% defined them as "quite justified".

While most seculars oppose "price tag" activities (36% in favor, 57% against), most traditional, national-religious and ultra-Orthodox Jews believe these actions are justified (55%, 70% and 71%, respectively).

The survey respondents were also asked whether rabbis were capable of preventing the "price tag" actions. Some 68% responded that rabbis were "quite capable" or "very capable" of preventing such actions.

Here too there was a significant difference between the stance of secular and traditional Jews, and that of religious and haredi Jews: About 76% of the seculars and 66% of the traditional Jews believe the rabbis have the power to prevent the "price tag" activities, while the national-religious and haredim say the rabbis are incapable of doing so. About 40% of religious Jews and 35% of haredim believe rabbis can prevent acts of violence and revenge.

Finally, the respondents were asked who should be held responsible for preventing "price tag" activities. The most popular answer was "the settlers' leadership" (52%), followed by the police (45%), rabbis (43%), the Israel Defense Forces (37%) and the legal system (22%).
 
'Price tag only aggravates situation'

According to Gesher Director Ilan Geal-Dor, "The pain over the terrible attack evokes bad feelings of revenge. The public feels something must be done, but the price tag solution does not improve the situation in any way. It can only make it worse.
         
"The survey shows that the absolute majority believes the rabbis can prevent these actions. The rabbis have a key role, not just in the hall of study, but also by directing efforts at other channels rather than the price tag.
 
"I call on the rabbis to sign a new 'rabbis' letter', urging the hot-tempered and all young people to avoid any price tag activities. Such a letter will allow the security forces to focus on securing communities rather than chasing rioters."

Comments

[Michelle]

B"H

The Covenant of Peace was given to Pinchas.

[Meir]

I thought "price tag" was pogromming against Palestinians in retaliation for dismantling of illegal outposts.

[Erstwhile Chabadchik]

Vicious anti-Semitism that the world needs to condemn when violence is committed against them. But against goyim, it's self-defense.

All they know are enemies. They think, sleep and breathe enemies.

[Erstwhile Chabadchik]

What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?

[Moshe Sharon]

One of the major weapons in the propaganda war against Israel is the “Remember these Children” website which compares the numbers of Arab children who have been killed in the conflicts to the number of Jewish children murdered by terrorists. The Arab list totals 1,437 since 2000 and the Jewish list totals 130. Not withstanding that such reporting is unsubstantiated, After visiting the site, I noticed that according to this report, most of the Israeli children were murdered in drive by shootings and human bombs exploding themselves in restaurants, buses and markets. In other words, the Arab terrorists targeted those children and murdered them in cold blood. For all of the Arab children, on the other hand, the site identifies the causes of death as gun shot wounds or explosions during the firefights with Arab Hamas fighters. What were their children doing in the middle of a war zone? That is clear and convincing evidence that the Hamas thugs where using the local children as human shields. Soldiers are trained to return fire when fired upon. The bushwhacking urban guerrillas who fire at enemy troops from a neighborhood full of children are the ones causing the deaths of those children. More at http:moshesharon.worpress.com

[A E ANDERSON]

Of course Jewish retaliation against Palestinian terror is justified. But to conflate just and necessary retaliation with private acts of terror only compounds the problem and leaves the Jews guilty of the same moral crime as their enemies.

The state has a monopoly on violence in modern society, and its citizens ought to respect that. It is a state decision, and not a private decision, to engage in armed conflict or warfare. If you think it should be open season on the Palestinians, Hezbollah, or whomever, then your recourse in a modern democratic state is to petition your elected representative to go to war, or failing that, elect new parliamentarians to represent your jingoistic sentiments.

I'm all for letting the Palestinians go for it and create their rump state in the West Bank and Aza. Gezunterheit! Let them go at each other to their hearts' content, and should they so much as stick a finger over the security wall, blow them to kingdom come.