Vast Majority of Arabs and Jews in Mixed Workplaces Report Good Relations

By Yaniv Sharon
Davar
April 7, 2024

Majorities Feel Little Tension, but Still Avoid Discussing War

"The survey found that 83% of Arab workers and 72% of Jewish workers reported the state of relations between Arabs and Jews at their workplace to be good or very good…

"Only 1% of Arab respondents and 2% of Jewish respondents reported that there are "bad relations," with the remainder describing relations as reasonable…

"In general, the workers seem to avoid discussing the October 7th and the ensuing war. Half of Arab respondents and about 39% of Jewish respondents reported that they do not think it is necessary to talk about the situation in the workplace…

"The majority of those who did discuss the issue testified that the conversation was positive (44% of Arabs and 40% of Jews) or neutral (42% of Arabs and 39% of Jews). Only 13% of Arab respondents and 17% of Jewish respondents claimed that the discourse was negative."

This article was translated from Hebrew by Ronen Cohen.

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