What does the Israeli public really think about the conflict?

Listen to 'Headline' — the daily news podcast of ynet. This time: on the positions of Israeli society regarding the conflict and why the subject is absent from the current election campaign.

'Party platforms are very sparse when it comes to the question of the conflict. It seems that the parties are afraid to deal with a subject that is so explosive and sensitive. We found some surprising findings. Over the course of three years, we brought together people with different worldviews, some of them active for many years on the subject, some with deep ideological clashes. We saw that they were still learning new things they did not know from the meetings. They discovered, for example, other voices from within the Haredi society, which showed a certain pragmatism regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,' says Liat Malka, director of the leadership and influence network at the Tama organization.

'The Eastern-traditional group brought a relatively different position — they do not see Israel as a 'villa in the jungle', but as part of the Middle East space. From their perspective, they are rooted here: their parents were born in this region and they have been managing relationships with the Muslim world for many generations. From their perspective, they are locals and they talk about the space in a broader way than just about the conflict. We are trying to change the discourse to talk a little differently about the conflict. For example, we usually add asterisks next to the word 'conflict'. This is to leave different 'entry gates' to the issue of the conflict. There are worldviews that see it as a Jewish-Palestinian conflict, and there are Israeli-Palestinian. We are trying to keep the discussion open to as many groups as possible with different worldviews. The goal is to bring all the voices of Israeli society into the discourse.'

If you missed it: you are invited to listen to another episode of ours, about the life of the Jewish community in Iran.