By Xinhua,
Jerusalem : A majority of Israelis believe that their country is headed in a wrong direction, found a survey released Sunday.
Sixty percent of Israelis feel that “the situation in Israel is headed in the wrong direction,” while only 24 percent think the country is moving in the right direction, according to the poll, carried out by KEEVOON Research, Strategy & Communications, a leading survey research firm in Israel.
These figures, although not encouraging, marked a slight improvement of the general feeling of the Israeli public, as a similar poll last year found that 74 percent of the interviewees choose “in the wrong direction” and 16 percent choose “in the right direction.”
“There definitely was an improvement from last year’s survey, which does show that Israelis think things are getting better,” said Mitchell Barak, managing director of the institute.
Yet Barak cautioned that the latest results still represent “a disturbing situation,” as “in general a country where 60 percent of its citizens feel it is headed in the wrong direction is headed for trouble.”
As of the biggest threats Israel faces, the survey found that 24 percent of the interviewees chose Iran and Arab countries, as many as those who chose corruption. Social issues, including poverty, was not far behind, with 22 percent, followed by terror attacks and demographic issues, with 12 percent and 7 percent respectively.