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Civic Service for Arabs Findings of Attitude Surveys of Arab
Public and Leaders in Fall 2007
Prof. Sammy SmoohaThe Jewish-Arab Center, University of Haifa
The 8th Herzlia Conference, January 23, 2008
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Arab Public Opinion Surveys• State-wide representative, telephone surveys of the Arab
public and leadership (without the Druze)• Data-collection: October-November 2007, Statistical
Consulting Unit, the University of Haifa• With participation of Dr. Nohad Ali, the University of Haifa
and Yizrael Valley College• The population survey (910 respondents)
– Public (23 years and older) (500)– Parents to children 18-22 years old (204)– Youth 16-22 years old (206)
• The leadership survey (78 respondents)– Public figures affiliated to Jewish establishment (27)– Public figures not affiliated to Jewish establishment (51)
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Exposure to Information about Civic Service
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Support of Civic Service
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Arab Youth's Support of Civic Service despite Objections
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Arab Youth's Reasons for Supporting Civic Service
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Youth's and Leaders' Reasons for Objecting
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Arab Youth's Preferences of Type of Civic Service
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Arab Youth's Priorities for Civic Service Activities
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Persons Influencing Decisions to Volunteer to Civic Service
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Attitudes of Arab Youth who Support Civic Service
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Characteristics of Arab Youth who Support Civic Service
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Attitudes of Arab Public versus Attitudes of Independent Arab Leaders
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Conclusions• Civic service has become a key bone of
contention between the state and the Arab leaders who are not affiliated to the Jewish establishment
• The majority of the Arab public is still not aware of the civic service project because of its newness
• The majority of the Arab public, parents to youth, youth, and leaders affiliated to Jewish establishment support civic service because of its benefits to Arab youth and sector
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Conclusions (Continued)• Supporters regard volunteering to civic service as
personal activity beneficial to the individual and community and to be decided personally, while opponents see it as participation in a project inimical to the Arab-national interest that requires consideration of the Arab leadership’s position
• Arab public figures not affiliated to Jewish establishment oppose civic service because it may become mandatory, facilitate Israelization, blur the Arab-national identity and promotes reconciliation to the Jewish-Zionist nature of the state, and because they do not control and runs counter to the search after non-territorial autonomy for the Arab minority
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Conclusions (End)
• The project may succeed if accompanied by a campaign for explaining its benefits to Arab individuals and communities, if remains voluntary, if the promised benefits are delivered and if recruitment is limited to several thousands volunteers per year
• The campaign against the project would reduce its mass support but would not cause its downfall
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