A survey by the Israel Democracy Institute that examined key public opinions regarding the protests against legal reform shows that less than a quarter of the participants (23%) participated in the rallies compared to 77% who said that they refrained from taking part. Survey participants were asked about the legitimacy of specific protests and 24% said that it was permissible to block the National Highway, 26% justified not reporting for reserve duty, 37% said that it was legitimate to block a central highway for several hours, and 70% supported demonstrations in front of the homes of elected officials. 44% of the respondents said they believe that the protests delayed the reform to a small extent, 24% thought that the demonstrations delayed the legislation to a large extent, and 19% said that the protests did not delay the legislation at all. Most of the interviewees preferred giving up on the reform and focusing on strengthening national unity (58%) compared to only about a quarter who believed that in the current situation legislation of the reform should continue (27%). Segmentation by vote in the elections shows that an absolute majority of the voters from opposition parties believe that the reform should be abandoned and that the government should focus on unity (87%), while among the coalition voters a small majority (52%) stated that the reform should continue as is. However, about a third of the coalition's voters believe that the continuation of the legislation should be stopped and action should be taken to increase unity in the country. The segmentation of the voters of the four coalition parties indicates a large gap between them: a large majority of voters from the haredi parties support the legislation as well as a little over half of the religious Zionist voters. On the other hand, Likud voters are divided in their positions - 43% support the promotion of the reform and an equal proportion are in favor of renouncing it and trying to strengthen national unity. 39% of respondents support the establishment of an emergency government headed by Netanyahu and featuring Yesh Atid and the National Unity Camp, while 45% are opposed. The majority of those who voted in the last elections for the Zionist opposition parties (Yisrael Beytenu, Labor, Yesh Atid and the National Unity Camp) support the establishment of a national emergency government in which the center parties will take part. Particularly interesting in this context is the largest party in the Knesset, which heads the current coalition, the Likud, in which the proportion of voters supporting this type of coalition exceeds the proportion opposing it - 45% and 38%, respectively. An interesting statistic, even if not surprising, is that a large majority of those who support the further promotion of the reform would not want the centrist parties to enter the coalition instead of the religious Zionist party (73%, against 21%). On the other hand, among those who support renouncing the reform and focusing on strengthening national unity - there is a majority for the entry of these parties into the coalition (53%, against 34% against). Another statistic that emerged from the survey: almost half (49%) of Israeli voters believe that the chances of a civil war breaking out are low or very low, and almost the same proportion (45%) believe that the chances of this are very high or quite high. The survey's editors, Prof. Tamar Herman and Dr. Or Inabi from the Institute's Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research stated that: "Among the public in Israel there are seemingly contradictory trends: on the one hand, there are fears of a deterioration in violence between supporters of the reform and its opponents to the point of a widespread willingness to establish an emergency government headed by Netanyahu . On the other hand, especially among protest participants, there is a high appreciation for the protest's ability to delay the progress of legislation and even an increase in the legitimacy of the use of extreme methods such as failing to report for reserve duty."
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