The President’s Conference Israeli Democracy 2003 Hosted by JSkyway with permission of the Israel Democracy Institute

Auditing Israeli Democracy 2003

Democracy Indicators Institutions Rights Stability Repre- sentation Accountability Partici- pation Checks and Balances Corruption Economic Political Gender Civilian Minority Social Government Stability Political Conflict Social Cleavages

Chart 2 Relative Ranking of Israel on 24 Variables Stability Rights Institu-tions Israel and other countries with same ranking The height of the bar indicates the number of countries compared

Graph 3 Representation in Israel Party Domination: 1992-2003 More Repres. Less Domin. Less Repres. More Domin

Graph 4 Representation Compared Party Domination More Repres. Less Domin. Less Repres. More Domin.

Graph 5 Voting in Israel 1992-2003

Graph 6 Voting Rates Compared

Graph 7 Political Rights Compared Freedom of the Press

Graph 8 Equality for Minorities Compared Political Discrimination More Discrim. Less Discrim.

Graph 9 Stability Compared Government Turnover 1992-2002 Less Stable More Stable

Graph 10 Stability 1992-2003 Completion of Terms

Democracy Survey April 2003

Graph 11 Support for Democracy “Democracy the best form of government” Strongly “agree” and “agree”; Jewish samples only

Graph 12 Democratic Values “Equality before the law regardless of political opinion” Strongly “agree” and “agree”; Jewish samples only

Graph 13 Equality for the Arab Minority Strongly disagree and disagree to “Jewish majority for major decisions such as returning territories” Jewish samples only

Graph 14 Support for Democracy Compared “Democratic Regime Desirable” Strongly “agree” and “agree”; Jewish and Arab samples

Graph 15 “Strong Leader” Compared “A few strong leaders would do more good than all the discussions and the laws” Strongly “agree” and “agree”; Jewish and Arab samples

Graph 16 The institution that best protects Israeli democracy Jewish sample only; by religious observance

Much trust Little trust Graph 17 Relative Ranking of Israel on Trust in Institutions and Trust in People Jewish and Arab samples Much trust Little trust

Graph 18 Inter-group Relations in Israel Not good and not good at all Arabs and Jews in samples for Arabs-Jews and rich-poor. Jews only for religious-secular, mizrachim-ashkenazim, and immigrants-veterans.

Graph 19 To be a “real Israeli” Agree that the element is important or very important

Graph 20 Ranking of Israeli on Corruption Index compared to perception of corruption Jewish and Arab samples