Political Memes

80% of Jewish Israelis don’t feel anything when shown pictures of starving Palestinians, so “normal” Israelis are clearly in the minority here

You went a little bit overboard here with the misinformation propaganda, mate. If you wrote something like "60%" I would've probably believed and moved on. But the 80% is such a ridiculously high number that it can only exist in the mind of someone who believes that Israelis are the Devil Incarnate.

So I went looking. The only source I could find for anything close to what you're describing is the Israeli Democracy Institute's research

First of all: I love how you people always claim that "citing Israeli sources is stupid" when it comes to Palestine, but you're all good using it when it suits you.

Second of all: that "80%" number...

The number itself never shows up in any relation to hunger, but let's assume you rounded it up from something. Let's look for those bloodthirsty 80% of Israelis who feel nothing when shown a photograph of a starving human...

78% of Jewish Israelis and 22.5% of Arab Israelis think that, given the circumstances of the fighting in Gaza, Israel is making efforts to avoid causing suffering to the Palestinian population there.

Hmm... Not quite. What about:

The majority of Jewish respondents think that, given the circumstances of the fighting in Gaza, Israel is making efforts to avoid causing suffering to the Palestinian population there

Ahh, no there too.

Maybe something about "being troubled" by what's going on?

On a personal level, the majority in the Center and on the Right (Jewish respondents) say that they are not troubled by the reports of famine and suffering among the Palestinian population in Gaza. On the Left, the majority reported that they are personally troubled by these reports.

Ah, damn! Nowhere near 80% of the entire population, is it? Let's look further - if they're so bloodthirsty, they'll clearly be happy about what the settlers are doing against Palestinians in the West Bank, right?

Regarding violence by groups of settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank / Judea and Samaria, the findings are remarkably similar to those for the previous question—the largest share of respondents think that the authorities are acting too leniently

Oops! They're against that... Damn! OK, let's look further, it's got to be there somewhere, right?

Well, no. You're just full of shit as there was - fucking obviously - no "showing of pictures of starving children.

The closest we get is the answer to these questions:

Which of the following claims is more correct? (%)

1. Even with the restrictions imposed by the fighting, Israel could significantly reduce the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, but chooses not to.
2. Israel's actions are restricted by the fighting, but it is making substantial efforts to avoid causing unnecessary suffering to Palestinians in Gaza.

With the responses being:

• Among the Israeli Jews: 15% chose (1), 78% chose (2).
• Among the Arab Jews: 66.5% chose (1), 22.5% chose (2).

The closest thing we get to what you claimed is this question:

Personally troubled by the reports of famine and suffering among the Palestinian population in Gaza (Jews; %)

Where 70% of Israelis on the Left side of the political spectrum say... they are absolutely troubled by it. 32% of Centre and 6% of Right are, which - while horrible - is nowhere near "aren't bothered by a photograph of a starving child"...