The voiceless majority

To judge by the polls, the political system in Israel is very far from representing the positions of the majority in Israeli society. For several months the polls have shown a 60% majority or more in favor of dismantling settlements, even in the framework of a "unilateral separation". The questions in the polls are not always unequivocal, but in a 'Da"haf' poll, on May 6th, which was solicited by 'Peace Now', the questions were clear, and so were the answers: 59% of the Jewish Israelis support a unilateral withdrawal of the Israeli army from most of the occupied territories, and dismantling most of the settlements. They believe that this will renew the peace process, and this solution gives them hope (1). The tens of thousands of Israelis who showed up at the demonstration of the 'peace coalition' on May 11th, responded to this call. But what precisely was the call