Maoz, I., & McCauley, C. (2005)
The set up was as follows: Telephone surveys were conducted with interviews of a representative sample (n = 559) of the Jewish-Israeli adult population and they were randomly sampled.
The survey included the following measures: “Respondents were first asked questions regarding perceptions of threat from Palestinians and of the extent to which Israeli-Palestinian relations are a zero-sum conflict, followed by questions about affective responses to Palestinians. These were followed by questions about their attitudes toward different solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (detailed below) and last, questions about demographic and socioeconomic background.”
The solutions offered to the sample included four solutions current in political dialogue at the time. Each solution was described briefly and respondents were asked to rate agreement with each solution on a 6-point bipolar scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = slightly disagree, 4 = slightly agree, 5 = agree, and 6 = strongly agree).
- 1967 lines—Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty: peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians-Israel will withdraw from the territories to the 1967 lines-Jerusalem will stay under Israeli sovereignty-Palestinian state will be established, and the Palestinians will agree to prevent terror acts.
- 1967 lines—Two capitals in Jerusalem: a peace agreement-Israel will withdraw from the territories to the 1967 lines- Establish a Palestinian state-Jerusalem will have two capitals—an Israeli capital and Palestinian-The Palestinians will commit themselves to prevent terror acts.
- Compromise on Temple Mount: peace agreement-Palestinians will be given sovereignty on parts of Temple Mount and of the old city in Jerusalem
- Unilateral withdrawal: Unilateral withdrawal of Israel-Three groups of settlements will stay under Israeli control: the Ezion bloc, the area of Jerusalem, the area of Ariel as well as the Jordan Valley- A security fence to prevent unregulated entrance from the territories to Israel- evacuate or transfer isolated settlements to others.
- Palestinian state: No security for Israel until a Palestinian state strong enough to control Palestinian terror is established strong enough to control Palestinian terror.
- Cannot compromise settlements. One cannot compromise even one settlement for a peace agreement with Palestinians.
Perceptions of the Conflict and of Threat from Palestinians
Perceptions of the conflict as zero-sum and perceptions of threat from Palestinians were assessed with seven statements about whether there is no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, whether most of the Palestinians would destroy Israel if they could, and so forth.
Affective Reactions to Palestinians
Feelings about Palestinians were assessed with five statements about feeling hate, understanding, and so forth.
Hawk-Dove Identification
Respondents placed themselves on a hawk-dove dimension using a 7-point scale. In the scale, 1 represents full identification with right wing (hawkish) attitudes, 7 represents full identification with left-wing (dovish) attitudes, and 4 represents in the middle/center attitudes toward Arab-Israeli relations.
Demographic Questions Demographic questions included gender, age, numbers of years of education, and economic status of the respondent.