All of the Above: Identity Paradoxes of Young People in Israel

The 2010 Youth Study of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung constitutes the third survey conducted by the Foundation in collaboration with the Macro Center for Political Economics. Its purpose was to examine the attitudes and ideological perceptions of adolescents and young adults in Israel.

 

The results of the third survey, in this book that appears before you, enable us to examine changes and trends that took place over twelve years in the attitudes and ideological perceptions of Israeli youth: the situation and status of Israel in general, the personal expectations of the respondents regarding their futures and personal happiness, and their attitudes toward the following issues: Zionism, the State's democracy and institutions, minorities in Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Germany and the Holocaust. For the first time, in-depth interviews were conducted with 80 youths in the 2010 Youth Study to complement the survey and provide a more profound understanding of its findings.