Trust in Israel’s top court

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Public trust in state institutions (2003-22)	Jews	Arabs
  
Israeli Defence Forces	88.1%
			33.9%

President of Israel 	66.9%
			36.3%

Supreme Court 		59.5%
			55.9% 

Police 			48.0% 
			36.3%

Government 		37.5%
			33.8%

Media 			37.3%
			40.3%

Knesset 		36.1%
			32.3%

Political Parties	21.2%
			24.1%
  
                                                
Agree that Supreme Court should have power to overturn laws passed by Knesset if they conflict with democratic principles (2022)
56%
71%

 
Sample of 1,311 men and women aged 18 and over. Margin of error:±2.8%
 

Sources: CNN, Financial Times, Israeli Democracy Index 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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