Press Release
January 11, 2021
Israeli Democracy Index 2020 reveals sharp decline in assessment of relations between the police and the public since the outbreak of COVID-19. A majority of Israelis believe that the police does not take criticism seriously
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Yohanan Plesner, President of the Israel Democracy Institute, and
Prof. Tamar Hermann, Director of IDI s Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research, today (Monday) presented President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin with the Israeli Democracy Index for 2020. The Index, which is published annually for the past 18 years, reveals a complex picture of the level of public trust in key State institutions, and of Israelis confidence in the overall strength and resilience of Israeli democracy.