55% of Jewish Israelis back ban on sale or rental to Arabs

The chattering classes may not be very happy about the rabbis' letter banning sales or rentals of homes to Arabs, but the Jewish public is largely in favor.A survey by the Panels Institute (link in Hebrew) at the end of last week shows that 55% of Israel's adult Jewish population is in favor of the ban. That includes 41% of secular Israelis, 64% of traditional Israelis and 88% of the Orthodox