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If they hate themselves, how do you expect them to love accept other?

Poll: 51% of Israelis want separate secular, religious neighborhoods

Gesher-Ynet survey shows majority of Israeli public feels religious, secular Jews ought to live separately, with only a third of Israelis endorsing 'mixed' neighborhoods

Separate but equal. A majority of the Israeli public believes religious families ought to live in separate neighborhoods, and even cities, to their secular counterparts, according to a new weekly poll new poll conducted by Ynet and the Gesher Organization.

The poll furthermore revealed that 64% of Israelis disapprove of utilizing admissions criteria, such as psychological testing or background checks, for residents entering a new community, with only 19% approving of criminal background checks alone.

The poll was conducted by the Mutagim Institute, and was comprised of a representative sample 0f 505 Hebrew speaking Israeli adults.

When asked where a national religious family should ideally reside, 51% of respondents indicated that separating the various religious factions would be best. 29% of respondents indicated that religious families ought to live in their own specially designated communities, where as 22% supported the establishment of segregated oreligious neighborhoods within “religiously diverse” cities.

Only 33% of respondents indicated that they favored the establishment of joint communities containing both secular and religious residents.

When breaking down this survey data according to religious affiliation, it appears that haredi respondents favored segregation most, with 61% of haredi respondents indicating that they preferred to live in separate communities and neighborhoods.

A majority of traditional and ultra-Orthodox respondent (53%) as well as secular respondents (49%) were also in favor of separate depending on religious affiliation.

[Hat tip: David Cohen]

Of course you don't have to ask about there feelings toward Palestinians, Muslims or Christians. It goes without saying that if Israeli "love" each over this much, you can imagine how much they will "love" to live close to other?!