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Newsflash: Israelis Are Happy

This wouldn't even qualify for a post, except that every week we read a story about how Israelis are totally demoralized. As a meme, it has an especially pronounced habit of bubbling to the surface whenever Israelis are actually rallying around the flag (see, inter alia, Beit Hanoun). So for what it's worth - and to give us a place to link to when this comes up in the future - it's simply not true:

Eighty three percent of Jewish Israelis are satisfied or extremely satisfied with their lives, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics annual Social Survey 2006 released Tuesday... Furthermore, more than half the population told researchers that they believed within the next few years, life in Israel would greatly improve for them.

We wouldn't say that people who write about demoralized and depressed Israelis are necessarily lying. We prefer "under-informed".

References:
* Beit Hanoun Meme Watch - (6) "Israelis Demoralized and Blaming Themselves" - Actually, No They're Not [MR]
* Survey shows most Israelis are happy [JPost]

Previously:
* Picture You Won't See on CNN
* At This Point, Journalists Are Literally Just Going Through The Motions Of Covering Up Their Bias
* European Media Bias - Really?

Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit

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