The ground operation sent citizens into a frenzy: the rally around the flag effect during operation protective edge

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Table 1. Variables and wording of questions

Variables		Wordings of Questions
Rally round the flag
Evaluation about the government		What grade would you give to the functioning the government in running Operation Protective Edge so far?
		[1 = Very Poor … 10 = Very Good]
Evaluation about Jews		What grade would you give to the Jewish population in Israel for its behaviour since the operation began?
		[1 = Very Poor … 10 = Very Good]
Evaluation about Arabs		What grade would you give to the Arab population in Israel for its behaviour since the operation began?
		[1 = Very Poor … 10 = Very Good]

Source:The Peace Index Survey B and C

Table 2. Results of OLS estimation

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
	Model-1	Model-2a	Model-2b	Model-3a	Model-3b
	Government	Jews	Arabs	Government	Government
Jews-Arabs	−4.5426***	−2.4810***	1.4257***
	(0.4198)	(0.3452)	(0.4362)
Ground Operation				1.4055***	0.2243
				(0.2419)	(0.7527)
Gender	0.5314**	0.1280	0.1137	0.5446**	0.0281
	(0.2307)	(0.1943)	(0.2496)	(0.2313)	(0.7897)
Ideology (Right-Left)	−0.1817	−0.7725***	0.5404***	−0.0891	−0.8258**
	(0.1153)	(0.0987)	(0.1268)	(0.1149)	(0.3979)
Age	0.0247***	0.0229***	0.0049	0.0208***	0.0106
	(0.0064)	(0.0053)	(0.0067)	(0.0063)	(0.0267)
Income	0.2509***	0.1470*	0.1855*	0.0544	0.5250
	(0.0930)	(0.0781)	(0.0982)	(0.0963)	(0.3128)
Education Level	−0.2545***	−0.1923***	−0.0508	−0.2440***	−0.1591
	(0.0878)	(0.0733)	(0.0919)	(0.0908)	(0.2423)
Constant	6.6783***	9.5435***	1.4608**	6.3809***	4.6179*
	(0.5595)	(0.4636)	(0.6045)	(0.5541)	(2.3879)
Observations	459	459	459	401	58

Standard-errors-in-parentheses

*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1

Figure 1. Support rates of PM Netanyahu (%)

Source:Polls conducted by Israeli Media.

Figure 2. Achievements and damages of operation protective edge

Source: Haaretz, 29 July 2014.

Figure 3. Distribution of approval of the government and timing of polls

Figure 4. Estimation results of OLS model