Israeli Arabs are experiencing more distress than their Jewish peers from the ongoing war with Iran, according to a new study published Wednesday.

According to a survey done between the seventh and ninth days of the war, which on Wednesday marked its 20th day, they reported a decreased sense of economic stability and social resources such as connections with friends, a weakening of spiritual resources such as faith and hope, and a drop in their sense of connection to the community and emotional resilience.

They were among 270 participants in a survey conducted by the Panels Research Institute for a snap study of community and gender experiences of the war undertaken by Prof. Liat Kulik, Dean of Netanya Academic College’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Professor​ Emerita at Bar-Ilan University.

The starting point was that war threatens human resources, and that stress was created when resources such as mental resilience or economic stability were damaged or lost.

In contrast to Arab respondents, ultra-Orthodox Jews reported the lowest loss of resources on most levels, especially in social, community and spiritual resources.

The general Jewish public fell between the Arabs and the........

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