Kurious Survey: Many People View the UN as Ineffective in Handling the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Israel-Palestine conflict, which erupted on October 7, 2023, has yet to subside, despite repeated calls for a ceasefire from several United Nations (UN) member states.

What, then, is public opinion regarding the UN's role in handling this conflict?

According to a Kurious-Katadata Insight Center (KIC) survey, a majority, or 74.1%, of respondents rated the UN's role as ineffective in resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict.

The details show that 34.2% of respondents rated it as very ineffective, and 39.9% rated it as ineffective.

Only 17% of respondents considered the UN's role effective. This proportion consists of 13.1% who rated it as effective, and 5.9% who rated it as very effective.

Meanwhile, 6.9% of respondents did not know or did not answer.

The Kurious-KIC survey involved 2,554 respondents spread across Indonesia, comprising 58.9% female respondents and 41.1% male respondents.

The majority of respondents were from Java outside Jakarta (63.7%), followed by respondents in DKI Jakarta (15.1%), and Sumatra (13.9%). The proportion of respondents from Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali-Nusa Tenggara, and Maluku-Papua ranged from 0.2% to 4%.

Data collection was conducted from November 10-17, 2023, using the computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI) method, with a margin of error of approximately 1.94% and a 95% confidence level.

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