The national security assessment is essentially similar to the one measured in the previous wave: 35% of the public assess the situation as bad (ratings 1–2) and 25% assess it as good (ratings 4–5). The midpoint of the scale remains the most common category (38%), unchanged from the previous survey. Assessments are more negative among Arab respondents: 45% assess the situation as bad, compared to 33% among Jewish respondents. This gap may reflect perceptions of the internal security situation within Arab society.

Concern regarding external threats and internal tensions remained high in both domains: 76% are concerned (fairly concerned or very concerned) about external security threats facing Israel (73% in the previous wave), with the proportion of those very concerned rising from 18% to 23%. 87% are concerned about internal social tensions, a rate similar to the previous wave. In both waves, concern over internal tensions is higher than concern over external threats, notably driven by the proportion of those very concerned regarding external threats (45%, compared to 23%). Concern over internal tensions cuts across political camps, but increases from right to left: 84% on the right, 92% in the center, and 97% on the left.

The sense of personal security is stable across the two waves: 26% report a high or very high sense of personal security (25% in the previous wave), while 29% report a low or very low sense of personal security (28% in the previous wave)—with no statistically significant differences. The most common category is a moderate sense of personal security (44%). An examination of sectors reveals a significant gap: among Jewish respondents, 31% report a high sense of personal security, compared to only 5% among Arab respondents, 51% of whom report a low sense of personal security.

Here too, differences according to political orientation are pronounced: 40% of those who identify as right-wing report a high sense of personal security, compared to 15% of those in the center and 14% of those on the left.