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Thais want Israelis held to the law, NIDA poll finds
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Thailand’s public patience with alleged bad behaviour by Israeli visitors appears to be running out — and most people in NIDA’s latest poll want the law enforced strictly.
Key facts
- The National Institute of Development Administration’s polling centre questioned 1,410 eligible voters aged 18 and over across six provinces — Bangkok, Chachoengsao, Chonburi, Surat Thani, Phuket and Mae Hong Son — from 8–10 September.
- More than three-quarters of respondents, 76.38%, said they’d heard reports through the media about alleged inappropriate or illegal behaviour by Israelis in Thailand
- Only 5.11%, however, had direct personal experience with bad Israeli behaviour — and 17.45% reported not having any bad experience or even reading reports of it.
- Top of the list, at 71.22%, was a perceived disregard for Thai law
- Close behind: impolite speech or behaviour seen as contemptuous towards Thai people ( 46.39% ) and a lack of respect for Thai culture ( 45.96% )
- Around four in ten cited disrespect for local communities’ way of life ( 40.03% ) and personal or public spaces ( 36.43% ).
Summary
The National Institute of Development Administration’s polling centre questioned 1,410 eligible voters aged 18 and over across six provinces — Bangkok, Chachoengsao, Chonburi, Surat Thani, Phuket and Mae Hong Son — from 8–10 September.
The numbers suggest this isn’t a fringe concern. More than three-quarters of respondents, 76.38%, said they’d heard reports through the media about alleged inappropriate or illegal behaviour by Israelis in Thailand. Only 5.11%, however, had direct personal experience with bad Israeli behaviour — and 17.45% reported not having any bad experience or even reading reports of it.