(JTA) – More than half of Jewish-Israelis say they believe any Palestinian “who has perpetrated a terror attack against Jews should be killed on the spot,” according to a new survey. The Peace Index, a monthly poll conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute, released a report Nov. 5 focusing on views about the current wave of Palestinian stabbing attacks on Jewish-Israelis and Israel’s efforts to stem the violence. In addition to finding that 53 percent of Jewish-Israelis support extrajudicial killing of Palestinian terrorists, the survey revealed that Arab-Israelis are more fearful than Jewish-Israelis as a result of the increasing violence. The survey did not ask Arab-Israelis about extrajudicial killing.

The survey also found dramatic Arab-Jewish differences on which terrorists to punish – and how. Eighty percent of Jewish-Israelis said Palestinian homes should be razed if the homeowner or a family member carries out an attack, while 53 percent see this as an appropriate punishment for a Jewish person who carries out a terror attack. (Seventy-seven percent of Arab-Israelis oppose razing Palestinian homes, and 67 percent oppose razing Jewish ones.) While 70 percent of Jewish-Israelis believe the punishments for terrorists are too light, 60 percent of Arab-Israelis believe the punishments are too heavy.