Poll #1: Smith conducted a poll of 500 people with a 4.5% margin of error that was broadcast by Reshet Bet Radio on December 30th 2016. The poll was conducted on 28 December 2016, the day of the Kerry Speech.
Which of the following three options to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is acceptable to you?
39% Annex all of the territory to Israel. One state for two peoples.
31% Annex the settlement blocks and create a Palestinian State in the other territories. Including eastern Jerusalem.
30% Two states for two peoples. Division based on 1967 lines. Temple Mount under Palestinian sovereignty. Western Wall under Israeli sovereignty.
Jewish voters: 40% Support 1 State vs 27% that support 2 States.
Arab voters: Great majority for 2 States.
Shas voters: About 80% support for 1 State
Bayit Yehudi voters: 62% 1 State, 28% Settlement Blocks, 10% 2 States
Likud voters: 51% 1 State, 29% Settlement Blocks, 20% 2 States
Yesh Atid voters: 42% 2 States, 33% Settlement Blocks, 25% 1 State
Zionist Union voters: 47% 2 States, 46% Settlement Blocks, 8% 1 State
Joint List voters: 87% support 2 States.
Is the response of Benjamin Netanyahu to the UNSC decision such as cancelling official visits and imposing sanctions against certain countries, among other things, acceptable to you or not acceptable?
56% Acceptable (34% Pretty acceptable, 23% Very acceptable), 44% Not Acceptable (23% Not very acceptable, 20% Not at all acceptable)
Jewish voters: 60% Acceptable.
Arab voters: Majority answered not acceptable.
Bayit Yehudi and Shas voters – About 90% Acceptable
Likud voters: 77% Acceptable, 23% Not Acceptable
Yisrael Beitenu and Kulanu voters: About 64% Acceptable, 36% Not Acceptable
Zionist Union voters: 82% Not Acceptable, 18% Acceptable
Meretz and Joinst List voters: Almost everyone answered Not Acceptable.
Please grade each one of the following ten ministers on a 1-10 scale based on how well they are doing their job, with 10 being highest and 1 the lowest (same poll conducted in August):
1st 6.46 (6.29) – Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) – (9% no opinion)
Bayit Yehudi voters: 7.58, Likud voters: 6.7, Zionist Union voters: 5.91, Yesh Atid voters 5.66
2nd 6.14 (5.71) – Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) – (11% no opinion)
Likud voters: 6.65, Bayit Yehudi voters: 6.64, Zionist Union voters: 5.55, Yesh Atid voters 5.37
3rd 5.80 (5.09) – Homeland Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) – (13% no opinion)
Likud voters: 6.65, Bayit Yehudi voters: 6.6, Yesh Atid voters 5.29, Zionist Union voters: 4.75
4th 5.72 (5.51) – Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi) – (11% no opinion)
Bayit Yehudi voters: 7.74, Likud voters: 6.67, Yesh Atid voters 4.98, Zionist Union voters: 3.77
5th 5.38 (5.06) – Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beitenu) (10% no opinion)
Bayit Yehudi voters: 6.23, Likud voters: 6.14, Yesh Atid voters 5.11, Zionist Union voters: 4.16
6th 5.30 (5.36) – Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) (6% no opinion)
Bayit Yehudi voters: 7.58, Likud voters: 6.35, Yesh Atid voters 4.12, Zionist Union voters: 3.56
7th 5.15 (4.66) – Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) (5% no opinion)
Likud voters: 7.24, Bayit Yehudi voters: 7.0, Yesh Atid voters 2.9, Zionist Union voters: 2.6
8th 5.13 (4.84) – Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev (Likud) (8% no opinion)
Bayit Yehudi voters: 6.89, Likud voters: 6.84, Yesh Atid voters 3.74, Zionist Union voters: 2.71
9th 5.06 (4.74) – Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) (7% no opinion)
Bayit Yehudi voters: 5.8, Likud voters: 5.67, Zionist Union voters: 4.53, Yesh Atid voters 4.33
10th 4.59 (3.92) – Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas) (14% no opinion)
Bayit Yehudi voters: 5.2, Likud voters: 5.15, Zionist Union voters: 3.7, Yesh Atid voters 3.67
*Other ministers were not polled
One state for two peoples with voting rights for Palestinians? That would seem like the logical follow up question
There was no follow-up question there.
Here is an earlier poll that sort of answers the question:
https://knessetjeremy.com/2016/05/05/knessetjeremy-exclusive-53-of-israelis-support-applying-israeli-law-in-judea-and-samaria/
You might also find this one relevant:
https://knessetjeremy.com/2016/11/22/knesset-channel-poll-israeli-view-of-trumps-positions-on-us-embassy-settlements-annexation-iran-isis-muslims/
Does the Smith poll on annexation include the Gaza Strip when it says “territory?” Seems like the answer would make all the difference
I think that some answers of the poll are presented in a wrong way. For example:
“Jewish voters: 40% Support 1 State vs 27% that support 2 States.”
I suppous this is considering as “support 2 States” the people who support “Two states for two peoples. Division based on 1967 lines. Temple Mount under Palestinian sovereignty. Western Wall under Israeli sovereignty”, and not the people who support “Annex the settlement blocks and create a Palestinian State in the other territories. Including eastern Jerusalem”, but this is wrong. If you suport “Annex the settlement blocks and create a Palestinian State in the other territories. Including eastern Jerusalem” you also support 2 States.
Although there are some diferernces between “Annex the settlement blocks and create a Palestinian State in the other territories. Including eastern Jerusalem” and “Two states for two peoples. Division based on 1967 lines. Temple Mount under Palestinian sovereignty. Western Wall under Israeli sovereignty.” (even there are not necesary incompatible, you can support annex the settlement blocks and a división based on 1967 lines, with a exchange of territories whit Israel keeping the settlement blocks), both answers are a support for 2 states. So the right presentation is:
“Jewish voters: 40% Support 1 State vs 60 % that support 2 States.”
P.D. Talking about follow-up question also would be important know how many of the supportes of “Two states for two peoples. Division based on 1967 lines. Temple Mount under Palestinian sovereignty. Western Wall under Israeli sovereignty”, and i am thinking specially in the arab voters, support the right to return of palestinian refuggees, because both things are incompatible.
Why are they incompatible?
BTW, even this does not satisfy Obama/Kerry, the UN, England, France, the PA, etc… Not only would they get the Kotel, but half of Ramot would need to be destroyed. This is what the UN, England, France, and the US are literally saying.
If you support that Israel must absorb millions of palestinian refugees you support that Israel will be another arab state, which is incompatible with the solution of two states for two peoples (that is a jewish state side by side a arab palestinian state).
1. Comparing this to another recent poll, it appear clear that it depends on how you ask the questions.
2. They censored out the UTJ results. Quite interesting.