Archive for January, 2017


Midgam conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on Jan 19 2017.

Do you believe that Donald Trump will support moves of applying Israeli sovereignty in the territories in places like Maale Adumim and Ariel?

48% Yes, 30% No, 22% Don’t know

Do you believe Donald Trump will move the United States Embassy to Jerusalem as he promised during the elections?

46% No, 41% Yes, 13% Don’t know

Do you believe that Donald Trump will act to cancel moves that were advanced by Obama on domestic policy such as healthcare?

53% Yes, 25% No, 22% Don’t know

Do you think that Donald Trump will be a good or bad president for the State of Israel?

62% Good, 22% Don’t know, 16% Bad

Will the relationship between Trump and Netanyahu be better, worse or the same as they were with Obama?

65% Better, 23% Same, 7% Don’t know, 5% Worse

Will Donald Trump advance negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians that will lead to two states for two peoples?

50% No, 33% Yes, 17% Don’t know

Will Donald Trump have a positive, negative or no influence over the global economy?

36% Positive, 24% No influence, 24% Negative, 16% Don’t know

What influence will Trump’s term have on the Israeli economy?

34% Positive, 33% No influence, 18% Negative, 15% Don’t know

The Knesset Channel broadcast a poll that was conducted by Panels on Jan 16 2017.

What grade would you give Moshe Kahlon as Finance Minister?

43% Average, 26% Good, 23% Bad, 8% Don’t know

Would you recommend that Kahlon return to the Likud?

49% No, 31% Yes, 20% Don’t know

Note #1: Right voters that answered yes 45%, Center voters that answered yes 22%, left voters that answered 11%.

In the case of an indictment against Netanyahu, should Kahlon pressure Netanyahu to resign?

47% No, 40% Yes, 13% Don’t know

If Netanyahu does not agree to Kahlon’s demand what should Kahlon do?

41% Leave the coalition, 38% Stay in the coalition, 21% Don’t know

Would you recommend that Kahlon go with Lapid?

49% No, 32% Yes, 19% Don’t know

Note #2: Right voters that answered yes 16%, Center voters that answered yes 51%, Left voters that answered yes 59%

Would you recommend Kahlon add another security figure to his list?

45% Yes, 28% No, 27% Don’t know

Channel 2 broadcast a poll of 600 people with a 4.4% margin of error that was conducted by Midgam on Jan 17 2017.

If elections were held today who would you vote for?

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

26 [11] Yesh Atid
24 [30] Likud
13 [13] The Joint (Arab) List
12 [08] Bayit Yehudi
11 [24] Zionist Union
07 [10] Kulanu
07 [07] Shas
07 [06] Yisrael Beitenu
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
06 [05] Meretz

64 [67] Current Right-Religious Coalition
56 [53] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition

Additional Questions:

Do you believe Netanyahu’s version?

54% No, 28% Yes, 18% Don’t know

Should Netanyahu resign?

44% Yes, 43% No, 13% Don’t know

Who is best suited to be Prime Minister if Netanyahu resigns?

Don’t know/No opinion 43%, Lapid 17%, Bennett 10%, Saar 10%, Yaalon 6%, Herzog 6%, Erdan 5%, Katz 3%

Note #1: There was a mistake in one of the questions in the original post that Miguel pointed out. That mistake has now been corrected.

Note #2: Updated KnessetJeremy Polling Average – The Israeli Poll of Polls: https://knessetjeremy.com/knessetjeremy-polling-average-the-israeli-poll-of-polls/

Panels conducted two polls – six days apart from each other – that have both been posted on their Facebook Page. The second poll was conducted after the Channel 2 broadcasts of the Netanyahu-Moses tapes.

Should Netanyahu go home?

Jan 15 Poll Results:

50% No, 38% Yes, 12% Don’t know

Note #1: Right voters – 70% No

Note #2: Left Voters – 82% Yes

Jan 9 Poll Results:

45% No, 39% Yes, 16% Don’t know

Note #3: Right voters – 61% No, 20% Yes, 19% Don’t know

Note #4: Left Voters – 79% Yes, 13% No, 8% Don’t know

Note #5: Center Voters –  50% Yes, 33% No, 17% Don’t know

Midgam Poll on Alimony & Divorce

Midgam conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on Jan 12 2017.

Should the alimony law be changed to take into account the salary of the couple before deciding who gets custody of the children in terms of a divorce?

74% Yes, 19% No, 7% Don’t know

Do you think changing the alimony law advances the status woman or harms it?

55% Advances, 26% Harms, 19% Don’t know

Should the demand for gender equality include equality on alimony?

69% Yes, 25% No, 6% Don’t know

Are you for a new law that would decide that custody of young children in divorce cases should be decided on a case-by-case basis instead of the current law that automatically grants custody to the mother?

71% New law, 25% Current law, 4% Don’t know

According to the Israeli law there is an equal division of all property and the couples rights that have been acquired during the time of the marriage. Do you agree with the position that the alimony should also be equally distributed after in case of divorce?

71% Yes, 21% No, 8% Don’t know

Do you agree with the opinion that the Rabbinical Judges are not aggressive enough to free women from their Aguna status?

70% Yes, 15% No, 15% Don’t know

Are you for moving the alimony cases between couples exclusively to the civil courts instead of the Rabbinical Courts?

69% Yes, 18% No, 13% Don’t know

Is it possible with the current coalition to transfer alimony cases from the Rabbinical Courts to the civil courts?

58% No, 26% Yes, 16% Don’t know