Poll #1: Jerusalem Post/Maariv

Smith conducted a poll of 556 people that was published by the Jerusalem Post and Maariv on Feb 16 2018. It was conducted on Feb 14.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

28 [30] Likud
22 [11] Yesh Atid
15 [24] Zionist Union
12 [13] The Joint (Arab) List
11 [08] Bayit Yehudi
07 [10] Kulanu
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
07 [06] Yisrael Beitenu
06 [05] Meretz
05 [07] Shas
00 [–-] Yachad, Yaalon, Zehut (as other) under threshold

65 [67] Current Right-Religious Coalition
55 [53] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition

Additional Questions:

Do the investigations harm Netanyahu’s ability to run the country and handle security crises?

59% Yes, 32% No, 9% No opinion,

Likud voters: 55% No, 35% Yes
Others: 90% of Zionist Union voters & 80% of Yesh Atid’s voters answered yes.

Is Netanyahu corrupt?

48% Yes (28% very corrupt, 20% somewhat corrupt), 41% No (22% not corrupt at all, 19% not very corrupt), 11% Don’t know

Likud voters: 77% No, 8% Yes
Religious voters: 73% No, 11% Yes
Others: 91% of Zionist Union voters, 76% of Yesh Atid voters, 70% of Kulanu voters and overall 67% of secular voters answered yes.

What should Netanayhu do in the wake of the Police Recommendations?

43% Keep doing his job, 25% Quit, 22% Suspend himself, 10% Don’t know

Yesh Atid voters: 37% Suspend, 34% Resign, 25% Stay
Others: 79% of Likud voters answered Keep doing his job compared to 11% of Zionist Union.

Will the police recommendations weaken Netanyahu politically or strengthen him?

48% Weaken him, 24% Don’t impact, 15% Don’t know, 13% Strengthen him

Likud voters: 35% Weaken him, 20% Strengthen him

Is the conduct of the Police Commissioner professional or political?

41% Professional, 32% Political, 27% Don’t know

Should Kahlon leave the coalition?

43% Yes, 31% Don’t know, 26% No

Kulanu voters: 50% No, 20% Yes

If Netanyahu is forced to resign due to corruption charges, who should replace him as the leader of the Likud?

46% None, 29% Saar, 14% Katz, 8% Erdan, 3% Hanegbi

In the event that Netanyahu would suspend himself and would be replaced by another minister who should serve as acting Prime Minister?

43% None, 13% Bennett, 10% Liberman, 10% Kahlon, 9% Katz, 8% Erdan, 6% Edelstein, 1% Hanegbi

 

Poll #2: Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh

Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on Feb 12 2018.

Did the Commissioner do the right thing by granting an interview to the Uvda television show before the investigations into the Prime Minister were over?

57% Did wrong thing, 25% Don’t know, 18% Did the right thing

Do you believe the Commissioner that power players are interfering in the Prime Minister’s case by gathering information on his investigators?

48% Yes, 31% Don’t know, 21% No

Do you agree with Netanyahu’s arguments about the non-objectivity of his investigators?

40% Yes, 40% No, 20% Don’t know

Right voters: 59% Yes, 21% Don’t know, 20% No
Center-Left: 63% No, 20% Yes, 17% Don’t know

Do you generally trust the professionalism of the Israeli police?

49% Yes, 49% No, 2% Don’t know

Are you pleased with the conduct of Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh?

44% Yes, 32% No, 24% Don’t know

Is there a danger to the independence of the police in connection to investigations on public officials and politicians?

42% Yes, 40% No, 18% Don’t know

Note: KnessetJeremyPollAverage have been UPDATED at:
https://knessetjeremy.com/knessetjeremy-polling-average-the-israeli-poll-of-polls/