Jeremy's Knesset Insider

Smith conducted a poll that was broadcast by Channel 2 on Jan 7 2017.

If Netanyahu needs to resign from his position which of the following ministers should replace him?

45% Don’t know or None, 15% Bennett, 11% Erdan, 9% Kahlon, 6% Liberman, 4% Regev, 4% Y. Katz, 3% Edelstein, 3% Steinitz

If Netanyahu needs to resign from his position and general elections were held, who do you think is worthy of being Prime Minister?

28% Don’t know, 22% Lapid, 14% Bennett, 10% Saar, 7% Yaalon, 6% Kahlon, 5% Liberman, 4% Erdan, 4% Herzog

Note: Edelstein is Speaker and is not a Minister.

Teleseker conducted a poll that was broadcast by Channel 1 on Jan 5 2017.

If elections were held today who would you vote for?

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

26 [11] Yesh Atid
22 [30] Likud
14 [08] Bayit Yehudi
13 [24] Zionist Union
12 [13] The Joint (Arab) List
09 [06] Yisrael Beitenu
07 [07] Shas
06 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
06 [05] Meretz
05 [10] Kulanu

63 [67] Current Right-Religious Coalition
57 [53] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition

Additional Questions:

Which candidate is your preference for the position of Prime Minister?

30% Don’t know
23% Netanyahu
21% Lapid
7% Bennett
6% Yaalon
5% Liberman
4% Herzog
4% Barak

Did you agree with the verdict?

51% No, 37% Yes, 12% Don’t know

Did the position of the IDF COS and other senior IDF officials influence the verdict?

60% Yes, 24% No, 16% Don’t know

Should Elor Azaria receive a pardon?

62% Yes, 25% No, 13% Don’t know

Midgam conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on Jan 5 2017.

In a democratic regime are you allowed to criticize the government policy, such as the government policy in the territories?

83% Yes, 7% No, 10% Don’t know

Is Education Minister Naftali Bennett correct in his initiative to keep “Breaking The Silence” out of schools?

64% Yes, 23% No, 13% Don’t know

Are there organizations that are affiliated with the right and left that should be prohibited from entering schools and presenting their views in front of students?

75% Yes – prohibit them, 16% No – allow all organizations, 9% Don’t know

Is it fitting for the Education Minister who has a political affiliation to interfere in the curriculum or should he leave it for the professional staff that work in education?

68% Staff, 25% Minister, 7% Don’t know

Do you agree with the activity of Breaking The Silence?

71% No, 11% Don’t know, 10% Yes

Is the initiative to prevent Breaking The Silence from entering schools part of a trend to limit the activity against the government policy?

47% No, 33% Yes, 20% Don’t know

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