Category: Polls


Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on Jan 9 2017.

What is your position on Gadi Eizenkot’s statement that the soldier is not a child?

39% Not Correct, 30% Correct but bad timing, 28% Correct (and right timing), 3% Don’t know

Do you trust Gadi Eizenkot as the IDF COS?

60% Yes, 32% No, 8% Don’t know

Do you think that Eizenkot influenced Azaria’s legal proceedings?

49% Yes, 37% No, 14% Don’t know

Should the IDF have transferred the Azaria case to legal proceedings or dealt with it on the commander and disciplinary level?

69% Commander/Disciplinary Level, 24% Legal Proceedings, 7% Don’t know

Are you worried about the strength of the IDF following the Azaria case?

65% Yes, 30% No, 5% Don’t know

Geocartography conducted a poll that was published by Globes on Jan 9 2017.

If elections were held today who would you vote for?

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

27 [11] Yesh Atid
22 [30] Likud
13 [24] Zionist Union
13 [13] The Joint (Arab) List
10 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
09 [08] Bayit Yehudi
07 [06] Yisrael Beitenu
07 [05] Meretz
06 [10] Kulanu
06 [07] Shas

60 [67] Current Right-Religious Coalition
60 [53] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition

Note #1: 47% of Likud voters express certainty about it, compared to 33.5% of Yesh Atid voters.

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