Jeremy's Knesset Insider

Panels conducted a poll of 500 people with a margin of error of 4.3% that was published by Maariv & Jerusalem Post on Dec 5 2014.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

21 [18] Likud

18 [12] Bayit Yehudi

14 [15] Labor

11 [19] Yesh Atid

11 [–] New Kachlon Party

09 [13] Yisrael Beitenu

08 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ

08 [06] Meretz

07 [11] Shas

05 [04] Hadash

04 [04] Ra’am-Ta’al

04 [06] Movement

00 [03] Balad

00 [02] Kadima

74 [61] Right-Religious (Possible BB coalition)

46 [59] Center-Left-Arab (Anti-BB coalition)

Additional Questions:

Do you want Netanyahu to be re-elected?

60% No, 34% Yes, 6% Don’t know

What issue will decide which party you vote for on Election Day?

34% Economy, 30% Security, 14% Social Justice, 10% Religion & State, 5% Arab-Jewish relations, 4% Don’t know, 2% Education & Culture, 1% Israel’s Foreign Relations.

Head-to-head, who would you like to see as Prime Minister?

46% Kachlon , 36% Netanyahu, 18% Don’t know

43% Saar, 38% Netanyahu, 19% Don’t know

45% Netanyahu, 44% Herzog, 11% Don’t know

43% Netanyahu, 31% Bennett, 26%Don’t know

51% Netanyahu, 34% Lapid, 15% Don’t know

51% Netanyahu, 23% Liberman, 26% Don’t know

Who is the most trustworthy in your eyes?

17% Kachlon, 14% Herzog, 13% Bennett, 11% Livni, 10% Netanyahu, 10% Saar, 7% Lapid, 6% Yaalon, 3% Liberman, 9% Don’t know.

Other results:

64% answered that country’s socioeconomic situation has gotten worse under the outgoing government and 58% think the security situation has worsened.

Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by Knesset Channel on Dec 4 2014. It was conducted on Dec 3-4.

Who is at responsible for the collapse of the government?

53% Netanyahu, 36% Lapid, 5% Livni, 2% Haredim, 0% Bennett

Who is most fit to be Israel’s Prime Minister?

28% Prime Minister Netanyahu, 16% Opposition Leader Herzog, 9% Economy Minister Bennett, 8% Finance Minister Lapid, 7% Justice Minister Livni, 6% Former Minister Kachlon, 3% Foreign Minister Liberman, 17% None of them.

What should be the center issue of the next government?

49% Cost of living, 21% Security issues, 14% Diplomatic negotiations, 6% Economic issues, 5% Housing prices, 3% Iranian threat

• Seats were not asked