Jeremy's Knesset Insider

Midgam conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on June 9 2016

Do you fear from an economic boycott on Israel in Europe and the United States?

49% No, 47% Yes, 4% Don’t know

Note: Among the Jewish vote there are slightly more people who fear than those who don’t fear

Do you fear an academic boycott mainly in United States universities?

49% No, 47% Yes, 4% Don’t know

Have US Jews significantly contributed to the positive positions of US Presidents, Senators and Representatives towards Israel?

75% Yes, 16% No, 9% Don’t know

Do a majority of US Jews identify with the orthodox Judaism or with conservative and reform Judaism?

61% Conservative and reform, 20% Orthodox, 19% Don’t know

Does the State of Israel do enough to strengthen the connection with US Jews?

61% No, 25% Yes, 14% Don’t know

Does the State of Israel do enough to strengthen the connection with US reform and conservative Jews?

58% No, 22% Yes, 20% Don’t know

Is it justified for US Jews to demand recognition in Israel for reform and conservative conversion, marriage and divorce procedures?

45% No, 45% Yes, 10% Don’t know

Note: Slightly more right-wing voters answering no, same with left-wing voters answering yes.

Do you think the Jewish vote influences the US elections for President, Senate and the House?

71% Yes, 26% Don’t know, 3% No

Do you think that Jewish donations influence the US elections for President, Senate and the House?

71% Yes, 24% Don’t know, 5% No

The level of intermarriage of US Jews is about 60%. Does this worry you?

65% Yes, 31% No, 4% Don’t know

Panels conducted a poll for the Knesset Channel that was broadcast on June 9 2016

Do you agree with Netanyahu’s statement that “the mountain gave birth to a mouse” (that there is nothing into the recent allegations against him?

40% Don’t agree, 36% Agree, 24% Don’t know

Note: Over 60% of Likud voters agree with Netanyahu

Is Netanyahu going through political persecution?

45% No, 40% Yes, 15% Don’t know

Do you agree with Netanyahu’s position that Sarah Netanyahu’s image is being trampled on?

52% Don’t agree, 40% Agree, 8% Don’t know

Which of the two sides do you believe? Golan Yochpaz or Rami Sadan?

44% Yochpaz, 41% Don’t know, 15% Sadan

Do you agree with Rami Sadan that people are after him because he wears a kipa (yarmulke)?

60% No, 22% Don’t know, 18% Yes

Note: 34% of national religious voters agree with Sadan

If Rami Sadan really said what was attributed to him – is he worthy of being Channel 10’s Board of Directors Chairman?

47% No, 30% Don’t know, 23% Yes

Should Shas stand by their demand Netanyahu fire Rami Sadan at the price of leaving the coalition?

General Public: 44% No, 30% Yes, 26% Don’t know

Shas voters: 43% Yes, 34% No, 23% Don’t know

Midgam conducted a poll of 600 people with a 4.1% margin of error for the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University. It is also known as the Peace Index.

What is your opinion on conducting peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority?

33.4% Very much for, 29.6% For, 16.4% Very much against, 15.3% Against, 5.3% Don’t know

Jews: 32.5% For, 27% Very much for, 17.9% Against, 16.9% Very much against, 5.6% Don’t know

Arabs: 65.3% Very much for, 14.8% For, 14% Very much against, 3.6% Don’t know, 2.2 Against

Do you believe or not believe that peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will lead to peace between Israelis and Palestinians in the coming years?

36.9% Don’t believe at all, 30.5% Don’t believe, 20.4% Believe, 6.4% Very much believe, 5.7% Don’t know

Jews: 36.2% Don’t believe at all, 34% Don’t believe, 21.4% Believe, 5.1% Don’t know, 3.4% Very much believe

Arabs: 40.5% Don’t believe at all, 21.3% Very much believe, 15.8% Believe, 13.2% Don’t believe, 9.1% Don’t know

How much are you worried that you or someone that is important to you will be hurt by the current wave of terror attacks?

35.1% Very worried, 34.1% Worried, 20.7% Not worried, 7.9% Not at all worried, 2.1% Don’t know

What do you think the security situation of Israel is today?

34.8% Not good, 31.3% Good, 16.9% Very good, 15% Not good at all, 1.9% Don’t know

Do you think that it is correct or not correct to define Israel’s control of the territories as “occupation”?

42.5% For sure not correct, 22.5% For sure correct, 19.5% Not correct, 10.2% Correct, 5.3% Don’t know

Netanyahu decided to expand his government by bringing Yisrael Beitenu into the government and giving up on bringing in the Zionist Union led by Issac Herzog.  What was better for Israel: A government with the Zionist Union led by Issac Herzog or a government with Yisrael Beitenu led by Avigdor Liberman?

33.7% Government with Yisrael Beitenu, 28.4% Government with Zionist Union, 15.2% Equally good, 12.5% Equally bad, 10.2% Don’t know

Who do you think is better fit to be Defense Minister: Moshe Yaalon or Avigdor Liberman?

51.7% Yaalon, 21.2% Liberman, 11.6% Equally good, 8.7% Don’t know, 6.8% Equally bad

How will Israeli policy look like on the Palestinian issue as a result of Liberman joining the government as Defense Minister?

46.1% Tougher policy, 34.5% Won’t change, 12.7% Don’t know, 6.6% More open to compromise

What will the policy of the Palestinian Authority be in response to the appointment of Liberman as Defense Minister?

37.8% Tougher policy, 37.3% Won’t change, 14.5% Don’t know, 10.4% More open to compromise

What happens as a result of the Liberman appointment to the number of terrorist attacks?

42.2% Won’t change, 21.4% Will go down, 18.7% Will go up, 17.6% Don’t know

Note: 41.6% of Arabs answered will go up.

What will happen with the United States relationship as a result of the Liberman appointment?

48.2% No change, 24.1% Will get worse, 14.9% Don’t know, 12.8% Will get better

How will Liberman appointment influence the chances to renew the peace process with the Palestinians?

38.6% Won’t change chances, 35.4% Lower chances, 16.2% Increase chances, 9.8% Don’t know

Environment Minister Avi Gabai from Kulanu resigned from the government with the explanation that changing Yaalon with Liberman is a mistake that will bring with it an extreme right Israeli policy and increase divides among the nation. Do you think Gabai was right or not right in resigning?

22.4% For sure right, 21.5% Right, 20.9% For sure not right, 20.7% Not right, 14.6% Don’t know

There are those who claim that Kulanu leader, Finance Minister Kahlon, has an interest in secretly supporting Gabai’s resignation to signal Netanyahu that Kulanu sitting in the government is not a sure thing. Do you agree or not agree with this claim?

30.9% Don’t know, 22.8% Don’t agree, 17.9% Agree, 17.1% Don’t agree at all, 11.2% Agree very much

MK Orly Levy has left the Yisrael Beitenu Party. She explains that her former party did not bring up enough social demands in return for joining the government. There are those who claim she left because she was not appointed a minister. Why do you Orly Levy really resigned?

37.1% Wasn’t appointed a minister, 28.1% Yisrael Beitenu didn’t have enough social issue demands, 25% Don’t know, 9.8% Both reasons equally

How much do you trust or not trust law enforcement to check in a professional manner the conduct of the Netanyahu household?

27.1% Trust, 25.5% Don’t trust, 21.4% Don’t trust at all, 17.4% Trust very much, 8.5% Don’t know

There are those that claim that the desire to overthrow Netanyahu is the main factor behind the constant activity surrounding the Netanyahu household. Other claim the activity surrounding the Netanyahu household is a result of un fair treatment by the Netanyahu family. Which claim do you agree with more?

56.5% Neatanyahu family conduct, 30.8% Desire to overthrow Netanyahu, 12.8% Don’t know

Smith conducted a poll of 500 people with a margin of error of 4.5% for the Jerusalem Post that was published on June 2 2016.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

27 [30] Likud

19 [11] Yesh Atid

15 [24] Zionist Union

13 [13] The Joint (Arab) List

11 [08] Bayit Yehudi

08 [06] Yisrael Beitenu

08 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ

07 [10] Kulanu

06 [07] Shas

06 [05] Meretz

67 [67] Right-Religious

53 [53] Center-Left-Arab

Scenario Poll: New Party of Yaalon+Saar+Ashkenazi

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

22 [10] New Party (Yaalon, Saar, Ashkenazi)

22 [30] Likud

13 [13] The Joint (Arab) List

12 [11] Yesh Atid

10 [24] Zionist Union

10 [08] Bayit Yehudi

08 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ

07 [06] Yisrael Beitenu

06 [07] Shas

05 [10] Kulanu

05 [05] Meretz

80 [67] Right-Religious

40 [53] Center-Left-Arab

Additional Question

Are you satisfied with Netanyahu’s performance?

64% No, 36% Yes

(34% Completely unsatisfied, 30% Somewhat unsatisfied, 30% Somewhat satisfied, 6% Very satisfied)

Note 1:  These Smith poll numbers are all within one seat of the previous Smith poll numbers from last week and the 67-53 remains the same.

Note 2: Smith’s scenario poll of last week had better results for a Yaalon+Saar+Kahlon party than the Yaalon+Saar+Ashkenazi party of this week. The addition of Ashkenazi to a new center-right party decreases the center-left-Arab bloc by an additional two seats compared to Smith’s previous scenario poll.

Note 3: 88% of Kulanu voters were unsatisfied.

Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on Jun 2 2016

Are you pleased or not pleased with the government in its new form?

58% No, 31% Yes, 11% Don’t know

Do you think the new government will last until the end of the term?

45% No, 44% Yes, 11% Don’t know

Do you trust Avigdor Liberman as Defense Minister?

56% No, 35% Yes, 9% Don’t know

Do you agree with Liberman’s statement that the unity of the nation is more important than the unity of the land?

58% Yes, 31% No, 11% Don’t know

How did Bennett’s battle over the Security Cabinet change your opinion of him?

General Public: 54% No change in opinion, 21% Now hold in higher regard, 13% Now hold in lower regard

Bayit Yehudi Voters: 58% Now hold in higher regard, 29% No change in opinion, 4% Now hold in lower regard

Do you agree with the government decision to boycott the Paris Conference?

38% Yes, 33% No, 29% Don’t know

Should Israel ignore the decisions that come out of the Paris Conference?

40% Yes, 32% No, 28% Don’t know