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Panel Project HaMidgam conducted a poll of 720 people with a 3.8% margin of error that was conducted on May 30 2019 and broadcast by Channel 13.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

36 [39] Likud (Netanyahu & Kahlon)
33 [35] Blue & White (Gantz, Lapid, Yaalon & Ashkenazi)
09 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
07 [08] United Torah Judaism (Litzman)
07 [08] Shas (Deri)
07 [06] Hadash-Taal (Odeh & Tibi)
07 [05] United Right List (Peretz, Smotrich & Ben Gvir)
06 [04] Meretz (Zandberg)
04 [06] Labor (Gabbai)
04 [04] Raam-Balad (Abbas)

Not polled:

?? [00] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
?? [00] Zehut (Feiglin)
?? [00] Gesher (Orly Levy)

66 [65] Right-Religious Bloc
54 [55] Center-Left-Arab Bloc

Direct Polls conducted a poll of 546 people with a 4.3% margin of error that was conducted on May 30 2019 and broadcast by Channel 11.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

35 [39] Likud (Netanyahu & Kahlon)
34 [35] Blue & White (Gantz, Lapid, Yaalon & Ashkenazi)
08 [08] United Torah Judaism (Litzman)
08 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
07 [08] Shas (Deri)
06 [06] Hadash-Taal (Odeh & Tibi)
05 [06] Labor (Gabbai)
05 [04] Meretz (Zandberg)
04 [05] United Right List (Peretz, Smotrich & Ben Gvir)
04 [04] Raam-Balad (Abbas)
04 [00] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)

Under 3.25% electoral threshold

3.1% [00] Zehut (Feiglin)
2.2% [00] Gesher (Orly Levy)

66 [65] Right-Religious Bloc
54 [55] Center-Left-Arab Bloc

Additional Questions:

Do you support early elections?

52% Oppose, 28% Support, 20% Don’t know

Who is responsible for early elections?

43% Liberman, 35% Netanyahu, 11% Haredim, 11% Don’t know

Poll #1: Smith

Smith conducted a poll of 500 people that was broadcast by Channel 20 on Feb 25 2018.

Do you have or do you not have confidence in the Israeli judicial system?

57% No (40% Not so much, 17% Not at all, 43% Yes (27% Yes, 16% A little)

Women: 53% No, 47% Yes
Men: 60% No, 40% Yes

Age 18-29: 63% No, 37% Yes
Age 30-49: 61% No, 39% Yes
Age 50+: 52% Yes, 48% No

Under Avg Income: 73% No, 27% Yes
Avg Income: 53% No, 47% Yes
Above Avg Income: 50% No, 50% Yes

Haredi: 93% No, 7% Yes
Religious: 81% No, 19% Yes
Traditional: 53% No, 47% Yes
Secular: 52% Yes, 48% No

High School Education: 59% No, 41% Yes
More than High School: 60% No, 40% Yes
College Educated: 53% No, 47% Yes

Negev and South: 59% No, 41% Yes
Haifa and North: 57% No, 43% Yes
Tel Aviv and Center: 53% No, 47% Yes
Jerusalem: 53% No, 47% Yes
Sharon Area: 51% No, 49% Yes

 

Poll #2: Midgam

Midgam conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on Feb 22 2018.

Is a person who grants testimony to the police by their demand in the affairs of another person a snitch?

73% No, 17% Don’t know, 10% Yes

Should the police investigate a Prime Minister if there are well-founded suspicions against him?

84% Yes, 9% No, 7% Don’t know

Is Homeland Security Minister Gilad Erdan who is in charge of the police protecting the police in a fitting manner against the Prime Minister’s attacks?

40% Don’t know, 31% No, 29% Yes

Could harming the standing of the police lead to harming the equality under the law principle?

67% Yes, 17% Don’t know, 16% No

Could harming the standing of the police lead to harming the democratic principles in general?

70% Yes, 15% No, 15% Don’t know

Do you trust or not trust Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh?

49% Trust, 30% Don’t know, 21% Don’t trust

Do you trust Roni Alsheikh’s statement in regards to the police investigators being followed by private investigators?

43% Don’t know, 37% Yes, 20% No

Can the Prime Minister keep running the affairs of the state effectively or does he need to suspend himself?

48% Suspend himself, 35% Keep serving, 17% Don’t know

 

Poll #1: Meretz

Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on September 11 2017.

How do you evaluate Zahava Galon’s activity as the leader of Meretz?

33% Bad, 27% Average, 27% Good, 13% Don’t know

Is it correct for Meretz to conduct a leadership race at this time?

43% Yes, 29% No, 28% Don’t know

If Meretz moves over to the primary system would that influence you to consider voting Meretz in the next elections?

48% For sure not, 22% Probably not, 15% Don’t know, 9% Probably, 6% For sure

Would you agree to define Meretz as a Zionist and patriotic party?

52% No, 43% Yes, 5% Don’t know

What should Meretz do in the next elections?

43% Run alone, 30% Join another list, 27% Don’t know

Those who said join another listwhich list?

52% Labor, 20% Yesh Atid, 13% Don’t know, 12% Joint List, 3% Kulanu

 

Poll #2: 5 Knesset Party Leaders

Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on September 18 2017.

Are you pleased with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s conduct?

57% No, 39% Yes, 4% Don’t know

Have the publications on Netanyahu and his family on the various investigations against them changed your opinion of him?

64% No, 28% Yes for the worse, 5% Yes for the better, 3% Don’t know

Should Netanyahu recuse himself due to the investigations against him?

48% No, 37% Yes, 15% Don’t know

Do you trust Avigdor Liberman as Defense Minister?

52% No, 40% Yes, 8% Don’t know

Is Avigdor Liberman a suitable candidate for Prime Minister?

80% No, 14% Yes, 6% Don’t know

How do you view Liberman’s negative statements towards the extreme right?

47% Political spin, 26% Represents his true views, 26% Don’t know

Is Naftali Bennett a suitable candidate for Prime Minister?

66% No, 26% Yes, 8% Don’t know

What should Naftali Bennett do ahead of the next elections?

48% Lead the right as the leader of Bayit Yehudi, 30% Don’t know, 22% Join Likud

Can Avi Gabbai change the face of the Labor Party in a significant way?

39% No, 38% Yes, 23% Don’t know

Can Avi Gabbai pull in new voters to the Labor party that would not have thought of voting for the party before he won the leadership race?

42% Yes, 29% No, 29% Don’t know

What should Kahlon do ahead of the next election?

51% Stay in Kulanu, 28% Join Likud, 21% Don’t know

Do you view Kahlon as a right wing leader?

53% No, 30% Yes, 17% Don’t know

Will Moshe Kahlon succeed in lowering the housing prices as he promised?

72% No, 15% Yes, 13% Don’t know

 

Poll #3: Hasbara

Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on October 2 2017.

Should Israel quit the United Nations Human Rights Council because of the automatic majority that is against the country?

55% No, 28% Yes, 17% Don’t know

How should Israel act in connection with granting visa entry to human rights activists that are hostile towards Israel?

63% Approach it on an individual case by case basis, 28% Revoke all visas, 7% Allow all visas, 2% Don’t know

In response to Palestinian activity in the international arena should Israel stop tax payments to the Palestinian Authority?

59% Yes, 30% No, 11% Don’t know

Should Palestinian activity in the international arena be the reason Israel avoids diplomatic contact with the Palestinians?

43% Yes, 42% No, 15% Don’t know

Should Israel ease restrictions on the Palestinians as long as there are no security risks involved?

59% Yes, 33% No, 8% Don’t know

 

Smith conducted a poll of 500 registered Labor members with a 4.5% margin of error that was published by Maariv on April 22 2017. The model took into account age and geographic distribution. Poll was conducted after Margalit joined race with his video.

If Leadership Elections were held today who would you vote for?

(Among people who answered 100% chance they will vote in elections):
28% Peretz, 19% Bar-lev, 19% Gabai, 16% Herzog, 14% Margalit, 4% Don’t know yet

How sure are you that you will vote for the candidate you have chosen from a scale of 1-100?

88.17 Herzog, 85.83 Peretz, 84.61 Margalit, 80.2 Bar-lev, 79.07 Gabai

Percentage of people who answered 100:

50% Peretz, 48% Herzog, 42% Margalit, 36% Bar-lev, 30% Gabai

Notes: There are around 50 thousand members eligible to vote in the election. 74% answered the chance they will vote is above 90%. There are other candidates that were not polled.