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Midgam conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on Jan 12 2017.

Should the alimony law be changed to take into account the salary of the couple before deciding who gets custody of the children in terms of a divorce?

74% Yes, 19% No, 7% Don’t know

Do you think changing the alimony law advances the status woman or harms it?

55% Advances, 26% Harms, 19% Don’t know

Should the demand for gender equality include equality on alimony?

69% Yes, 25% No, 6% Don’t know

Are you for a new law that would decide that custody of young children in divorce cases should be decided on a case-by-case basis instead of the current law that automatically grants custody to the mother?

71% New law, 25% Current law, 4% Don’t know

According to the Israeli law there is an equal division of all property and the couples rights that have been acquired during the time of the marriage. Do you agree with the position that the alimony should also be equally distributed after in case of divorce?

71% Yes, 21% No, 8% Don’t know

Do you agree with the opinion that the Rabbinical Judges are not aggressive enough to free women from their Aguna status?

70% Yes, 15% No, 15% Don’t know

Are you for moving the alimony cases between couples exclusively to the civil courts instead of the Rabbinical Courts?

69% Yes, 18% No, 13% Don’t know

Is it possible with the current coalition to transfer alimony cases from the Rabbinical Courts to the civil courts?

58% No, 26% Yes, 16% Don’t know

Smith conducted a poll of 500 Jewish Israelis with a reported 4.5% margin of error that was published by the Jerusalem Post on Jan 12 2017. The poll was conducted on Jan 10-11.

Are the positions of the Obama administration more pro-Israel, pro-Palestinian or neutral?

65% Palestinian, 20% Neutal, 12% Israel, 3% No opinion/Don’t know

Note: 89% of Bayit Yehudi voters answered Palestinian, 45% of Zionist Union and Meretz voters answered Palestinian.
Will the incoming administration be more pro-Israel, pro-Palestinian or neutral?

79% Israel, 10% Neutral, 8% No opinion/Don’t know, 3% Palestinian

A poll of 597 people was published by Walla on Jan 12 2017.
It was conducted by Dialog former Prof. Kamil Fuchs and divided between two affiliated polling companies (Panel Project HaMidgam for Jews and StatNet for Arabs).

If elections were held today who would you vote for?

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

27 [11] Yesh Atid
24 [30] Likud
13 [08] Bayit Yehudi
12 [13] The Joint (Arab) List
09 [24] Zionist Union
09 [06] Yisrael Beitenu
07 [07] Shas
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
06 [10] Kulanu
06 [05] Meretz

66 [67] Current Right-Religious Coalition
54 [53] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition

Note #1: 27% of voters said their decision is not final

Additional Questions:

Who is most suited to be Prime Minister between these two candidates?

37% Netanyahu, 33% Lapid, 30% Don’t know

Note #2: Among Jewish voters Netanyahu 42% and Lapid 32%, 26% Don’t know

Note #3: Results will be added shortly to the KnessetJeremy Polling Average – The Israeli Poll of Polls: https://knessetjeremy.com/knessetjeremy-polling-average-the-israeli-poll-of-polls/

Update: The latest poll has been updated to the KJPA.

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