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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

Statnet (former Dialog) conducted a poll of 615 people with a 3.9% margin of error that was broadcast by Channel 10 on Dec 30 2016.

If elections were held today who would you vote for?

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

27 [11] Yesh Atid
23 [30] Likud
12 [13] The Joint (Arab) List
12 [08] Bayit Yehudi
10 [06] Yisrael Beitenu
08 [24] Zionist Union
08 [07] Shas
07 [10] Kulanu
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
06 [05] Meretz

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

31% My vote could still change

Who is the most suited to be Prime Minister?

27% Netanyahu
22% None
15% Lapid
11% Don’t know
9% Yaalon
7% Bennett
5% Herzog
4% Barak

Poll #1: Smith conducted a poll of 500 people with a 4.5% margin of error that was broadcast by Reshet Bet Radio on December 30th 2016. The poll was conducted on 28 December 2016, the day of the Kerry Speech.

 

Which of the following three options to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is acceptable to you?

39% Annex all of the territory to Israel. One state for two peoples.

31% Annex the settlement blocks and create a Palestinian State in the other territories. Including eastern Jerusalem.

30% Two states for two peoples. Division based on 1967 lines. Temple Mount under Palestinian sovereignty. Western Wall under Israeli sovereignty.

 

Jewish voters: 40% Support 1 State vs 27% that support 2 States.

Arab voters: Great majority for 2 States.

 

Shas voters: About 80% support for 1 State

Bayit Yehudi voters: 62% 1 State, 28% Settlement Blocks, 10% 2 States

Likud voters: 51% 1 State, 29% Settlement Blocks, 20% 2 States

Yesh Atid voters: 42% 2 States, 33% Settlement Blocks, 25% 1 State

Zionist Union voters: 47% 2 States, 46% Settlement Blocks, 8% 1 State

Joint List voters: 87% support 2 States.

 

Is the response of Benjamin Netanyahu to the UNSC decision such as cancelling official visits and imposing sanctions against certain countries, among other things, acceptable to you or not acceptable?

56% Acceptable (34% Pretty acceptable, 23% Very acceptable), 44% Not Acceptable (23% Not very acceptable, 20% Not at all acceptable)

 

Jewish voters: 60% Acceptable.

Arab voters: Majority answered not acceptable.

 

Bayit Yehudi and Shas voters – About 90% Acceptable

Likud voters: 77% Acceptable, 23% Not Acceptable

Yisrael Beitenu and Kulanu voters: About 64% Acceptable, 36% Not Acceptable

Zionist Union voters: 82% Not Acceptable, 18% Acceptable

Meretz and Joinst List voters: Almost everyone answered Not Acceptable.

 

Please grade each one of the following ten ministers on a 1-10 scale based on how well they are doing their job, with 10 being highest and 1 the lowest (same poll conducted in August):

1st 6.46 (6.29) – Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) – (9% no opinion)

Bayit Yehudi voters: 7.58, Likud voters: 6.7, Zionist Union voters: 5.91, Yesh Atid voters 5.66

 

2nd 6.14 (5.71) – Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) – (11% no opinion)

Likud voters: 6.65, Bayit Yehudi voters: 6.64, Zionist Union voters: 5.55, Yesh Atid voters 5.37

 

3rd 5.80 (5.09) – Homeland Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) – (13% no opinion)

Likud voters: 6.65, Bayit Yehudi voters: 6.6, Yesh Atid voters 5.29, Zionist Union voters: 4.75

 

4th 5.72 (5.51) – Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi) – (11% no opinion)

Bayit Yehudi voters: 7.74, Likud voters: 6.67, Yesh Atid voters 4.98, Zionist Union voters: 3.77

 

5th 5.38 (5.06) – Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beitenu) (10% no opinion)

Bayit Yehudi voters: 6.23, Likud voters: 6.14, Yesh Atid voters 5.11, Zionist Union voters: 4.16

 

6th 5.30 (5.36) – Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) (6% no opinion)

Bayit Yehudi voters: 7.58, Likud voters: 6.35, Yesh Atid voters 4.12, Zionist Union voters: 3.56

 

7th 5.15 (4.66) – Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) (5% no opinion)

Likud voters: 7.24, Bayit Yehudi voters: 7.0, Yesh Atid voters 2.9, Zionist Union voters: 2.6

 

8th 5.13 (4.84) – Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev (Likud) (8% no opinion)

Bayit Yehudi voters: 6.89, Likud voters: 6.84, Yesh Atid voters 3.74, Zionist Union voters: 2.71

 

9th 5.06 (4.74) – Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) (7% no opinion)

Bayit Yehudi voters: 5.8, Likud voters: 5.67, Zionist Union voters: 4.53, Yesh Atid voters 4.33

 

10th 4.59 (3.92) – Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas) (14% no opinion)

Bayit Yehudi voters: 5.2, Likud voters: 5.15, Zionist Union voters: 3.7, Yesh Atid voters 3.67

 

*Other ministers were not polled

Poll #1: Statnet (former Dialog) conducted a poll of 615 people with a 3.9% margin of error that was broadcast by Channel 10 on December 29th 2016.

What caused the United States to not use their veto in the UNSC?

38% Hostility towards Israel, 31% American interest, 18% Don’t know, 13% Israeli interest

Were Netanyahu’s punishments of other countries in response to UNSCR helpful to Israel’s foreign policy?

49% Not helpful, 32% Helpful, 19% Don’t know

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Poll #2: Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on December 26th 2016.

How would you define the Israeli Government’s response to the UNSC resolution?

38% Went too far, 35% Correct response, 14% Didn’t go far enough, 13% Don’t know

Was the UNSC decision a diplomatic failure of the Israeli Government?

56% Yes, 36% No, 8% Don’t know

Do you think that the Israeli Government was ready or surprised for the UNSC vote?

51% Surprised, 29% Ready, 20% Don’t know

Did the personal relationship between Netanyahu and Obama influence the UNSC decision?

77% Yes, 12% No, 11% Don’t know

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Poll #3 Midgam conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on December 29th 2016.

Should Israel provide humanitarian assistance to Syrians who have been harmed by civil war?

59% Yes, 31% No, 10% Don’t know

Should Israel take a side in the Syrian civil war or remain neutral?

87% Remain neutral, 7% Don’t know, 6% Take a side

If you would be asked, would you donate money or time to volunteer in Israel to organizations that are providing humanitarian assistance to Syrians?

49% No, 27% Yes, 24% Don’t know

Should the United States intervene in Syria to put an end to the war there?

75% Yes, 15% No, 10% Don’t know

Can the intervention in Syria drag the world into an all-out world war?

44% No, 40% Yes, 16% Don’t know

Is it justified to stop giving refuge to Muslim immigrants in the US and Europe as a result of terror attacks?

64% Yes, 24% No, 12% Don’t know

There is a comparison being made between the apathy shown by the world in Syria to the Jewish genocide in Europe by Nazis. Is this comparison justified?

36% No because Syria is a civil war, 30% Yes, 24% No because there is no deliberate attempt of genocide in Syria, 10% Don’t know

Will the western world come to the defense of Israel if there would be existential threat?

67% No, 21% Yes, 12% Don’t know

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Poll #4: Midgam conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on December 22nd 2016.

Is it justified to change the existing law so that Ministers can personally appoint the board of directors in government owned companies?

73% No, 14% Yes, 13% Don’t know

Is it justified to change the existing law so that the Prime Minister and Ministers can personally appoint and replace all of the office holders in their ministry when the government is formed?

72% No, 21% Yes, 7% Don’t know

Does changing clerks and office holders when a new government is formed benefit the public?

78% No, 15% Yes, 7% Don’t know

Would it be possible in Israel to conduct an orderly transfer of power if all senior office holders and clerks are replaced each time a new minister is appointed?

53% No, 29% Yes, 18% Don’t know

Should the decision on important matters be conducted through a national referendum or through a vote by the coalition in Knesset?

64% National Referendum, 25% Knesset Coalition