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Israeli Opinion Regarding
|
| Yes | 19% |
| No | 71% |
Do you support or oppose full withdrawal from the Golan Heights in return for a complete peace agreement with Syria? (Harry Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, Maagar Mohot Survey Institute)
June 5-7, 2008 |
August 25-September 1, 2008 |
November 20-21, 2008 |
March 1-7, 2009 |
|
| Support | 22% |
25% |
26% |
28% |
| Oppose | 67% |
64% |
55% |
63% |
Under what conditions should Israel agree to full withdrawal from the Golan Heights? (Maagar Mohot Survey Institute, November 20-21, 2008)
| After signing an agreement for full peace | 12% |
| After signing an agreement for full peace and only after a long testing period of a number of years | 11% |
| After signing an agreement for full peace and breaking ties with Iran | 4% |
| After signing an agreement for full peace and only agter a long testing period of a number of years and breaking ties with Iran | 23% |
| No need to agree at all to leaving the Golan | 42% |
| Don't know/Other replies | 8% |
What do you think IDF soldiers should do if they are instructed to evacuate Jewish communities in the Golan Heights in the future? (Maagar Mohot Survey Institute, November 20-21, 2008)
| Follow orders | 56% |
| Refuse orders | 27% |
| Don't know/Other replies | 17% |
Why are the Golan Heights so crucial to the Jewish public? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - May 2008)
| Military/security factor | 65% |
| Golan's national significance as part of the Greater Land of Israel | 20% |
| Its economic and tourism value | 7% |
Who should have the final authority on whether to sign a peace treaty with Syria in return for territories in the Golan? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - May 2008)
| The government with the support of a regular majority of Knesset | 8% |
| The government with the support of a special majority of Knesset | 12% |
| The public should decide | 72% |
What will happen if Israel and Syria fail to reach a peace agreement? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - May 2008)
| Believe the existing situation will continue for many more years | 60.5% |
| War will erupt between Israel and Syria | 30.5% |
Do you support an Israeli withdrawal all of the Golan Heights in exchange for a full peace treaty with Syria? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index)
April 2008 |
May 2008 |
|
| Support | 19% |
16% |
| Oppose | 75% |
67% |
| Don't know | 6% |
17% |
In exchange for a full peace agreement with Syria would you support concessions on the Golan? (Dahaf for Yediot Ahronot)
April 26, 2008 |
May 21, 2008 |
|
| Entire Golan | 32% |
19% |
| Part of the Golan | 17% |
29% |
| None of the Golan | 51% |
52% |
Do you believe Assad seriously wants peace? (Dahaf for Yediot Ahronot, April 26, 2008)
| Yes | 26% |
| No | 74% |
Do you support the participation of Syrians at the Annapolis conference? (Yediot Ahronot, November 23, 2007)
| Support | 57% |
| Oppose | 37% |
Should Israel negotiate with the Syrians? (Yediot Ahronot, November 23, 2007)
| Yes | 70% |
| No | 29% |
Are you prepared to give up the Golan in a peace agreement with the Syrians? (Yediot Ahronot, November 23, 2007)
| Yes | 27% |
| No | 70% |
Should the State of Israel engage in negotiations at the same time with the Palestinians and the Syrians, give preference to the Palestinians or give preference to Syria? (IMRA, Dr. Aaron Lerner, November 17, 2007)
| Palestinians | 24% |
| Syrians | 8% |
| Both simultaneously | 46% |
| Other replies | 22% |
Would you be ready to return the Golan Heights in return for true peace with Syria? (IMRA, Dr. Aaron Lerner, November 17, 2007)
| No | 49% |
| Yes | 30% |
| Other replies | 12% |
Do you support full withdrawal from the Golan Heights in return for a demilitarized Golan with a recreational park open to Israelis but controlled by Syria, under joint Israeli-Syrian administration? (Truman Center, June, 2007)
Yes |
31% |
No |
56% |
Is Syria prepared to cut off all ties with Hamas, Iran, and Hezbollah in return for the Golan Heights? (Peace Index, June, 2007)
| No | 85% |
Are you in favor of exchanging peace with Syria for a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights?
| Peace Index, February 26-27, 2007 | Peace Index , June, 2007 | |
| Yes | 20% |
63% |
| No | -- |
20% |
| Ambivalent | -- |
14% |
Should Israel enter into negotiations with Syria?
| Yediot Ahronot, November 20, 2006 | IMRA, June, 2007 | Truman Center, June, 2007 | |
| Yes | 67% |
62% |
47% |
| No | 32% |
29% |
50% |
| Other | -- |
9% |
Do you support giving the Golan in return for peace with Syria ?:
| Dahaf, June 1 | IMRA, July, 2007 | Truman Center , June, 2007 | |
| Yes | 31% |
25% |
|
| No | 68% |
63% |
60% |
(IMRA June, 2007)
| Oppose any withdrawal | 44% |
| Support only partial withdrawal | 40% |
| Support full withdrawal | 10% |
Who won the Second Lebanon War? (NSPOP March 2007)
| Israel | 23% |
| Hezbollah | 26% |
| Neither | 51% |
In the case of war between Israel and Syria who will win? (IMRA June, 2007)
| Israel | 76% |
| Syria | 4% |
| Neither side | 4% |
There are those who maintain that in the absence of negotiations between Israel and Syria we can expect war or terror in the Golan. Do you agree? (IMRA June, 2007)
| Yes | 39% |
| No | 50% |
Do you believe that war will break out between Israel and Syria in the coming year? (IMRA June, 2007)
| Yes | 37% |
| No | 47% |
Do you support or oppose renewing negotiations between Israel and Syria assuming that it will also deal with the future of the Golan? (IMRA June, 2007)
Support |
45% |
|---|---|
| Oppose | 48% |
In the last months the president of Syria has called for a renewal of negotiations with Israel. Do you believe Assad's statements that he is interested in peace? (IMRA June, 2007)
Yes |
17% |
|---|---|
| No | 74% |
Do you believe Israel should respond positively to Syria's call to return to negotiations even if it has not stopped supporting Hizbullah and other terrorist organizations? (Peace Index, February 26-27, 2007)
| Yes | 41% |
Do you believe that Syria's call for talks stems from weakness and that Israel should not respond positively? (Peace Index, February 26-27, 2007)
| Yes | 52% |
Do you believe relations between the Syrians and Israelis will:* (Peace Index, January 29-31, 2007)
| Have renewed contacts | 37% |
| Not change | 30% |
| War will break out | 16% |
| Do not know | 17% |
*Not exact wording of question
Do you support or oppose peace talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad? (Israel Radio, January 3, 2007)
| Support | 58% |
| Oppose | 29% |
| Other | 13% |
Do you believe that Bashar Assad is ready to engage in negotiations to reach a peace agreement? (Israel Radio’s “Its all Talk,” December 20, 2006 )
| Yes | 21.6% |
| No | 71.0% |
| Other | 7.4% |
Do you support the return of the Golan Heights in exchange for true peace with Syria? (Israel Radio’s “Its all Talk,” December 20, 2006 )
| Yes | 19% |
| No | 64% |
| Not sure | 15% |
| No clear opinion | 3% |
According to the assessments provided by the IDF, a war will break out this coming summer in the North. Do you personally believe this? (Israel Radio’s “Its all Talk,” December 6, 2006 )
| Yes | 38.7% |
| No | 41.7% |
| Other | 19.6% |
A majority of Israelis - 58 percent - think Syria's offer to hold peace talks should be accepted. (MarketWatch, November 2006)
64 percent of Israelis are unwilling to give up the Golan Heights in exchange for peace with Syria. (MarketWatch, November 2006)
59 percent said they believed war would break out if there was no peace initiative with Syria. (MarketWatch, November 2006)
The prevailing view (48 percent) is that given the two kinds of messages recently voiced by Syrian President Bashar Assad, the real ones are the declarations of war. Only 19 percent believe his peace messages are genuine; the rest cannot decide which messages are real. (Peace Index, October 2006)
Three-fourths of the public rate the probability of achieving Israeli-Syrian peace in the next five years as very low or low (55 percent and 22 percent, respectively), 18 percent as moderate, and only 5 percent as high or very high. (Peace Index, October 2006)
That helps explain the negligible percentage that favors signing a full peace treaty with Syria in return for a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights - only 16 percent (70 percent oppose it and the rest do not have a clear opinion). The Jewish public's level of support for a peace settlement with Syria in exchange for the Golan used to be higher - about one-third, though the opposition to this formula was always higher. (Peace Index, October 2006)
Syria, it turns out, is not the only regional actor with whom Israelis see very little hope for peace. Only 10 percent think there is a good chance for an agreement with the Palestinians within the next five years; about two-thirds (64 percent) view the chances as low or very low. This applies to Lebanon as well: Eighteen percent see the chances as high or very high, and 56 percent as low or very low. These expectations apparently derive from the widespread opinion that none of the three actors are interested in peace with Israel. Only 23 percent think the Palestinians are very interested or interested in peace; a similar rate holds that view of Lebanon; and even fewer - 17 percent - believe Syria is interested or very interested in peace. (Peace Index, October 2006)
Nevertheless, the majority believes achieving peace with the Palestinians and Lebanon is vital for Israel: Sixty-one percent say so about the Palestinians, and 54 percent about Lebanon. The picture regarding Syria is somewhat different: Less than half of respondents - 48 percent - view peace with it as vital to Israeli interests. Presumably, this outlook contributes to the sweeping opposition to returning the Golan as part of a peace treaty with Syria. (Peace Index, October 2006)
This recognition of the essential nature of peace apparently bolsters the view that meetings should continue between Israeli and Arab leaders. Some 73 percent said they are in favor of meetings like the one recently reported between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and a senior Saudi figure. Only 38 percent, however, think such meetings are likely to comprise significant steps toward Arab-Israeli conciliation. (Peace Index, October 2006)
Within the framework of a real peace agreement should Israel return the Golan Heights to Syria? (Yediot Ahronot, November 20, 2006)
| Yes | 33% |
| No | 66% |
Do you favour or oppose signing a full peace treaty with Syria in return for a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights? (Peace Index, October 3-4, 2006)
| Favour | 16% |
| Oppose | 70% |
| No Opinion | 14% |
Do you support or oppose negotiating with Syria? (Israel Radio's “Another Matter” program, September 27, 2006)
| Support | 54% |
| Oppose | 31% |
| Other | 15% |
Was it the right move to withdraw the IDF from Lebanon in May 2000? (Israel Radio's “Another Matter” program, September 27, 2006)
| Yes | 39% |
| No | 45% |
| Other | 16% |
Do you support opening talks with Syria for a peace agreement in which there is withdrawal from the Golan? (Yediot Ahronot, August 25, 2006)
| Oppose | 62% |
| Support | 35% |
Do you support or oppose Minister Avi Dichter's proposal to negotiate in the future for peace with Syria in return for giving up the Golan Heights? (Israel Radio's “Its all Talk,” August 23, 2006)
| Support | 27.4% |
| Oppose | 64.4% |
| No view | 6.7% |
| Refuse reply | 1.5% |
Should Israel renew peace negotiations with Syria? (Israel Radio's “Another Matter” program, December 8, 2004)
| Yes | 76% |
| No | 21% |
| Other | 3% |
According to the latest news, Syrian president Assad sent messages to Israel according to which Syria is prepared to renew the negotiations with Israel? (Israeli television program "Reshet in the Morning," November 25, 2004)
| Yes | 71% |
| No | 25% |
| Other | 4% |
The current policy of Israel towards Syria includes a freeze on contact with Syria along with efforts to isolate it from the world. Should Israel continue or change its current policy? (Israeli television program "Reshet in the Morning," November 25, 2004)
| Continue | 47% |
| Change | 40% |
| Other | 13% |
As said, according to the latest news, Syrian president Assad sent messages to Israel according to which Syria is prepared to renew negotiations with Israel. To what extent do you think that Assad is sincere? (Israeli television program "Reshet in the Morning," November 25, 2004)
| Don't | 41% |
| So-so | 25% |
| Do | 23% |
| Other | 11% |
Do you support or oppose an IDF unilateral withdrawal from South Lebanon? (Gallup/Ma'ariv, 4/00)
| Support | 53% |
| Oppose | 34% |
| Don't Know | 13% |
In your opinion, following the IDF's unilateral withdrawal from South Lebanon, will the security situation on the northern border improve, worsen, or remain the same? (Gallup/Ma'ariv, 4/00)
| Improve | 20% |
| Worsen | 44% |
| Stay the Same | 10% |
Do you believe that before Ehud Barak's term of office runs out, he will achieve a peace agreement with Syria? (Gallup/Ma'ariv, 4/00)
| Yes | 31% |
| No | 58% |
| Don't Know | 11% |
In light of the fact that the negotiations with the Syrians are stuck and the chances of reaching an agreement with Syria are low, do you feel relieved or that a historic opportunity was wasted? (Gallup/Ma'ariv, 4/00)
| Relieved | 45% |
| Opportunity wasted | 34% |
| Mixed | 7% |
| Don't Know | 14% |
An Israeli-Syrian agreement is in the works that indicates Israel will withdraw from the Golan down to the Lake of Galilee waterfront. What is your position on the proposed agreement? (Bar-Ilan University's Community Research Institute, 3/5-7/00)
| December 1999 | March 2000 | |
| Against the proposed agreement | 53% | 59% |
| For the prospective agreement | 39% | 34% |
| Unclear | 8% | 7% |
If today there was a national referendum and the question was if you were for or against leaving the entire Golan in return for full peace that would allow for withdrawal from Lebanon and appropriate security arrangements, how would you reply? (Dahaf Institute , January 7, 2000)
| Date | For | Against | No Reply |
| January 7, 2000 | 41% | 53% | 6% |
| December 17, 1999 | 45% | 51% | 4% |
| December 10, 1999 | 45% | 54% | 1% |
If it wasn't leaving the entire Golan but almost all of it in return full peace that would allow withdrawal from Lebanon and appropriate security arrangements, how would you reply? (Dahaf Institute , January 7, 2000)
| Date | For | Against | No Reply |
| January 7, 2000 | 49% | 44% | 7% |
| December 17, 1999 | 59% | 35% | 6% |
| December 10, 1999 | 57% | 38% | 5% |
Are you certain that the day that there is a national referendum that this is how you will vote, or when you know more details about the agreement you may change your opinion? (Dahaf Institute , January 7, 2000)
| Date | Certain | May Change |
| January 7, 2000 | 69% | 28% |
| December 17, 1999 | 62% | 35% |
If a referendum were held today and the questions was, "Are you for or against a withdrawal from the entire Golan heights in return for a full peace that will make possible a withdrawal from Lebanon and appropriate security arrangements," how would you vote? (Yediot Aharonot, 12/99)
| For | 41% |
| Against | 53% |
| No Response | 6% |
And if the issue were a withdrawal from almost the entire Golan, how would you vote? (Yediot Aharonot, 12/99)
| For | 49% |
| Against | 44% |
| No Response | 7% |
When should the referendum on the withdrawal from the Golan Heights be held? (Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 12/28/99)
| As soon as possible, even before any agreement is signed | 52% |
| After signing, but before the Knesset gets to vote on the agreement | 19% |
| After the Knesset has voted on the agreement | 17% |
| No need for referendum | 3% |
| DK | 9% |
What is your position on a complete peace agreement with Syria in exchange for a full withdrawal from the Golan? (Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 12/28/99)
| Strongly support/support | 21% |
| Undecided | 14% |
| Strongly oppose/oppose | 62% |
| DK | 3% |
If the peace agreement with Syria ill include a public recognition by Syria of Israel, including its right to exist, full diplomatic relations, demilitarization on the Golan Heights, free transfer of people and goods across the border, and international guarantees of Israel's security, will you support or oppose a full withdrawal from the Golan in exchange for a complete peace agreement with Syria? (Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 12/28/99)
| Strongly support/support | 36% |
| Undecided | 15% |
| Strongly oppose/oppose | 47% |
| DK | 2% |
If it emerges that Israel may be faced with only two options -- a complete withdrawal in exchange for a full peace agreement, or the continuation of the present situation, that is continued presence on the Golan without any peace agreement -- which of the two options would you choose? (Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 12/28/99)
| Complete withdrawal/full peace | 30% |
| Continued presence/no peace | 55% |
| DK | 15% |
What will happen, in your view, if Israel and Syria will not reach a peace agreement? (Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 12/28/99)
| Existing situation will continue for many years to come | 55% |
| War will break out sooner or later | 34% |
| DK | 11% |
Do you believe that the signing of a peace agreement with Syria will bring an end to the historic conflict between the Arab world and Israel? (Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 12/28/99)
| Yes | 37% |
| Not Sure | 24% |
| No | 39% |
Would a public appeal by Syria's Assad to the Israeli population, where he would express his desire for a full peace with Israel, influence your views in favor of a complete withdrawal? (Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 12/28/99)
| Yes | 35% |
| No | 60% |
| DK | 5% |
What are the important factors that influence your views on the Golan issue? (Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 12/28/99)
| Water | 79% |
| Strategic Importance | 73% |
| Withdrawal from Lebanon | 64% |
| Historic part of Israel | 49% |
| Sympathy with Golan settlers | 48% |
| Environmental issues | 48% |
| Economic importance | 41% |
| Ending conflict with the Arabs | 41% |
| Trust in Syria's intentions | 39% |
If a referendum would be held today, how would you vote on the issue of the Golan? (Geocartographia, August 23-24, 1995)
| Against full withdraw |
63.9% |
| In favor of full withdraw |
27.4% |
| Undecided |
8.7% |
How sympathetic are you towards the residents of the Golan? (Geocartographia, August 23-24, 1995)
| Highly sympathetic |
43.3% |
| Sympathetic |
32.8% |
| Apathetic |
16.5% |
| Not very sympathetic |
6.4% |
| Not sympathetic at all |
1 |
How do you feel about the Golan Exhibit? (Geocartographia, August 23-24, 1995)
| I have heard about the Golan Exhibit |
49% |
| I have visited the Golan Exhibit |
8.4% |
If you visited the Golan Exhibit, what was your reaction? (Geocartographia, August 23-24, 1995)
| My visit to the exhibit considerably increased my support of the Golan issue | 19% |
| My visit to the exhibit increased my support of the Golan issue | 19% |
| My visit to the exhibit did not change my mind on the Golan issue | 61% |
Do you believe or no that the President of Syria wants to reach true peace with Israel? (Dahaf Institute, December 12-13, 1995)
| Yes |
46% |
| No |
48% |
| No reply |
6% |
Are you for or against full withdrawal from the Golan in return for full peace with Syria and appropriate security arrangements? (Dahaf Institute, December 12-13, 1995)
| For |
42% |
| Against |
55% |
| No reply |
3% |
Are you for or against withdrawal from the Golan Heights in return for a full peace agreement with Syria, on the terms of the agreements which were signed with Egypt and Jordan? (Mutagim, December 3, 1995)
| For |
35% |
| Against |
46% |
| Don't know |
12% |
| Refuse to reply |
7% |
