Israeli Polls on the War with Hizbullah
See also Israeli Opinion Regarding
Peace with the Palestinians
Israeli Polls on Unilateral
Measures
Do you believe that another war can be expected this summer? (Truman Center, June 12-20, 2007)
Do you view the campaign in Lebanon as justified
or unjustified? (Peace Index; April 30-May 1, 2007)
| |
April 2007 |
July 2006 |
| Justified |
57% |
93% |
| Unjustified |
38% |
5% |
| Don't Know/No clear opinion |
5% |
2% |
Have you or one of your family members or close friends served in the war? (Peace Index, April 30-May 1, 2007)
Do you think the assessment of the situation in the run-up to the Lebanon War was adequate or inadequate? (Dahaf Institute, January 2, 2007)
| Adequate |
20% |
| Inadequate |
80% |
If in the end Hizbullah takes over the
Lebanese Government, should Israel
launch a preemptive war against the Lebanese
Government headed by Hizbullah? (Israel Radio’s “Its
all Talk,” December 6, 2006 )
| Yes |
38.4% |
| No |
53.4% |
| Other |
8.3% |
Do you support or oppose establishing a state investigatory committee headed by a Supreme Court justice to check the performance of the government in the war in Lebanon? (Maagar Mochot, August 29, 2006)
| Support |
64% |
| Oppose |
18% |
| Other |
18% |
Do you support or oppose the Admoni Committee to check the performance of the government in the war in Lebanon?(Maagar Mochot, August 29, 2006)
| Support |
46% |
| Oppose |
26% |
| Other |
26% |
What do you think of
the protests of the reserve soldiers? (Yediot Ahronot, August
25, 2006)
| Correct move |
69% |
| Wrong |
25% |
How best should the events
of the war be investigated? (Yediot Ahronot,
August 25, 2006)
| Professional commission |
57% |
| State commission |
30% |
| No need |
12% |
How should the government
carry out an investigation of the war in
Lebanon? (Israel Radio's “Its all
Talk,” August 23, 2006)
| State commission |
16.7% |
| State-judicial commission (results
have legal standing |
57.8% |
| Other/don't know |
9.3% |
| Oppose all investigatory commissions |
16.3% |
Should a state investigatory
commission be established to investigate
the management by the state and army? (Yediot
Ahronot,
August 16, 2006)
Should Israel have agreed
to the cease-fire without the return of
the soldiers taken hostage? (Yediot
Ahronot,
August 16, 2006)
Who won the war?
| |
Maariv,
August 15, 2006 |
Israel Radio's “Another
Matter,” August 16, 2006 |
Yediot Ahronot, August 16, 2006 |
| Hezbollah |
15% |
24% |
30% |
| Israel |
18% |
28% |
30% |
| Neither |
66% |
36% |
36% |
Should Israel have agreed
to the cease-fire? (Maariv,
August 15, 2006)
Will Israel's situation
vis-a-vis Hizbullah change? (Maariv,
August 15, 2006)
| Improve |
36% |
| Worsen |
27% |
| No change |
33% |
Should the IDF have entered
on the ground in Southern Lebanon? (Maariv,
August 15, 2006)
Should Israel kill Nasrallah,
even at the cost of renewing the fighting? (Maariv,
August 15, 2006)
Should an state investigatory
commission be appointed to investigate
the management of the war?
| |
Israel Radio's “Another Matter,” August
16, 2006 |
Maariv, August 15, 2006 |
| Yes |
67% |
67% |
| No |
25% |
28% |
What do you believe the final result of the war
will be? (Dahaf, August 10, 2006)
| Israel will cripple Hizbullah |
37% |
| Israel will lose the war and Hizbullah will return
to south Lebanon |
17% |
| Don't Know |
46% |
Do you support or oppose a broad Israeli ground
operation to push Hizbullah guerrillas beyond the range of short-range
rockets? (Dahaf, August 10, 2006)
Do you approve or disapprove of Olmert’s actions?
(Dahaf, August 10, 2006)
| Approve |
66% |
| Disapprove |
34% |
Do you favor or oppose continuing the fighting until
the goals that were set are achieved? (Peace Index; July 31- August
1, 2006)
| Favor |
79% |
| Oppose |
16.5% |
| Don't Know |
4.5% |
Do you believe the government has clear goals for
the operation in Lebanon? (Peace Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Yes |
57% |
| No |
34% |
| Don't Know |
9% |
Do you believe the air force attacks in Lebanon
are justified or unjustified, even if they cause infrastructure destruction
and suffering to the Lebanese civilian population? (Peace Index;
July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Justified |
91% |
| Unjustified |
9% |
How do you assess the IDF’s combat capability?
(Peace Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Good |
87% |
| Bad |
9% |
| Don't Know |
4% |
Do you view the IDF’s reports from the Lebanese
battlefield as credible or unreliable? (Peace Index; July 31- August
1, 2006)
| Credible |
78% |
| Unreliable |
19% |
| Don't Know |
3% |
How do you asses Hezbollah’s fighting capability?
(Peace Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Good |
74% |
| Poor |
17% |
| Don't Know |
9% |
Do you view Hezbollah’s accounts as reliable
or unreliable? (Peace Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Reliable |
12% |
| Unreliable |
82% |
| Don't Know |
6% |
Do you think Hezbollah opened the front in the north
to help the Palestinians in their struggle against Israel? (Peace
Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Yes |
9.5% |
| No, to serve their own interests and those of Syria
and Iran |
81.5% |
| Don't Know |
9% |
Do you support or oppose the stationing of an International
force in Southern Lebanon to separate the sides and stop the fighting
between them-as done? (Peace Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Support |
71% |
| Oppose |
21% |
| Don't Know |
8% |
Do you see Israeli society as standing up well or
poor so far under the burden of the campaign? (Peace Index; July
31- August 1, 2006)
| Well |
88% |
| Poor |
9% |
| Don't Know |
3% |
How do you assess the current national morale as
good or bad? (Peace Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Good |
55% |
| Bad |
41% |
| Don't Know |
4% |
How do you assess your sense of personal and family
security? (Peace Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Safe |
65% |
| Unsafe |
33% |
| Don't Know |
2% |
Do you support or oppose the public’s right
to protest the war while the cannons are firing? (Peace Index;
July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Support |
47% |
| Oppose |
50% |
| Don't Know |
3% |
What do you think is a solution to the crisis in
the North? (Teleseker for Maariv, July 21, 2006)
| Continue fighting until Hezbollah is distanced from the border
and only then negotiate a ceasefire and the return of the hostages |
90% |
| Stop the fighting now and enter into negotiations
for the release of the hostages |
8% |
| Don't Know |
2% |
What is your opinion regarding the response of Israel
and the IDF against Hezbollah in Lebanon? (Teleseker for Maariv,
July 21, 2006)
| Correct and justified |
95% |
| Incorrect and not justified |
4% |
| Don't Know |
1% |
Are you satisfied with the performance of Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert? (Teleseker for Maariv, July 21, 2006)
| Yes |
78% |
| No |
20% |
| Don't Know |
2% |
Are you for or against Ehud Olmert's convergence
plan? [AL: aka "consolidation plan", retreat from most of
the West Bank] ? (Maagar Mohot Survey Institute)
| |
7/16/06 |
7/19/06 |
| For |
19% |
28% |
| Against |
52% |
50% |
| Don't know |
29% |
22% |
Do you support the way that Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert has been handling the war? (Maagar Mohot Survey Institute,
July 19, 2006)
| Support |
71% |
| Oppose |
21% |
| Don't Know |
8% |
To what extent are you satisfied with the general
performance of the IDF in the current war? (Maagar Mohot Survey
Institute, July 19, 2006)
| Very unsatisfied |
8% |
| Somewhat Unsatisfied |
9% |
| Middle (So-so) |
17% |
| Satisfied |
16% |
| Very satisfied |
41% |
| Don't know/other replies |
9% |
How much time do you think that the Israeli (civilian)
front can bear the attacks and its damages? (Maagar Mohot Survey
Institute, July 19, 2006)
| Unlimited - as much time as needed |
43% |
| A few months |
27% |
| A few weeks |
17% |
| A few days |
1% |
| Don't know/other replies |
12% |
Are you for or against the entry of IDF ground forces
into Southern Lebanon? (Maagar Mohot Survey Institute, July 19,
2006)
| Special forces only |
43% |
| Large forces |
11% |
| Oppose entry of any kind of forces |
27% |
| Don't know/other replies |
19% |
Do you believe that fighting should continue with
Hizbullah? (Dahaf Institute for Yedioth Ahronoth, July 18, 2006)
| Yes, until Hizbullah is completely eradicated |
58% |
| Yes, until Hizbullah pulls back from the border |
23% |
| No, stop fighting and start negotiating |
17% |
| Don't Know |
2% |
What is your opinion with the performance of Prime
Minister Ehud Olmer to his response to the fighting in the north?
(Dahaf Institute for Yedioth Ahronoth, July 18, 2006)
| Satisfied |
78% |
| Unsatisfied or Don't Know |
22% |
What are your opinions of Amir Peretz, the Defense
minister's performance? (Dahaf Institute for Yedioth Ahronoth,
July 18, 2006)
| Satisfied |
72% |
| Unsatisfied or Don't Know |
28% |
What about whether or not the military operation
is justified? (Dahaf Institute for Yedioth Ahronoth, July 18, 2006)
| It is the correct path of action |
86% |
| It is a mistake |
14% |
What are your opinions of the IDF’s performance
in the war? (Dahaf Institute for Yedioth Ahronoth, July 18, 2006)
| Very good |
62% |
| Fairly good |
25% |
| Fairly bad |
5% |
| Very bad |
4% |
| Don't Know |
4% |
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