Israeli Public Opinion Polls: Opinion of the Gaza Flotilla Incident
Israeli Public Opinion Polls: |
Israeli Jews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| Israel will gain more | 7.5% | 36.8% | 12.4% |
| Turkey will gain more | 38.1% | 11.5% | 33.7% |
| Both sides will gain to a similar extent | 43% | 49.4% | 44.1% |
| Neither side will gain | 5.4% | .8% | 4.7% |
| Don't know | 5.9% | 1.5% | 5.2% |
Did the participation of MK Haneen Zoubi in the incident of the Turkish flotilla (Marmara) hurt the Arab public in Israel, or was it good for the Arab public in Israel, or did it neither hurt nor help? (Dahaf, January 24, 2012)
Israeli Arabs | |
| Hurt | 17% |
| Helped | 44% |
| Did not hurt and did nothing | 30% |
| Did not respond | 9% |
Should Israel apologize to Turkey over the flotilla? (Keilim Shluvim for Maariv newspaper, September 28, 2011)
| Yes | 14% |
| No | 86% |
Should an investigatory committee be established for the events of the flotilla incident? (IMRA, June 11, 2010)
| Yes | 44% |
| No | 34% |
Follow up asked to those who supported the establishment of an investigatory committee: Should foreign observers be included? (IMRA, June 11, 2010)
| Yes | 60% |
| No | 34% |
Is the blockade on Gaza helpful or harmful? (IMRA, June 11, 2010)
| Benefit greater than damage | 59% |
| Damage greater than benefit | 25% |
In the wake of the flotilla incident, do you have less or more confidence in the state and security leadership? (IMRA, June 11, 2010)
| More than before | 57% |
| Less than before | 37% |
Do you fear that Israel is turning into an isolated state in the world? (IMRA, June 11, 2010)
| Yes | 41% |
| No | 52% |
How do you asses the performance of the commandos on the ship? (IMRA, June 11, 2010)
| Good | 74% |
| Not good | 16% |
How should MK Hanin Zoabi, who participated in the flotilla, be handled? (IMRA, June 11, 2010)
| Not punished at all | 11% |
| Symbolic punishment enough | 9% |
| Strip her of her parliamentary rights | 34% |
| Strip her of her Israeli citizenship | 38% |
Regarding the recent ship incident, did Israel use too much force, not enough force, or the right amount of force? (Pechter, June 7, 2010)*
| Too much force | 7.6% |
| Not enough force | 39.2% |
| Right amount of force | 45.5% |
| Don't know/Refuse to answer | 7.7% |
Do you think that Israel should or should not adjust its tactics to elicit a more favorable international reaction? Do you feel that way strongly or just somewhat? (Pechter, June 7, 2010)*
| Should strongly | 12.3% |
| Should somewhat | 22.6% |
| Should not somewhat | 16.6% |
| Should not strongly | 44.1% |
| Don't know/Refuse to answer | 4.5% |
Do you think that Israel should open up Gaza to international humanitarian shipments? (Pechter, June 7, 2010)*
| Should strongly | 9.2% |
| Should somewhat | 12.8% |
| Should not somewhat | 14.5% |
| Should not strongly | 58.6% |
| Don't know/Refuse to answer | 4.9% |
How do you feel about the American government's reaction to the recent ship incident? (Pechter, June 7, 2010)*
| Very satisfied | 3.1% |
| Somewhat satisfied | 18.7% |
| Somewhat dissatisfied | 24.6% |
| Very dissatisfied | 38.7% |
| Don't know/Refuse to answer | 14.9% |
In your opinion, should or shouldn't Israel accept/agree to an international inquiry committee that will investigate the recent ship incident? (Pechter, June 7, 2010)*
| Need strongly | 17.1% |
| Need somewhat | 19.5% |
| Not necessarily | 16.6% |
| Definitely don't need | 39.5% |
| Don't know/Refuse to answer | 7.4% |
There are rumors in the media that the Turkish PM Erdogan is planning to come in person on a ship accompanied by Turkish Navy in order to break through the closure. How should Israel react? Let him in quietly or to stop it whatever it takes? (Pechter, June 7, 2010)*
| Let him in quietly | 14.2% |
| Stop it whatever it takes | 75% |
| Don't know/Refuse to answer | 10.8% |
News reports say Iran is planning to send Red Crescent ships to Gaza. If this happens, do you think Israel should or should not stop those ships, even by using force? (Pechter, June 7, 2010)*
| Let them in quietly | 7.3% |
| Stop them whatever it takes | 84.3% |
| Don't know/Refuse to answer | 8.4% |
*Polls of Israeli Jews
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