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Israeli Opinions On Fighting with Hamas

Note: We are presenting raw data. When available, we provide some or all of the crosstabs (i.e., breakdowns by various categories such as party ID). To analyze the data, we encourage users to read the entire study and the methodology used. Results and reliability can be affected by such things as sample size, question wording, and question order. Responses may also be influenced by context and timing; for example, if the survey is conducted during a war. 


How should Israel proceed with its military operations in Rafah? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, February 28-March 4, 2024)

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total

Avoid expanding its military operations into Rafah
14% 19% 15%

 

Expand its military operations into Rafah

74% 17% 65%

The prime minister is currently talking in terms of ending the war with an “absolute victory.” In your opinion, what is the likelihood that the war in Gaza will indeed conclude with an absolute victory for Israel? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, February 12-15, 2024)

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total
High/Very High Likelihood 42% 18% 38%

Low/Very Low Likelihood

51% 78% 55%
DK 7% 4% 6%

Do you support or oppose the idea that Israel should allow the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza residents at this time, with food and medicines being transferred by international bodies that are not linked to Hamas or to UNRWA? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, February 12-15, 2024)

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total
Somewhat/Strongly Support 30% 85% 39%

Somewhat/Strongly Oppose

68% 13% 58%
DK 3% 2% 3%

Would you support or oppose an agreement to end the war which includes the release of all the hostages, long-term military quiet with guarantees from the United States, and a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, in return for the release by Israel of large numbers of Palestinian prisoners, an extended ceasefire, and agreement for the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state in the long term? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, February 12-15, 2024)

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total
Somewhat/Strongly Support 37% 77% 16%

Somewhat/Strongly Oppose

55% 9% 47%
DK 8% 13% 9%

Which of the following two possibilities will better ensure the security of residential localities in the north in the future and the return home of all the residents who were evacuated? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, February 12-15, 2024)

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total
An internationally mediated political agreement that distances Hezbollah from the border  36% 69% 42%

An all-out Israeli attack on Hezbollah forces in Lebanon 

53% 9% 46%
DK 10% 22% 12%

Let’s assume Israel’s leaders reach the conclusion that only the two following options are available to them, which do you think they should choose? (JPPI, February 2024)

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total
The hostages are returned, and Hamas remains in control of Gaza 25% 61% 32%

The hostages are not returned, and Hamas loses control of Gaza

47% 11% 40%
Can’t answer 28% 28% 28%

How confident are you that Israel will the war? [Israeli Jews only] (JPPI, February 2024)

  Oct 2023 Nov. 2023 Feb. 2024
Confident 74% 61% 54%

Not confident

10% 19% 24%
Unsure 16% 21% 22%

Do you think the war is progressing in the right direction? (Channel 13 Israel, February 2, 2024)

Yes 40%

No

40%
DK 20%

Should the humanitarian aid that is transferred to Gaza be stopped? (Channel 13 Israel, February 2, 2024)

Yes 70%

No

20%
DK 10%

Do you trust Prime Minister Netanyahu in managing the war? (Channel 13 Israel, February 2, 2024)

Yes 30%

No

58%
DK 12%

Are you in favor of establishing renewed settlements in Gaza? (Channel 13 Israel, February 2, 2024)

Yes 31%

No

51%
DK 18%

Recently, it has been argued that there is a contradiction between Israel’s two war goals—toppling Hamas and bringing the hostages home. In your opinion, which of the two should be Israel’s main goal today? (Israel Democracy Institute,  January 28–30, 2024)

  Jews Arabs Total
Bringing the hostages home 47% 69% 51%
Toppling Hamas 42% 8% 36%
DK   23% 13%

“In its ruling last week, the International Court of Justice in The Hague did not accept South Africa’s claims that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and did not order a ceasefire, but it did issue a series of temporary orders requiring Israel to minimize harm to civilians and infrastructure in Gaza and to allow the entry of humanitarian aid. In your opinion, with regard to Israel, is this ruling lenient or harsh? (Israel Democracy Institute,  January 28–30, 2024)

  Jews Arabs
Harsh 50% 19%
Lenient 39% 46%
DK 11% 35%

So far, to what extent is the State of Israel succeeding in meeting the two main goals for the war set by the government? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, December 2023, January 2024)

Toppling Hamas

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total
Very small extent  11% 28% 14%

Fairly small extent 

19% 14% 18%

Moderate extent 

38% 23% 36%
Fairly large extent  22% 10% 20%
Very large extent  8% 3% 7%
DK 3% 21% 4%

Bringing the hostages home

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total
Very small extent  14% 29% 17%

Fairly small extent 

27% 16% 25%

Moderate extent 

42% 29% 39%
Fairly large extent  10% 8% 10%
Very large extent  4% 4% 4%
DK 3% 14% 5%

Do you support an agreement that includes the return of the hostages, establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state and normalization with Saudi Arabia? (Midgam Institute, Mano Geva, January 2024)

Support 51%

Don’t support

29%
DK 20%

How they would like to see the situation three years from now? (Midgam Institute, Mano Geva, January 2024)

No Israeli troops in Gaz 51%

Continued Israeli military presence

32%
DK 18%

Are your feelings toward the United States since October 7 positive or negative? (Midgam Institute, Mano Geva, January 2024)

Positive 65%

Have your feelings toward the United States changed since October 7? (Midgam Institute, Mano Geva, January 2024)

Unchanged and remain good 38%

Changed for the better

26%
Changed for the worse 17%
Unchanged and remain negative 7%
DK 11%

According to reports, the United States is demanding that Israel shifts to a different phase of the war in Gaza, with an emphasis on reducing the heavy bombing of densely populated areas. Should Israel agree to this demand? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, December 2023)

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total
Should 16% 56% 23%

Should not

75% 21% 66%

What do you think is the best way to bring about the release of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, December 2023)

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total
Continue the intensive fighting and try to have IDF forces free hostages 65% 12% 56%

Release all the Palestinian prisoners held by Israel in return for the release of all the hostages, even if this means agreeing to Hamas’s demand to halt the fighting 

16% 63% 24%
DK 13% 25% 15%

In your opinion, should Israel have agreed to the current deal for the release of hostages, which includes (among other elements) a temporary ceasefire and the phased release of hostages (women and children only) in exchange for the release of three times as many female and juvenile Palestinian terrorists? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, November 27-30, 2023)

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total

Certain it should have agreed

29% 47% 32%

Think it should have agreed 

33% 25% 32%
Think it should not have agreed  17% 7% 15%
Certain it should not have agreed  9% 9% 9%
DK 13% 13% 13%

To what extent, if at all, do you feel a change in relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel since the start of the war? (INSS, November 16-19, 2023)

  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs

Feel a change for the better

12% 5%

Feel no change

29% 30%
Feel a change for the worse 51% 54%
DK 9% 11%

 

In your opinion, should the State of Israel conduct negotiations with Hamas for the release of kidnapped Israelis in return for the release of Hamas prisoners from Israeli prisons? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, October 15-17, 2023, November 5-6, 2023)

  October 2023 November 2023
 

Israeli Jews 

Israeli Arabs 

Total

Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total

Yes, immediately, even if it means halting the fighting 

9%

60%

18%

10% 75% 21%

Yes, immediately, but don’t stop the fighting 

37%

6%

32%

44% 6% 38%
Not right now; only at the end of the fighting  16% 7% 14% 12% 4% 10%
No  27% 7% 24% 27% 2% 22%
DK 10% 19% 12% 6% 13% 7%

To what extent did the government’s focus on advancing its judicial reforms affect the timing chosen by Hamas to carry out its attack on October 7: (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, November 5-6, 2023)

  2023
  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total

Not at all 

17% 13% 16%

Not so much  

10% 18% 11%
Quite a lot  26% 30% 26%
Very much  36% 30% 35%
DK 12% 9% 12%

To what extent did the government’s focus on advancing its judicial reforms affect Israel’s preparedness for such an attack: (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, November 5-6, 2023)

  2023
  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total

Not at all 

16% 16% 16%

Not so much  

12% 16% 13%
Quite a lot  20% 21% 20%
Very much  42% 35% 41%
DK 11% 12% 11%

How would you rate the resilience of the Israeli public during the war until now? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, November 5-6, 2023)

  2023
  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total

High 

90% 58% 84%

Low

7% 29% 10%
DK 3% 13% 5%

In your opinion, when the fighting in the Gaza Strip is over, what should Israel do?  (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, November 5-6, 2023)

  2023
  Israeli Jews  Israeli Arabs Total

Retain a military presence in the Gaza Strip for now and maintain security control  

29% 7% 25%

Remain in the Gaza Strip and establish Jewish settlements there 

30% 1% 25%
Leave the Gaza Strip and relinquish any economic or humanitarian responsibility for Gaza  33% 71% 40%
DK 7% 22% 10%

Should the military immediately escalate to a large-scale ground offensive? (Maariv, October 27, 2023)

  2023
Yes

29%

It would be better to wait

49%

Undecided

22%

Does the government currently have a clear plan of action for the next phases of the operation in Gaza? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, October 15-17, 2023)

  2023
Certain/Think it does

44%

Certain/Think it does not

47%

DK

10%

Hezbollah has fired on northern Israel over recent days. With which of the following two statements do you agree more? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, October 15-17, 2023)

 

Israeli Jews 

Israeli Arabs 

Total

Israel should make every effort to refrain from opening another front

37%

63%

42%

Israel should strike against Hezbollah now in prevent to avoid an attack

48%

15%

43%

Don’t know

15%

22%

16%

To what extent do you think that Israel should take into consideration the suffering of the civilian Palestinian population in Gaza when planning the next phases of fighting there? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, October 15-17, 2023)

 

Israeli Jews 

Israeli Arabs 

Total

Not at all

48%

1%

40%

Not so much 

36%

5%

31%

Quite a lot  8% 21% 10%
Very much 

5%

62%

15%

DK 4% 11% 5%

Do you agree or disagree that when undertaking military operations, the IDF should ensure that it is not breaking international laws and rules of war? (Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, October 15-17, 2023)

 

Israeli Jews 

Israeli Arabs 

Total

Agree

48%

83%

54%

Disagree

46%

5%

39%

DK 7% 13% 7%

A few days ago Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said that Hamas, with its continuing provocations, is trying to drag Israel into a wide-scale military operation in Gaza. Do you agree or disagree with that assessment?

(The Peace Index, July 2018)

 

Israeli Jews 

Israeli Arabs 

General Public 

Strongly agree

27.7%

22.3%

26.8%

Moderately agree

41.9%

12%

36.9%

Don’t agree so much

17.7%

19.6%

18%

Don’t agree at all

6.1%

33.8%

10.7%

Don’t know/decline to answer

6.6%

12.3%

7.5%

If Hamas violates the ceasefire, then in terms of Israel’s interests will it be a good move or not a good move, in your opinion, to launch a wide-scale military operation against Hamas in Gaza?
(The Peace Index, July 2018)

 

Israeli Jews 

Israeli Arabs 

General Public 

I’m sure it would not be 
a good move

11.4%

47.3%

17.4%

I think it might not be 
a good move

19.6%

22.1%

20%

I think it would be 
a good move

34.9%

9.2%

30.6%

I’m sure it would be
a good move

26.5%

6.9%

23.3%

Don’t know/decline to answer

7.7%

14.6%

8.8%

What, in your opinion, are the chances that in the coming year a war will break out between Israel and Hamas in Gaza?
(The Peace Index, June 2017)

 

Israeli Jews 

Israeli Arabs 

General Public 

Very low chances

6.3%

17.5%

8.2%

Moderately low chances

29.5%

15%

27.0%

Moderately high chances

40.4%

33.2%

39.2%

Very high chances

15.4%

26%

17.2%

Don’t know/decline to answer

8.4%

8.3%

8.3%

            Would you be in support of a unilateral or bilateral cease-fire at this time? (The Jerusalem Post, July 29, 2014)

   
Would support a unilateral cease-fire

20%

Would support a bilateral cease-fire

33%

In your opinion, has Israel used an excessive amount of force against Hamas during Operation Protective Edge? (The Jerusalem Post, July 29, 2014)

   
Israel has used an excessive amount of force

<4%

Israel has used the appropriate amount of force

96%

In your opinion, should Israel launch an extensive ground operation today in Gaza in light of the rocket fire from Gaza to Israel? (Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting Institute Ltd, July 8th, 2014)

   
Yes

48%

No

41%

Don’t Know and Other

11%

Do you believe that the fighting between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza... (PIPA, November 26, 2012)

 

All Israelis

Israeli Jews

will end for good only when there is a political final status agreement with the Palestinians

29%

27%

will end only through a major Israeli military campaign

15%

15%

will end only if Israel reoccupies Gaza

12%

13%

will not end

40%

42%

don’t know/refused

4%

--

Regarding what is happening these days, do you think Israel is better or worse off than before the escalation in the Gaza Strip front? (PIPA, November 26, 2012)

 

All Israelis

Israeli Jews

better

36%

38%

worse

21%

16%

the same

38%

42%

don’t know/refused

5%

--

Who, in your opinion, won the combat in the Gaza Strip? (PIPA, November 26, 2012)

 

All Israelis

Israeli Jews

Israel

40%

44%

Hamas

11%

10%

Neither

45%

44%

don’t know/refused

5%

--

Do you support signing a ceasefire with Hamas? (Channel 2, November 21, 2012)

Yes

24%

No

70%

Don’t know

6%

How long do you believe the ceasefire will hold? (Channel 2, November 21, 2012)

A short while

64%

Won’t last long

24%

For a long time

7%

Did Operation Pillar of Defense reinstate Israel’s deterrence? (Channel 2, November 21, 2012)

It has been strengthened

58%

It was weakened

15%

It hasn’t changed

26%

Should Israel launch a military operation in Gaza? (New Wave for Yisrael Hayom, November 1, 2011)

Yes

56.9%

No

28.7%

Don’t know

14.4%

Do you think the recent military operation of Israel in Gaza was stopped by Israel too early, too late, or in the right time? (Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, March 1-7, 2009)

Too early

66%

Too late

15%

In the right time

16%

Given the outcome of the Israeli operation in Gaza, do you believe Palestinians are better off, worse off, or about the same as they were before the operation? (Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, March 1-7, 2009)

Better off

16%

Worse off

58%

About the same

22%

In the aftermath of the Israeli operation in Gaza, what do you expect will happen between the two sides? (Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, March 1-7, 2009)

They will return to negotiations and armed confrontations will stop

7%

They will return to negotiations but some armed confrontations will continue

51%

Thew will not return to negotiations and armed confrontations will not stop

40%

On a scale of 1 (very disappointed) to 5 (very satisfied), how would you rate your feelings of the results of Operation Cast Lead? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

1- Very disappointed

20.1%

2

13.0%

3

28.8%

4

18.7%

5- Very satisfied

15.4%

No opinion/I don’t know

4.0%

Which of the following statements do you agree with most regarding your opinion of Operation Cast Lead? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

Israel should have continued the operation until Hamas surrendered rather than give in to the international pressure to stop the fighting

56.2%

The operation ended at the right time based on the circumstances

21.7%

The operation should have ended earlier, after the air operations

15.1%

No opinion/I don’t know

7.0%

Do you think Israel should or should not negotiate with Hamas? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

Support negotiations

45.2%

Oppose negotiations

50.7%

No opinion/I don’t know

4.2%

Do generally support or oppose IDF Operation Cast Lead? (Independent Media Review & Analysis, Tel Aviv University, TNS Polling; January 2, 2009; January 4-6, 2009; January 9, 2009)

 

January 2, 2009

January 4-6, 2009

January 9, 2009

Support

93.1%

94.2%

91.4%

Oppose

3.9%

3.2%

3.8%

I don’t know/No answer

3%

2.6%

4.8%

What do you think are the chances that IDF Operation Cast Lead will achieve all of its objectives? (Tel Aviv University, January 4-6, 2009)

Very low chance

6%

Fairly low chance

14.7%

Fairly high chance

51.7%

Very high chance

18.5%

I don’t know/No answer

9.1%

Do you think the air force attacks in Gaza are justified or not justified in light of the destruction of infrastructure and suffering of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip that they are causing? (Tel Aviv University, January 4-6, 2009)

Justified

91.7%

Not justified

6%

I don’t know/No answer

2.4%

Does IDF Operation Cast Lead benefit or harm Israel from a security perspective? (Tel Aviv University, January 4-6, 2009)

Benefit

91.6%

Harm

4%

I don’t know/No answer

4.4%

On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident are you in each of the following in their leadership role during IDF Operation Cast Lead? (Tel Aviv University, January 4-6, 2009)

 

Ehud Olmert

Ehud Barak

Tzipi Livni

Binyamin Netanyahu

Shimon Peres

Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi

1- No confidence

18.7%

9.9%

13.1%

15.5%

11.1%

2.8%

2

8.3%

5.4%

7%

6%

5%

1.6%

3- Medium confidence

25%

19.9%

23.1%

19.3%

14.7%

6%

4

16.9%

20.7%

20.1%

16.7%

15.1%

10.3%

5- Full confidence

27%

41.4%

33%

36.4%

47.7%

74.8%

I don’t know/No answer

4%

2.8%

3.8%

6.2%

6.4%

4.6%

Should the IDF continue the battle in Gaza or has the time come for a ceasefire? (Independent Media Review & Analysis; December 30, 2008; January 6, 2009)

 

December 30, 2008

January 6, 2009

Continue

81%

70%

Ceasefire

10%

20%

Other replies

9%

10%

After five days of battle against Hamas, what do you think Israel should do now? (Independent Media Review & Analysis; January 2, 2009)

Air operation only

39.6%

Ground operation

41.8%

Ceasefire now

9.3%

Is Prime Minister Ehud Olmert handling the war in Gaza today better or worse than he managed the Second Lebanon War? (Independent Media Review & Analysis; December 31, 2008)

Better

64%

Worse

7%

No significant difference

9%

Don’t know/other replies

20%

Do you support a military operation in the Gaza Strip? (Midgam; December 24, 2008)

Support

60%

Oppose

23%

Don’t know/other replies

17%

Do you support a ground operation in the Gaza Strip that may cause losses among IDF soldiers? (Dialogue, Ha’aretz; December 23, 2008)

Support

40%

Do not support

46%

Don’t know/other replies

14%

Note: We are presenting raw data. When available, we provide some or all of the crosstabs (i.e., breakdowns by various categories such as party ID). To analyze the data, we encourage users to read the entire study and the methodology used. Results and reliability can be affected by such things as sample size, question wording, and question order. Responses may also be influenced by context and timing; for example, if the survey is conducted during a war. 


Should the military immediately escalate to a large-scale ground offensive? (Maariv, October 27, 2023)

  2023
Yes

29%

It would be better to wait

49%

Undecided

22%

A few days ago Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said that Hamas, with its continuing provocations, is trying to drag Israel into a wide-scale military operation in Gaza. Do you agree or disagree with that assessment?
(The Peace Index, July 2018)

 

Israeli Jews 

Israeli Arabs 

General Public 

Strongly agree

27.7%

22.3%

26.8%

Moderately agree

41.9%

12%

36.9%

Don’t agree so much

17.7%

19.6%

18%

Don’t agree at all

6.1%

33.8%

10.7%

Don’t know/decline to answer

6.6%

12.3%

7.5%

If Hamas violates the ceasefire, then in terms of Israel’s interests will it be a good move or not a good move, in your opinion, to launch a wide-scale military operation against Hamas in Gaza?
(The Peace Index, July 2018)

 

Israeli Jews 

Israeli Arabs 

General Public 

I’m sure it would not be 
a good move

11.4%

47.3%

17.4%

I think it might not be 
a good move

19.6%

22.1%

20%

I think it would be 
a good move

34.9%

9.2%

30.6%

I’m sure it would be
a good move

26.5%

6.9%

23.3%

Don’t know/decline to answer

7.7%

14.6%

8.8%

What, in your opinion, are the chances that in the coming year a war will break out between Israel and Hamas in Gaza?
(The Peace Index, June 2017)

 

Israeli Jews 

Israeli Arabs 

General Public 

Very low chances

6.3%

17.5%

8.2%

Moderately low chances

29.5%

15%

27.0%

Moderately high chances

40.4%

33.2%

39.2%

Very high chances

15.4%

26%

17.2%

Don’t know/decline to answer

8.4%

8.3%

8.3%

            Would you be in support of a unilateral or bilateral cease-fire at this time? (The Jerusalem Post, July 29, 2014)

   
Would support a unilateral cease-fire

20%

Would support a bilateral cease-fire

33%

In your opinion, has Israel used an excessive amount of force against Hamas during Operation Protective Edge? (The Jerusalem Post, July 29, 2014)

   
Israel has used an excessive amount of force

<4%

Israel has used the appropriate amount of force

96%

In your opinion, should Israel launch an extensive ground operation today in Gaza in light of the rocket fire from Gaza to Israel? (Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting Institute Ltd, July 8th, 2014)

   
Yes

48%

No

41%

Don’t Know and Other

11%

Do you believe that the fighting between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza... (PIPA, November 26, 2012)

 

All Israelis

Israeli Jews

will end for good only when there is a political final status agreement with the Palestinians

29%

27%

will end only through a major Israeli military campaign

15%

15%

will end only if Israel reoccupies Gaza

12%

13%

will not end

40%

42%

don’t know/refused

4%

--

Regarding what is happening these days, do you think Israel is better or worse off than before the escalation in the Gaza Strip front? (PIPA, November 26, 2012)

 

All Israelis

Israeli Jews

better

36%

38%

worse

21%

16%

the same

38%

42%

don’t know/refused

5%

--

Who, in your opinion, won the combat in the Gaza Strip? (PIPA, November 26, 2012)

 

All Israelis

Israeli Jews

Israel

40%

44%

Hamas

11%

10%

Neither

45%

44%

don’t know/refused

5%

--

Do you support signing a ceasefire with Hamas? (Channel 2, November 21, 2012)

Yes

24%

No

70%

Don’t know

6%

How long do you believe the ceasefire will hold? (Channel 2, November 21, 2012)

A short while

64%

Won’t last long

24%

For a long time

7%

Did Operation Pillar of Defense reinstate Israel’s deterrence? (Channel 2, November 21, 2012)

It has been strengthened

58%

It was weakened

15%

It hasn’t changed

26%

Should Israel launch a military operation in Gaza? (New Wave for Yisrael Hayom, November 1, 2011)

Yes

56.9%

No

28.7%

Don’t know

14.4%

Do you think the recent military operation of Israel in Gaza was stopped by Israel too early, too late, or in the right time? (Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, March 1-7, 2009)

Too early

66%

Too late

15%

In the right time

16%

Given the outcome of the Israeli operation in Gaza, do you believe Palestinians are better off, worse off, or about the same as they were before the operation? (Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, March 1-7, 2009)

Better off

16%

Worse off

58%

About the same

22%

In the aftermath of the Israeli operation in Gaza, what do you expect will happen between the two sides? (Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, March 1-7, 2009)

They will return to negotiations and armed confrontations will stop

7%

They will return to negotiations but some armed confrontations will continue

51%

Thew will not return to negotiations and armed confrontations will not stop

40%

On a scale of 1 (very disappointed) to 5 (very satisfied), how would you rate your feelings of the results of Operation Cast Lead? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

1- Very disappointed

20.1%

2

13.0%

3

28.8%

4

18.7%

5- Very satisfied

15.4%

No opinion/I don’t know

4.0%

Which of the following statements do you agree with most regarding your opinion of Operation Cast Lead? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

Israel should have continued the operation until Hamas surrendered rather than give in to the international pressure to stop the fighting

56.2%

The operation ended at the right time based on the circumstances

21.7%

The operation should have ended earlier, after the air operations

15.1%

No opinion/I don’t know

7.0%

Do you think Israel should or should not negotiate with Hamas? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

Support negotiations

45.2%

Oppose negotiations

50.7%

No opinion/I don’t know

4.2%

Do generally support or oppose IDF Operation Cast Lead? (Independent Media Review & Analysis, Tel Aviv University, TNS Polling; January 2, 2009; January 4-6, 2009; January 9, 2009)

 

January 2, 2009

January 4-6, 2009

January 9, 2009

Support

93.1%

94.2%

91.4%

Oppose

3.9%

3.2%

3.8%

I don’t know/No answer

3%

2.6%

4.8%

What do you think are the chances that IDF Operation Cast Lead will achieve all of its objectives? (Tel Aviv University, January 4-6, 2009)

Very low chance

6%

Fairly low chance

14.7%

Fairly high chance

51.7%

Very high chance

18.5%

I don’t know/No answer

9.1%

Do you think the air force attacks in Gaza are justified or not justified in light of the destruction of infrastructure and suffering of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip that they are causing? (Tel Aviv University, January 4-6, 2009)

Justified

91.7%

Not justified

6%

I don’t know/No answer

2.4%

Does IDF Operation Cast Lead benefit or harm Israel from a security perspective? (Tel Aviv University, January 4-6, 2009)

Benefit

91.6%

Harm

4%

I don’t know/No answer

4.4%

On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident are you in each of the following in their leadership role during IDF Operation Cast Lead? (Tel Aviv University, January 4-6, 2009)

 

Ehud Olmert

Ehud Barak

Tzipi Livni

Binyamin Netanyahu

Shimon Peres

Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi

1- No confidence

18.7%

9.9%

13.1%

15.5%

11.1%

2.8%

2

8.3%

5.4%

7%

6%

5%

1.6%

3- Medium confidence

25%

19.9%

23.1%

19.3%

14.7%

6%

4

16.9%

20.7%

20.1%

16.7%

15.1%

10.3%

5- Full confidence

27%

41.4%

33%

36.4%

47.7%

74.8%

I don’t know/No answer

4%

2.8%

3.8%

6.2%

6.4%

4.6%

Should the IDF continue the battle in Gaza or has the time come for a ceasefire? (Independent Media Review & Analysis; December 30, 2008; January 6, 2009)

 

December 30, 2008

January 6, 2009

Continue

81%

70%

Ceasefire

10%

20%

Other replies

9%

10%

After five days of battle against Hamas, what do you think Israel should do now? (Independent Media Review & Analysis; January 2, 2009)

Air operation only

39.6%

Ground operation

41.8%

Ceasefire now

9.3%

Is Prime Minister Ehud Olmert handling the war in Gaza today better or worse than he managed the Second Lebanon War? (Independent Media Review & Analysis; December 31, 2008)

Better

64%

Worse

7%

No significant difference

9%

Don’t know/other replies

20%

Do you support a military operation in the Gaza Strip? (Midgam; December 24, 2008)

Support

60%

Oppose

23%

Don’t know/other replies

17%

Do you support a ground operation in the Gaza Strip that may cause losses among IDF soldiers? (Dialogue, Ha’aretz; December 23, 2008)

Support

40%

Do not support

46%

Don’t know/other replies

14%