From Kaf-Tet to Shloshim

Backgrounder 2

Note to the Educator: This file is a reference and resource for working with Activity #1 and #2.

Poll Responses

Notes:
Most of the polls were carried out on approx. 500 respondents; one or two were carried out on approx. 400 respondents. Unless stated, the polls were of a representative sample of the Israeli population, with the proviso that some were only taken from Jewish voters.

1. Personal election of Prime Minister between 2 candidates:

2. 	Shimon Peres - 		60%
   	Binyamin Netanyahu -    	28%
   

3. Among several candidates:

   	Shimon Peres -		49%
   	Binyamin Netanyahu -	22%
   	Dan Meridor -		 5%
   	Chaim Ramon -		 5%
   	David Levy -		 3%
   	Raful Eitan -		 3%
   	Ehud Barak - 		 2%
   

4. Compare this with the poll by "Yediot Ahronot" by the Dahaf Institute on 8 November: [Credit: IMRA]

   	Shimon Peres -		54%
   	Binyamin Netanyahu -	23%
   	Undecided -	 	12%
   	Wouldn't vote -		10%
   

"Yediot Ahronot" newspaper survey, 17 November 1995. Credit: IMRA

Survey of Religious Zionists:

1. Are the rabbis justified or not in issuing religious edicts on controversial, diplomatic and political issues:

   	Justified -			33%
   	Not justified -		57%
   	No reply -			10%
   

2. If it emerges that the rabbis did indeed issue an edict that Yitzhak Rabin was subject to the law of a "pursuer", should they retain or change their position?

   	Retain position -		13%
   	Change position -		73%
   	No reply -			14%
   

"Geocartography" random survey, Thursday, 9 November Credit: IMRA

1. What do you think the likelihood of another political murder within the year?

   	Not likely -		42%
   	Low likelihood -		31%
   	High likelihood -		17%
   

2. What contributes principally to heating up the atmosphere and to division which might lead to violence?

   	Extreme right -			27%
   	Extremists on both sides	10%
   	Religious & nationalists 	9.8%
   	Extreme right wing parties  	7%
   	Knesset 			5.7%
   	Government -			4.8%
   	Meretz				3.5%
   	Likud -				3.3%
   	Labor -				2.4%
   

Gallup poll, sponsored by IMRA, 18th September 1995.

Is the government obliged or not obliged to bring the Oslo 2 agreement to the Knesset for approval before its signature, in your opinion?

	Response		Total	Male	Female
	Has to			63.3%	61.5%	64.9%
	Doesn't have to		19.7%	24.1%	16%
	Don't know		13.4%	11.4%	15%
	No answer		 3.6%	  3%	 4%
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	Total respondents	505 	232	273

Survey of Jewish Residents in Judea and Samaria "Modi'in Ezrachi", sponsored by "Meimad" leftist religious group, reported in "Ha'aretz" newspaper, 15 August 1995. Credit: IMRA

1. Do you agree with territorial compromise?

   	Yes -			19.3%
   	Depends on situation -	 3.7%
   	Considerably oppose -	10.6%
   	Completely oppose -	65.8%
   	No position -		 0.5%
   

2. Do you agree to territorial compromise under a program of creating blocs of settlements?

   	Agree -			33.2%
   	Considerably oppose -	10.7%
   	Completely oppose -	54.5%
   

3. Do you agree to the relociation of small, isolated settlements in Judea & Samaria into large blocs under Israeli sovereignty and linked contiguously to the State of Israel?

   	Agree -			44.5%
   	Oppose -		50%
   	No opinion - 		 5.5%
   

4. What do you consider yourself?

   	Religious -		31.4%
   	Not religious -	  	30%
   	Traditional -		24.8%
   	Ultra-orthodox		12.6%
   

"Mutagim" survey for "Ma'ariv" newspaper, 9 August. Credit: IMRA

1. Could the acts of protest by the settlers lead to civil war?

   	Yes -			47%
   	No -			38%
   	Don't know -		12%
   

2. Should the police take strong action to disperse demonstrations and evacuate the hills [ed: in Judea and Samaria, sites of demos]

   	Yes -			45%
   	No -			41%
   	Don't know -		11%