Haaretz today published a poll of Israeli public opinion, with some very significant findings in the wake of the tensions between Israel and the United States following the Israeli decision to approve a massive new settlement expansion in East Jerusalem.
I could not find the full poll results in English. So I have translated them. The original Hebrew is here if anybody wants to check my translation.
I could not find the full poll results in English. So I have translated them. The original Hebrew is here if anybody wants to check my translation.
There are those who say that Israel needs to stop construction in Jerusalem until the end of negotiations. Others say that it should continue construction in the entire city, even at the cost of a rift with the United States. What's your view?
How would you charachterize the behavior of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the incident: responsible or irresponsible?
Do you think Netanyahu is purposefully creating a crisis with the Americans in order to wipe out the start of negotiations with the Palestinians?
There are people who claim the U.S. President Barack Obama is an anti-Semite. Do you agree or disagree?
Do you think that Obama is exploiting the issue of construction in Jerusalem in order to try to topple Netanyahu from the government?
How would you charachterize Obama's approach to Israel?
Do you think Netanyahu should or should not remove Interior Minister Eli Yishai from his post and replace him with a more moderate minister?
Are you satisfied or not satisfied with Netanyahu's functioning as prime minister?
Netanyahu declared this week in the Knesset that the construction in Jerusalem will continue, as all Israeli governments have done. Was this declaration appropriate, or not appropriate?
Who, among the following, is most fitting to be prime minister?
48% Israel should continue construction in all of Jerusalem even at the cost of a rift with the United States.
41% Israel should stop construction in Jerusalem until the end of negotiations with the Palestinians.
11% Don't know.
How would you charachterize the behavior of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the incident: responsible or irresponsible?
42% Irresponsible behavior.
37% Responsible.
21% Don't know.
Do you think Netanyahu is purposefully creating a crisis with the Americans in order to wipe out the start of negotiations with the Palestinians?
61% No, not an intentional crisis.
23% Yes, crisis was intentional.
16% Don't know.
There are people who claim the U.S. President Barack Obama is an anti-Semite. Do you agree or disagree?
56% Disagree.
27% Agree.
17% Don't know.
Do you think that Obama is exploiting the issue of construction in Jerusalem in order to try to topple Netanyahu from the government?
55% No.
31% Yes.
14% Don't know.
How would you charachterize Obama's approach to Israel?
51% Matter-of-fact.
21% Hostile.
18% Friendly.
10% Don't know.
Do you think Netanyahu should or should not remove Interior Minister Eli Yishai from his post and replace him with a more moderate minister?
48% Should not.
36% Should.
16% Don't know.
Are you satisfied or not satisfied with Netanyahu's functioning as prime minister?
44% Not satisfied.
42% Satisfied.
14% Don't know.
Netanyahu declared this week in the Knesset that the construction in Jerusalem will continue, as all Israeli governments have done. Was this declaration appropriate, or not appropriate?
53% Appropriate.
38% Not appropriate.
9% Don't know.
Who, among the following, is most fitting to be prime minister?
36% Netanyahu.
26% Livni.
9% Lieberman.
6% Barak.
10% Someone else.
13% Don't know.
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The last item is the most depressing--but as the saying goes: people get the government that they deserve.