Israeli Polls

A majority of Israelis believe Netanyahu should present a serious political plan to reach a two state solution during his visit to Washington. A plurality (48%) believes Israel should recognize a Palestinian state before September.

The majority of Israelis (65%) support negotiations for a permanent status agreement and (65%) believe that the current lack of negotiations is bad for Israel. A majority (54%) supports a package-deal along the parameters of the Geneva Accord.

Prof. Ephraim Yaar and Prof. Tamar Hermann: A clear majority (64%) of the Jewish public thinks now is the right time to return to negotiations with the Palestinian Authority under U.S. patronage. A larger majority (72%) favors such negotiations, but only 33% think they are likely to bear fruit.

Prof. Ephraim Yaar and Prof. Tamar Hermann; the Israeli peace index: 71% of Israelis think Israel should take Washington’s positions into account; 51% think FM Lieberman is damaging Israel’s status in the international community.

The index finds that 71.5% of the Israeli Jewish public supports holding talks with the Palestinians, with a clear majority of 62% supporting direct talks.

The War and Peace Index is written by Prof. Tamar Hermann and Prof. Ephraim Yaar, and funded by the Evans Program for Conflict Resolution Research of Tel Aviv University and The Israel Democracy Institute. The poll was conducted on 3-4 May 2010, and sampled 518 interviewees. Maximum margin of error is 4.5%.

The poll was commissioned by the Geneva Initiative and was conducted by the Gal Hahadash Research Institute on a representative sample of 600 Israelis (including Arab citizens and Russian-speaking immigrants). Margin of Error: 4.0%

The index finds that 44% of Yisrael Beiteinu voters would support evacuating all settlements in return for a full peace agreement with the Palestinians and ending the conflict with the Arab world –War and Peace Index