Opinion on the War
with Hezbollah
Do you view the campaign
in Lebanon as justified or unjustified? (Peace
Index; April 30-May 1, 2007)
| |
April 2007 |
July 2006 |
| Justified |
57% |
93% |
| Unjustified |
38% |
5% |
| Don't Know/No clear opinion |
5% |
2% |
Have you or one of your
family members or close friends served
in the war? (Peace Index, April 30-May
1, 2007)
Do you think the assessment of the situation
in the run-up to the Lebanon War was adequate
or inadequate? (Dahaf Institute, January
2, 2007)
| Adequate |
20% |
| Inadequate |
80% |
If in the end Hizbullah takes over the
Lebanese Government, should Israel launch
a preemptive war against the Lebanese Government
headed by Hizbullah? (Israel Radio’s “Its
all Talk,” December 6, 2006 )
| Yes |
38.4% |
| No |
53.4% |
| Other |
8.3% |
Do you support or oppose
establishing a state investigatory committee
headed by a Supreme Court justice to check
the performance of the government in the
war in Lebanon? (Maagar Mochot,
August 29, 2006)
| Support |
64% |
| Oppose |
18% |
| Other |
18% |
Do you support or oppose
the Admoni Committee to check the performance
of the government in the war in Lebanon?(Maagar
Mochot, August 29, 2006)
| Support |
46% |
| Oppose |
26% |
| Other |
26% |
What do you think of
the protests of the reserve soldiers? (Yediot
Ahronot, August 25, 2006)
| Correct move |
69% |
| Wrong |
25% |
How best should the events
of the war be investigated? (Yediot
Ahronot, August 25, 2006)
| Professional commission |
57% |
| State commission |
30% |
| No need |
12% |
How should the government
carry out an investigation of the war in
Lebanon? (Israel Radio's “Its
all Talk,” August 23, 2006)
| State commission |
16.7% |
| State-judicial commission (results
have legal standing |
57.8% |
| Other/don't know |
9.3% |
| Oppose all investigatory commissions |
16.3% |
Should a state investigatory
commission be established to investigate
the management by the state and army? (Yediot
Ahronot, August 16, 2006)
Should Israel have agreed
to the cease-fire without the return of
the soldiers taken hostage? (Yediot
Ahronot, August 16, 2006)
Who won the war?
| |
Maariv,
August 15, 2006 |
Israel Radio's “Another
Matter,” August 16, 2006 |
Yediot Ahronot,
August 16, 2006 |
| Hezbollah |
15% |
24% |
30% |
| Israel |
18% |
28% |
30% |
| Neither |
66% |
36% |
36% |
Should Israel have agreed
to the cease-fire? (Maariv,
August 15, 2006)
Will Israel's situation
vis-a-vis Hizbullah change? (Maariv,
August 15, 2006)
| Improve |
36% |
| Worsen |
27% |
| No change |
33% |
Should the IDF have entered
on the ground in Southern Lebanon? (Maariv,
August 15, 2006)
Should Israel kill Nasrallah,
even at the cost of renewing the fighting? (Maariv,
August 15, 2006)
Should an state investigatory
commission be appointed to investigate
the management of the war?
| |
Israel Radio's “Another Matter,” August
16, 2006 |
Maariv, August 15, 2006 |
| Yes |
67% |
67% |
| No |
25% |
28% |
What do you believe the
final result of the war will be? (Dahaf,
August 10, 2006)
| Israel will cripple Hizbullah |
37% |
| Israel will lose the war
and Hizbullah will return to south Lebanon |
17% |
| Don't Know |
46% |
Do you support or oppose
a broad Israeli ground operation to push
Hizbullah guerrillas beyond the range of
short-range rockets? (Dahaf, August
10, 2006)
Do you approve or disapprove
of Olmert’s actions? (Dahaf,
August 10, 2006)
| Approve |
66% |
| Disapprove |
34% |
Do you favor or oppose
continuing the fighting until the goals
that were set are achieved? (Peace
Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Favor |
79% |
| Oppose |
16.5% |
| Don't Know |
4.5% |
Do you believe the government
has clear goals for the operation in Lebanon? (Peace
Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Yes |
57% |
| No |
34% |
| Don't Know |
9% |
Do you believe the air
force attacks in Lebanon are justified
or unjustified, even if they cause infrastructure
destruction and suffering to the Lebanese
civilian population? (Peace Index;
July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Justified |
91% |
| Unjustified |
9% |
How do you assess the
IDF’s combat capability? (Peace
Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Good |
87% |
| Bad |
9% |
| Don't Know |
4% |
Do you view the IDF’s
reports from the Lebanese battlefield as
credible or unreliable? (Peace Index;
July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Credible |
78% |
| Unreliable |
19% |
| Don't Know |
3% |
How do you asses Hezbollah’s
fighting capability? (Peace Index;
July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Good |
74% |
| Poor |
17% |
| Don't Know |
9% |
Do you view Hezbollah’s
accounts as reliable or unreliable? (Peace
Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Reliable |
12% |
| Unreliable |
82% |
| Don't Know |
6% |
Do you think Hezbollah
opened the front in the north to help the
Palestinians in their struggle against
Israel? (Peace Index; July 31- August
1, 2006)
| Yes |
9.5% |
| No, to serve their own
interests and those of Syria and Iran |
81.5% |
| Don't Know |
9% |
Do you support or oppose
the stationing of an International force
in Southern Lebanon to separate the sides
and stop the fighting between them-as done? (Peace
Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Support |
71% |
| Oppose |
21% |
| Don't Know |
8% |
Do you see Israeli society
as standing up well or poor so far under
the burden of the campaign? (Peace
Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Well |
88% |
| Poor |
9% |
| Don't Know |
3% |
How do you assess the
current national morale as good or bad? (Peace
Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Good |
55% |
| Bad |
41% |
| Don't Know |
4% |
How do you assess your
sense of personal and family security? (Peace
Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Safe |
65% |
| Unsafe |
33% |
| Don't Know |
2% |
Do you support or oppose
the public’s right to protest the
war while the cannons are firing? (Peace
Index; July 31- August 1, 2006)
| Support |
47% |
| Oppose |
50% |
| Don't Know |
3% |
What do you think is
a solution to the crisis in the North? (Teleseker
for Maariv, July 21, 2006)
| Continue fighting until Hezbollah is
distanced from the border and only then
negotiate a ceasefire and the return
of the hostages |
90% |
| Stop the fighting now and
enter into negotiations for the release
of the hostages |
8% |
| Don't Know |
2% |
What is your opinion
regarding the response of Israel and the
IDF against Hezbollah in Lebanon? (Teleseker
for Maariv, July 21, 2006)
| Correct and justified |
95% |
| Incorrect and not justified |
4% |
| Don't Know |
1% |
Are you satisfied with
the performance of Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert? (Teleseker for Maariv, July
21, 2006)
| Yes |
78% |
| No |
20% |
| Don't Know |
2% |
Are you for or against
Ehud Olmert's convergence plan? [AL: aka "consolidation
plan", retreat from most of the West
Bank] ? (Maagar Mohot Survey Institute)
| |
7/16/06 |
7/19/06 |
| For |
19% |
28% |
| Against |
52% |
50% |
| Don't know |
29% |
22% |
Do you support the way
that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been
handling the war? (Maagar Mohot Survey
Institute, July 19, 2006)
| Support |
71% |
| Oppose |
21% |
| Don't Know |
8% |
To what extent are you
satisfied with the general performance
of the IDF in the current war? (Maagar
Mohot Survey Institute, July 19, 2006)
| Very unsatisfied |
8% |
| Somewhat Unsatisfied |
9% |
| Middle (So-so) |
17% |
| Satisfied |
16% |
| Very satisfied |
41% |
| Don't know/other replies |
9% |
How much time do you
think that the Israeli (civilian) front
can bear the attacks and its damages? (Maagar
Mohot Survey Institute, July 19, 2006)
| Unlimited - as much time as needed |
43% |
| A few months |
27% |
| A few weeks |
17% |
| A few days |
1% |
| Don't know/other replies |
12% |
Are you for or against
the entry of IDF ground forces into Southern
Lebanon? (Maagar Mohot Survey Institute,
July 19, 2006)
| Special forces only |
43% |
| Large forces |
11% |
| Oppose entry of any kind of forces |
27% |
| Don't know/other replies |
19% |
Do you believe that fighting
should continue with Hizbullah? (Dahaf
Institute for Yedioth Ahronoth, July 18,
2006)
| Yes, until Hizbullah is completely
eradicated |
58% |
| Yes, until Hizbullah pulls
back from the border |
23% |
| No, stop fighting and start negotiating |
17% |
| Don't Know |
2% |
What is your opinion
with the performance of Prime Minister
Ehud Olmer to his response to the fighting
in the north? (Dahaf Institute for
Yedioth Ahronoth, July 18, 2006)
| Satisfied |
78% |
| Unsatisfied or Don't Know |
22% |
What are your opinions
of Amir Peretz, the Defense minister's
performance? (Dahaf Institute for
Yedioth Ahronoth, July 18, 2006)
| Satisfied |
72% |
| Unsatisfied or Don't Know |
28% |
What about whether or
not the military operation is justified? (Dahaf
Institute for Yedioth Ahronoth, July 18,
2006)
| It is the correct path of action |
86% |
| It is a mistake |
14% |
What are your opinions
of the IDF’s performance in the war? (Dahaf
Institute for Yedioth Ahronoth, July 18,
2006)
| Very good |
62% |
| Fairly good |
25% |
| Fairly bad |
5% |
| Very bad |
4% |
| Don't Know |
4% |
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