Haaretz Poll: National camp 72 seats Kadima 29 Labor 6 Meretz 3
Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA 13 November 2009

Poll by Dialog for Haaretz of a representative sample of 505 Israelis
(including Israeli Arabs) on 11 and 12 November 2009. Statistical error +/-
4.4 percentage points.

From what you know of the meeting between the PM and Obama, how would you
say the White House treated Netanyahu?
Honorably 12% Reasonably 42% Denigrating 25% Don't know 21%

Who is to blame for there being no negotiations between Israel and the
Palestinians?
Abu Mazen 50% Netanyahu 15% Both same extent 27% Don't know 8%

[IMRA: Note that the question only asks about talking with Hamas after it
recognizes Israel and stops terror - while the headline on the front page
of the Hebrew edition screams out "Haaretz Poll: 57% of the public supports
the plan of Shaul Mofaz for negotiations with Hamas" - with someone
thinking that this means overall support for the Mofaz "plan" and not just
that remark by Mofaz that was made at his press conference. The wording of
the question doesn't even ask if one supports the Mofaz plan.]
This week MK Shaul Mofaz released a plan, that, among other things, did not
rule out talks with Hamas if Hamas recognized Israel and stopped terror. Do
you support that Israel in the future negotiates with Hamas?
Support 57% Don't support 39% Don't know 4%

Percent satisfied with performance of:
[results from late June poll in [brackets]
PM Netanyahu 50% [49%]
FM Lieberman 38% [40%]
DM Barak 50% [61%]
Finance Minister Steinitz 28% [29%]

Who is most appropriate to serve as prime minister?
Netanyahu 43% Livni 27% Lieberman 10% Barak 5% Don't know/refuse reply 15%

According to reports, the MKs known as the Labor Rebels - Pines, Tamir,
Peretz and Cabel, are considering breaking off from their party. Would you
support their joining Kadima?

Labor-Mertz voters: Support 23% Oppose 58% Don't care 13% Don't know 6%
Kadima voters: Support 57% Oppose 15% Don't care 23% Don't know 5%

Would you like to see Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak together in same
party in the next elections?

Labor-Meretz voters: Yes 19% No 58% Don't care 19% Don't know 3%
Likud voters: Yes 56% No 28% Don't care 10% Don't know 6%

These days there is a conflict between Justice Minister Neeman and senior
people in the legal system, over Neeman's plan t split the roles of the
attorney general ,
[AL: Neeman proposes that the person who decides if a cabinet member should
be indicted shouldn't be someone who sits in cabinet meetings. This when the
overwhelming majority of Israelis assume that, with all due respect to AG
Mazuz, that he dragged his feet in handling the many cases against PM Sharon
because he was sitting in the meetings of the cabinet and didn't want an
untimely indictment to interfere with Sharon's diplomatic agenda (aka
withdrawal)].
Who do you think is more correct? Neeman or the senior judges?
Neeman 40% Judges 30% Don't know 29%

Current Knesset seats in [brackets].
33 [27] Likud
29 [28] Kadima
14 [15] Yisrael Beteinu
09 [11] Shas
06 [13] Labor
06 [05] Yahadut Hatorah
10 [11] Arab parties
03 [03] Meretz
07 [04] Nat'l Union
03 [03] Jewish Home]