Israeli Opinion Polls

Dr. Aaron Lerner
September 9, 2000

Gallup - Maariv

The following are the results of a survey of a representative sample of adult Israeli (both Jews and Arabs) carried out by Gallup on the evening of Wednesday 6 September. Sampling error +/- 4.5 percentage points:

If elections were held today:

Date	Barak	Netanyahu	Comments
September 6	41%	38%	De_eri jail, Min. Religion closing
August 16	38%	43%
August 2	40%	43%
July 26	43%	38%	Camp David Talks Fail
July 19	39%	40%	Camp David Talks in Stalemate
July 12	36%	39%
July 5	39%	41%	Camp David Talks Announced
June 28	36%	44%
June 21	40%	42%	Middle of resignations
June 14	46%	39%
May 31	41%	41%
May 24	42%	37%	Just left Lebanon
May 19	45%	38%
May 15	42%	39%
April 5	40%	37%
March 31	42.5%	42.4%
March 1	50%	34%
Feb 9	42%	37%
Feb 2	45%	36%
Nov 19 1999	50%	33%
Oct 8 1999	56%	26%
Aug 14 1999	50%	29%
June 25 1999	59%	27%

Date	Barak	Sharon
September 6	43%	31%
August 16	41%	38%
August 2	41%	35%
July 26	45%	30%
July 19	44%	36%
July 12	42%	33%
July 5	44%	31%
June 28	41%	37%
June 21	43%	34%
June 14	50%	35%
May 31 2000	44%	35%
May 24 2000	43%	35%
May 19 2000	43%	36%
April 15 2000	43%	31%

Taking into account all you know about the matters being discussed in the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, including the possible concessions in eastern Jerusalem, do you or don_t you want a permanent agreement signed between Israel and the Palestinians?

Want	50%
Don't Want	44%
Do Not Know	6%

What would you prefer:

New Elections	51%
National Unity Government	40%
Government with Shas and Meretz	6%
Do Not Know	3%

Prime Minister Ehud Barak recently declared the start of the "civil revolution". In your opinion is this the start of such a revolution or is this just a slogan?

Revolution	20%
Slogan	65%
Do Not Know	15%

Ma'ariv 8 September 2000

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