Three of four Israelis do not trust US President Barack Obama to manage American policy in the Middle East, a new poll shows; in a Knesset Channel / Panels poll published Thursday, a full 74% of respondents said they do not trust Obama’s policy.
The poll also asked about election preferences, finding that Likud would get 27 MKs and the traditional religious right wing bloc – Likud, Yisrael Beytenu, Jewish Home, Shas and UTJ – would have a total of 69 seats, compared with its current 61.
The poll results for each party are as follows, in number of Knesset seats (the current Knesset seats are in brackets):
27 [19] Likud
18 [12] Jewish Home
16 [15] Labor
10 [19] Yesh Atid
09 [12] Yisrael Beytenu
09 [06] Meretz
08 [07] United Torah Judaism
07 [11] Shas
05 [04] Hadash
04 [06] Hatnua
04 [04] Ra’am-Ta’al
03 [03] Balad
00 [02] Kadima
Asked if Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is a worthy partner for talks, 63% said No, while only 27% answered in the affirmative.
When asked if Muslims should be able to celebrate their holiday of Eid al-Adha in mixed cities this Saturday, as the Jewish populations there mark Yom Kippur, 49% voted Yes, and 38% No. Among Jewish voters alone, these numbers were 45% and 41% respectively.
The Muslim “Holiday of the Sacrifice” – namely Abraham’s “sacrifice of Ishmael” in an appropriation of the original Torah story – coincides this year with Yom Kippur.
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