Even as he faces looming indictments for bribery and breach of trust, longtime Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely remain popular with a core group of voters in Tuesday's general election. A slim majority of Israelis (51%) interviewed last summer -- after news broke that Israeli police had enough evidence to indict him for bribery -- approved of the job he was doing as prime minister.
Learn more in the full analysis of Israelis' views of Benjamin Netanyahu.
These results are based on face-to-face interviews with 1,010 adults per year, aged 15 and older, conducted in Israel from July 4-Aug. 18, 2018. For results based on the total sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±3.5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The margin of error reflects the influence of data weighting. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity remains buoyant, with 51% of Israelis approving of the job he was doing prior to the announcement of potential indictment.
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For the first time since 2012, half of the American public favors the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
Highly religious Americans, Jews and evangelical Protestants remain much more sympathetic to Israel than others in the U.S.
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