Poll: 62% of Israelis believe government has lost public’s confidence, majority back some form of hostage deal

A poll by the Maariv daily shows 62 percent of the public believes the current government has lost the confidence of the majority of the population.

The survey asked respondents, “Without regard to how you voted in the last election, do you believe the government has the confidence of the nation now?”

Only 27% respondents answer that the government has the confidence of the majority of the population, and 11% answer that they didn’t know.

Measuring support for a hostage deal, the survey finds that 26% of respondents believe that the government needs to sign a deal immediately, even if it only brings back some of the hostages, due to their deteriorating state in captivity.

Forty-six percent answer that the government should sign a comprehensive deal that ends the war in Gaza, while 18% oppose a deal, believing that the military should continue fighting Hamas even at the risk to the lives of the hostages.

Ten percent did not know what to answer.

The poll was carried out by Dr. Menachem Lazar and Panel4All between August 20 and 21, with 509 respondents, and has a 4.4% margin of error.