Poll: 95% of Israelis believe Trump contributed to reaching Gaza ceasefire deal; 51% credit Netanyahu

There is a near-unanimous belief among the Israeli public that US President Donald Trump should be credited with bringing about a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas, according to a new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute.

The survey, conducted between October 19-21, about a week and a half after the ceasefire came into effect, asked respondents which factors they believe contributed to reaching the agreement to end the war and free the hostages.

In response, 95 percent of Israelis, or 97% of Jewish Israelis and 86.5% of Arab Israelis, credit Trump with being the contributing factor.

The survey finds that this belief is held across the political spectrum, with 94% of left-wingers, 98% of centrists, and 97% of right-wingers all attributing the ceasefire to Trump.

Military pressure on Hamas was seen as being the next-most significant factor, with 78% of respondents saying it contributed to ending the war, while 61.5% of people said the pressure put on the government by the hostages’ families was also a contributing factor.

In stark contrast with the public’s opinion of Trump’s role in ending the war, just 51% of respondents credited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with being a contributing factor to the ceasefire agreement.

Finally, 49.5% of respondents said they believed public protests played a role in bringing about the deal to end the war.

The survey, conducted online between October 19-21, polled 600 male and female representatives over the age of 18 in Hebrew and 148 in Arabic, constituting a representative sample of the Israeli population. It has a margin of error of 3.58%.