Poll: Majority of Israelis think Trump responsible for hostage deal, will pressure Netanyahu on Mideast initiatives

Large majorities of Israelis believe that US President Donald Trump is responsible for securing the recent ceasefire-hostage deal with the Hamas terror group, and that he is likely to put pressure, or even impose sanctions, on Israel in the future if it does not align with his Middle East policy goals, according to a recent Israel Democracy Institute survey.
When asked, “In your opinion, was US President Trump correct or incorrect in saying that the ceasefire agreement and the release of the hostages were achieved thanks to his intervention?” a large majority of Israelis — 74 percent of Jewish Israelis (83% on the left, 79% in the center and 74% on the right politically) and 64% of Arabs, all answered in the affirmative.
Likewise, when asked, “What are the chances that President Trump will exert real pressure on Israel, and perhaps even impose sanctions, if the Netanyahu-led government does not align with his initiatives in the Middle East, such as a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia?” the large majority of respondents said the chances were fairly high or very high that he will.
Though answers to the latter question were roughly the same between Jewish Israelis (73.5%) and Arabs (67.5%), Jewish Israeli respondents who are on the right politically were less likely, at 66.5%, to answer yes than those on the left (89%) or the center (88%).
The figures were released by the Israel Democracy Institute today, in advance of the full publication of its January 2025 Israeli Voice Index.
The survey was conducted by phone and online, and the questions were posed to 604 people in Hebrew and 151 in Arabic, to a pool of respondents representative of the adult Israeli population. The margin of error was 3.57%.