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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 473

Mina Tzemach

Supporters of Likud wave party and national flags along with a sign showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they gather at the party's headquarters in Tel Aviv on election night early on April 10, 2019. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
April 11, 2019, 7:29 pm
Top TV pollster, whose survey was way off, claims Likud voters lied
Dr. Mina Tzemach blames her failed exit poll, that gave Gantz’s Blue and White 4-seat advantage over Likud, on members of Netanyahu’s party who wanted to ‘screw over Channel 12’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he attends the Muni Expo 2018 conference in Tel Aviv on February 14, 2018. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)
February 14, 2018, 10:02 pm
Polls show support for Netanyahu may be rising after police allegations
Half think PM should step down after recommendation he be charged for bribery, down from earlier poll; Likud party still top vote-getter in surveys published by TV stations
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 24, 2017, 12:38 am
Poll: Most Israelis want Netanyahu to resign if police recommend indictment
TV survey come as investigators wrap up two probes into prime minister and prepare their summaries for the prosecution
By ToI Staff
Then-finance minister Yair Lapid with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in 2013 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 10, 2017, 9:45 pm
Yesh Atid could block Netanyahu-led Likud from power — new poll
Yair Lapid’s party takes 26 seats in new survey as ruling party drops to 22, potentially allowing formation of anti-PM bloc
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Supporters of US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton watch televised coverage of the US presidential election at Comet Tavern in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, on November 8, 2016. (AFP/Jason Redmond)
November 27, 2016, 9:57 pm
Israeli pollsters: Our off-mark 2015 surveys were ‘entirely different’ to US election fiasco
As US pollsters lick their wounds after failing to predict Trump victory, Israeli experts insist their models were fine last year; it’s just that Netanyahu electrified his voters at last minute
By Marissa Newman
Ayman Odeh (center), head of Israel's Joint (Arab) List, reacts at party headquarters in the northern Israeli town of Nazareth as exit polls in the general elections are announced, March 17, 2015 (photo credit: Basel Awidat/Flash90)
April 15, 2015, 10:50 pm
Netanyahu invites Arab party leader to meeting
Ayman Odeh accepts invitation, but accuses prime minister of using it as a publicity stunt
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu in an Election Day message, March 17, 2015, warning that Arab voters were coming out in droves. (screen capture: YouTube)
March 25, 2015, 1:33 pm
Netanyahu’s ‘Arab droves’ warning may have been decisive in his victory
TV pollster says surveys showed Likud trailing by 3-4 seats at noon on election day; then PM issued controversial Facebook post
By ToI Staff
Channel 2 exit poll at 10 p.m. on March 17, 2105 gave Zionist Union 27 seats and Likud 28. The final result was Likud 30, Zionist Union 24. (Channel 2 screenshot)
March 18, 2015, 6:29 pm
Botched TV exit polls earn vote of no confidence
Pollsters try to explain why they got the election result wrong, say many voters refused to participate
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Jan Koum, one of the founder of the messaging service WhatsApp, in Stanford, California, March 6, 2014. (Photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/FLASH90)
December 28, 2014, 6:44 pm
Forget the singles bar – Israelis’ mates await online, says study
First comprehensive study of local Internet usage shows digital devices having a major impact on leisure, commerce, marriage
By David Shamah
A large campaign poster showing Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich in Bnei Brak. (photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
January 18, 2013, 1:59 pm
Warning: Elections ahead
The final pre-vote polls are in, but the candidates are still out and about getting last-minute deciders to support them
By Ilan Ben Zion
A man hangs a huge poster with an image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overlooking the Ayalon freeway in Tel Aviv on Thursday (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
January 18, 2013, 7:39 am
Final newspaper polls give right wing narrowest lead of race
Four days before elections, support for Likud-Beytenu is lower than ever; 15% of voters remain undecided
By Ron Friedman and Yoel Goldman
Casting their lot. A bride and groom vote in the last general elections before getting married, February 10, 2009. (Photo credit: by Edi Israel/Flash90)
January 3, 2013, 6:57 pm
Poll warning: Believe the trends, be wary of the specifics
Consumed obsessively in these heady pre-election days, Israel’s political surveys are hampered by small samples, unasked questions, and possible pollster conflicts of interests. Best to think of them, experts say, as ‘informational entertainment’
By Raphael Ahren
The Knesset (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 30, 2012, 12:56 pm
Poll shows Netanyahu staying in power with new elections
Survey finds Likud leading a majority bloc, Labor will finish as second-largest party and Kadima will slip to fourth behind Yisrael Beitenu
By Stuart Winer
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