Poll: Majority opposes agreement with Lebanon • 88% of coalition voters against

November 25, 2024   

The majority of the public, and an overwhelming majority of coalition voters, opposes an agreement for a settlement in Lebanon, while even when asked about a temporary ceasefire until the change of government in the US, the majority still opposes the agreement. The survey, conducted by the Direct Polls polling institute and broadcast this evening (Monday) on the Sheva program hosted by Sharon Gal on Channel 14, shows that 55% of the public oppose a permanent settlement with Hezbollah, compared to 41% who support it. When the question is directed at coalition voters, the numbers are even more decisive: 88% of coalition voters oppose the agreement, compared to only 10% who support it. If the ceasefire with Hezbollah is temporary for 60 days, until the change of government in the US and in order to prevent contradictory decisions from the Biden administration, the public still opposes the ceasefire: 52% of the total public Oppose the agreement with Hezbollah, 42% support.

An absolute majority of the public also opposes the withdrawal of IDF forces from Lebanon without leaving a buffer of Israeli control in any arrangement with Lebanon and Hezbollah.

Survey participants, who belong to all ends of the political spectrum, were asked whether Israel should insist on an Israeli security zone within Lebanese territory in any arrangement that may be made in the north: 83% of the total sample support the demand for a security zone, compared to only 10% who oppose it, and 7% answered that they do not know.

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