The majority of the public in Israel, including Likud and religious Zionist voters, agree with the High Court ruling that Aryeh Deri cannot serve as a kosher minister - according to a survey conducted by the Maagre Mehot Institute headed by Prof. Yitzhak Katz, for Israel Hayom.

To the question "What is your position regarding the High Court ruling that Aryeh Deri will not be able to serve as a kosher minister" - 65% answered that they agree with the High Court's ruling, and that a person who has been convicted twice cannot serve as a kosher minister.

22% answered that they do not agree with the judges and in their opinion the High Court should not intervene in the matter. 13% answered that they do not know.

When divided into parties, interesting results emerge according to which 57% of Likud voters agree with the High Court ruling on the Deri matter. In religious Zionism - 42% agree with the High Court, 40% oppose and 18% do not know.

Among Shas and Torah Judaism voters, only 22% agreed with the ruling.

As for the question of how Netanyahu should act after the High Court ruling - 45% of the total sample answered that Netanyahu should fire Deri, 25% think that Deri should resign himself, 15% think that Netanyahu should not respect the High Court ruling, and 15 % do not know.

The majority of the public: to appoint alternative ministers

Assuming that Deri will be fired or resign, the survey participants were asked how Prime Minister Netanyahu should behave.

54% answered that replacement ministers should be appointed in the current coalition, 18% support changing the composition of the coalition, 9% think that elections should be held, and 9% believe that there is no need to obey the High Court ruling, even if it would lead to a constitutional crisis. 10% answered who don't know. In answer to this question, 38% of Shas voters support the possibility of disobeying the High Court ruling, and so do 30% of Torah Judaism voters.

The survey shows that the majority of the public thinks that the legal reform is not the most important issue that the government should focus on, but only the fourth most important issue: after the cost of living, the security situation and the social divide.

66% of the respondents think that the cost of living is the most important issue that the government should address, 11% think that the security situation is the most important issue, 8% answered that the social divide is the burning issue, while only 7% placed the issue of legal reform at the top of their priorities The new government.

When you go into the components of the reform itself, it appears that there is a majority in the public that supports the enhancement clause, but there is a dispute as to which majority.

In response to a question about the government's intention to enact a superseding clause, 29% of those polled in the survey oppose a superseding clause, 26% are in favor of the superseding clause with a majority of 61 as planned by Levin and Rothman, while 20% are in favor of superseding clauses with a larger majority.

25% said that they do not know.

An interesting figure in the breakdown by party shows that 51% of the voters of the state camp support the increase clause, but most of them believe that it should be done with a majority greater than 61.

Among the voters of the coalition there is a majority for the override clause with a majority of 61.

Also in Likud: the cost of living is top of mind

In the breakdown by coalition parties, 70% of Likud voters think that the cost of living is the most important issue and only 8% of Likud voters chose the legal issue as their priority.

Most Likud voters support the reform, but also the removal of Deri, photo: Liron Moldovan

Also in the Shas parties, Torah Judaism, religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit, there is a clear majority that chose the cost of living as the first issue that the government needs to address. The opposition voters also place the highest importance first on the economic issue, but unlike the coalition parties, the second most important issue for Yesh Atid voters, The state and labor camp is the social divide.

According to the survey, the majority of the public opposes changing the method of electing judges.

In response to the question "What do you think about changing the method of electing judges, so that the coalition has an automatic majority in the committee for electing judges", 45% of respondents oppose the change, 35% are in favor, while 17% do not know.

Among Likud voters, only 46% support changing the method of electing judges, 32% are against, while 22% do not know. 

In response to the question of how the legal reform proposed today should be promoted - 31% of the entire sample support the attempt to reach negotiations and compromises with the opposition, 25% answered that it should be promoted as quickly as possible with only the votes of the coalition, 26% answered that the reform should not be promoted at all and 18% do not know

Broken down by parties, Likud has a narrow majority with 32% supporting the promotion of the reform while making compromises with the opposition, compared to 30% who support the promotion of the reform as quickly as possible without compromise and 21% do not know.

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