The Israeli public believes that Israel’s relations with the US, Europe and Arab countries improved under the current government, while ties with the Palestinians worsened, according to a poll by the left-leaning think tank Mitvim - the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies.Asked whether the outgoing government succeeded or failed in advancing relations with the US, 77% of respondents said it succeeded, while only 12% said it failed. When it came to relations with the Palestinians, however, those numbers were nearly reversed, with 65% saying the government failed to advance those ties, while 17% said it succeeded.According to the poll, nearly half of the population - 47% and 46% - believe the government succeeded in advancing Israel’s ties with Europe and Arab countries, as opposed to 33% and 35% who felt the government failed to advance those ties.
console.log("catid body is "+catID);if(catID==120){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }The poll also found that 34% of the population believe to some extent – small, moderate or to a large degree – that the status of the Foreign Ministry has declined, and that this is harming Israel’s national security, while 26% feel that the foreign Ministry’s position has not declined.Regarding whom the public would like to see as foreign minister, 12% said Yair Lapid, 9% Benjamin Netanyahu, and only 3% would like to see current Foreign Minister Israel Katz in that job. 40% had no opinion.The poll was carried out in August 2019 by the Rafi Smith Institute and in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, among a representative sample of Israel’s adult population (700 men and women, Jews and Arabs) and with a margin of error of 3.5%.