A survey by the Israel Democracy Institute that examined key positions of the public regarding the protests against the judicial reform shows that less than a quarter of the participants reported that they participated in the protest compared to 77% who reported that they did not participate.

The participants in the survey were asked about the legitimacy of certain protest actions and only 24% said that it is legitimate to block the main highways, around 26% believe it is justified to not report to for Israel Defense Forces reserve duty, while 37% said it is acceptable to block a main road for just several hours while 70% said they supported demonstrations in front of the houses of elected officials.

“This plan for a constitutional overhaul is unpopular throughout the Israeli public. There isn’t even majority support for this plan among Likud voters.” As the government resumed unilateral legislation of the judicial overhaul this week, Israelis took to the streets in protest.… pic.twitter.com/fKIhdi7vZY

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Meanwhile, 44% percent of the respondents estimated that the protests have caused delays the judicial reform to a small extent, 24% thought that the demonstrations delayed the legislation to a large extent and 19% said that the protests did not delay the legislation of the judicial reform at all.

According to the data, most of the interviewees prefer giving up on the reform and focusing on strengthening national unity, 58%, compared to only about a quarter who believe that in the current situation, the reform should continue. Segmentation by the voting block in the previous elections shows that an absolute majority of the voters of the opposition parties believe that the reform should be abandoned and focusing on unity is the real priority, 87%, while among the coalition voters, a small majority, 52%, stated that the judicial reform should continue as it is. However, about a third of the coalition's voters believe that the continuation of the legislation should be stopped and action should be taken to increase unity in the country.

סקר המכון הישראלי לדמוקרטיה: 26% חושבים שלגטימי לא להתייצב למילואים כמחאה על הרפורמה המשפטית • 45% סבורים שהסיכוי שתפרוץ מלחמת אזרחים הוא גבוה | לידיעה המלאה >>> https://t.co/sRaN81Fkk9@amotzsh (צילום: נועם רבקין פנטון, פלאש 90) pic.twitter.com/Qh2URNcYxu

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The segmentation of the voters of the four coalition parties indicates a large gap between them.  A large majority of the voters of the ultra-orthodox parties support the promotion of the legislation, as well as a little over half of the Religious Zionist voters. On the other hand, Likud voters are divided in their positions; 43% support the promotion of the reform, and an equal proportion for renouncing it and investing efforts by the coalition and the opposition to strengthen national unity.

39% of respondents support the establishment of an emergency government headed by Netanyahu to which Yesh Atid and Benny Gantz’s party will join and 45% oppose.

The majority of those who voted in the last elections for the Zionist opposition parties such as Israel Beitenu, Labor, Yesh Atid, and Blue and White support the establishment of a national emergency government in which the center parties will be members.