Surveys

68% of the Israeli public supports freedom of choice in marriage

A large majority of voters for Israel’s civil parties, including the Likud, want freedom of marriage, and given the central role that religion/state issues are playing in the current election campaign - We may be closer than ever before to forming a coalition that will finally grant Israelis this fundamental right.

Aug 13th, 2019
78% support marriage or registration for same-sex couples

More than half of the Zionist Orthodox public (54%) supports the establishment of recognized same-sex partnerships. 73% of the general public believes that if marriage or registration for same-sex couples were to be recognized in Israel, these couples must have all or most of the rights of all other couples. These findings are particularly important at a time when those like MK Smotrich are polluting the public discourse with messages of religious coercion and their organizations are polluting the Israeli society by preaching homophobia.

Jun 6th, 2019
International Human Rights Day survey: Israelis support marriage freedom

On December 10th the world marks International Human Rights day. Hiddush looked into one of the main violations of human rights in Israel, which ironically mostly harms Jews: The right to marry!
A special poll commissioned by Hiddush shows that 68% of Israel’s adult Jewish public supports the principle set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family."

Dec 9th, 2018
70% Israelis support recognition of all forms of marriage

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Sep 5th, 2018
81% support same-sex marriage or couples' registrations

81% of the Israeli public supports official state recognition of marriage or couples' registrations; including 53% of Zionist Orthodox Israelis and 93% of secular Jewish Israelis. Support is on the rise: in 2016 - 76%, in 2017 - 79% and in 2018 - 81%. 68% support legal surrogacy in Israel for gay couples.

Aug 1st, 2018
Record support for freedom of choice in marriage!

The percentage of public support for the recognition of freedom of choice in marriage in Israel has continued to increase steadily. Further, the majority of the adult Jewish public now prefers to marry outside the Chief Rabbinate. These results arose from a special survey conducted by the Rafi Smith Polling Institute in honor of the Jewish holiday of Love - Tu b'Av - for Hiddush - Freedom of Religion for Israel, Inc. last week.

Jul 26th, 2018
Most Israelis favor revoking the rabbinical courts' monopoly

69% of the Israeli public supports revoking the monopoly of the rabbinical courts on Jewish personal status matters, supports the establishment of a parallel civil system, and supports alternative, lenient rabbinic courts as a solution to alleviate the phenomenon of agunot

This is a strong expression of distrust in the Orthodox monopoly. International Agunah Day reminds us of the urgent need to dismantle the Orthodox monopoly on marriage and divorce in Israel.

Feb 27th, 2018
63% Israelis not aware that Jews can only divorce via Chief Rabbinate

Hiddush's regular, periodic public opinion polling indicates that a great majority of the public opposes the Government's and Knesset's policies that prevent freedom of choice in marriage and divorce. This is contrary to one of the most fundamental rights set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on December 10, 1948. Hiddush makes note of this today - in honor of International Human Rights Day. [Article 16 Human Rights: Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family.

Dec 10th, 2017
67% of Jewish Israelis support freedom of choice in marriage

50% of the Jewish Israeli public prefers non-Orthodox marriage. A growing majority of the Jewish public is fed up with and rejects the Israeli government's position and wants Israel to join all other Western democracies in establishing marriage freedom.

Aug 7th, 2017
Support for same-sex marriage/civil unions - record high of 79%!

47% of Zionist Orthodox Israelis and 65% of voters for the Zionist Orthodox Jewish Home party support the establishment of same-sex marriage or civil unions in Israel.

Jun 8th, 2017

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