Data supplied by a survey conducted by the Rafi Smith Polling Institute for "Hiddush – Freedom of Religion in Israel" has found that 62% of Israelis support a government without the haredi parties; 87% preferring that control of the Knesset Finance Committee be given to Kulanu, rather than United Torah Judaism (UTJ).
“These clear results are not rooted in animosity towards the Haredim but in an understating of the devastating result of continuing to place the “control switch” to Israel’s finances in the hands of the sectarian Haredi parties. A Likud-Haredi government will put in jeopardy our country’s future. It’s time for the Prime Minister to heed the Israeli public’s unequivocal wishes," said head of the liberal Hiddush organization, Rabbi Uri Regev.