Poll "Sixth Cabinet": 44% believe the October 7 massacre could have been prevented if Ronen Bar had woken Netanyahu
A 'Sixth Cabinet' poll by i24NEWS: 44% of respondents believe the October 7 massacre could have been prevented if Ronen Bar had woken Netanyahu. 42% said no, 14% didn't know. 63% believed the massacre could have been prevented if Bar had correctly read the signs.
A 'Sixth Cabinet' poll by i24NEWS, conducted by the 'Direct Polls' institute headed by Tzuriel Sharon, examined public opinion on whether the October 7 massacre could have been prevented if former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar had woken Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The poll was conducted against the backdrop of the defamation lawsuit Bar filed against Netanyahu this week. Out of 512 respondents, 44% answered that the massacre could have been prevented, 42% said no, and 14% said they didn't know. In a separate question, whether the massacre could have been prevented if Bar had correctly read all the preliminary signs, 63% answered positively, 22% negatively, and 15% didn't know. Among the opposition, 46% believed the massacre could have been prevented if Bar had read the signs, 34% said no, and 20% didn't know. The statistical sampling error is ±4.3%.