July 09, 2007

Abstract: (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in Israel believe gay and lesbian couples should be afforded pension and survivorship rights, according to a poll by The Friedrich Naumann Foundation. 56 per cent of respondents believe this prerogative is either good or necessary.

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in Israel believe gay and lesbian couples should be afforded pension and survivorship rights, according to a poll by The Friedrich Naumann Foundation. 56 per cent of respondents believe this prerogative is either good or necessary.

Since the 1990s, Israel has granted spousal and survivor benefits to gay and lesbian partners. In November 2006, Israel's High Court of Justice ordered the government to acknowledge same-sex marriages performed abroad. In January 2007, Jerusalem officially registered its first homosexual married couple.

Same-sex marriage is currently legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada and South Africa, and at least 18 countries offer some form of legal recognition to same sex unions.

Polling Data

What is your opinion on granting pension and survivorship rights to same-sex partners?

Very good	23%
Somewhat good	22%
Not good, but necessary	11%
Not good	36%
Not sure	9%

Source: The Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Methodology: Interviews with 609 Israeli adults, conducted from May 28 to May 30, 2007. Margin of error is 4.1 per cent.