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Eighty percent of the Israeli public is dissatisfied with the the government's policies on religion and state, according to a recent survey published Wednesday by the Smith Institute for the Hiddush foundation For Freedom of Religion and Equality.Among the secular public, 86% expressed discontent. Highlighting the divide in views on religious and state policy, 61% of non-haredi citizens supported the establishment of a Likud-Kadima government without Shas and United Torah Judaism. Eighteen percent of those polled did not have an opinion.Seventy-seven percent ofpolled disapproved of government policy on religion and state, even with the participation of Israel Beiteinu. Seventy percent ofsupported the establishment of a civilian government which would include Likud and Kadima without Shas and United Torah Judaism, while 97% of haredim opposed a government of this composition.Among the haredi population, 91% of those polled said they were dissatisfied with religious and state policy and within the religious sector, 64% expressed discontent.A representative number of 500 people were polled on Sunday and Monday."The data represents the fact that the Israeli public is fed-up with policy being set by the haredi political parties and feels that their future and rights are being given up to the religious groups," said director-general of Hiddush, attorney and Rabbi Uri Regev."The public wants a leading government, not a submissive government. The public desires a government which will finally implement the promise of the Declaration of Independence relating to freedom of religion and conscience. The public wants a government that will not pass yeshiva stipends and will take away the monopolistic control over marrage and divorce by the ever-more-haredi Rabbinate," said Regev.Regev called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Tzipi Livni "to answer the calls of the public and establish a civilian government that will courageously implement the desired reforms."