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Military Action in Israel - Opinion Poll
A Today poll has revealed overwhelming support within Israel for the military strikes. Of 500 people questioned over the telephone by an Israeli polling company last week, 86% backed Israel's attacks on Palestinian targets; most described their support as "strong".
Q1. How would you vote if there were an election tomorrow?
Ariel Sharon 28.1%
Benjamin Netanyahu 28.1%
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer 4.4%
Avraham Burg 6.6%
I would not vote 3.1%
None of them 17.6%
Don't know / Refuse 12.2%
Q2. Do you support the current military action against the Palestinian Authority?
Very strongly support 62.5%
Strongly support 13.1%
Somewhat support 10.2%
Support = 85.8%
Somewhat oppose 2.7%
Strongly oppose 7.2%
Oppose = 11.5%
Don't know 4.3%
Q3. The British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said: "There can be no military solution to this desperate situation which Israel and the Palestinians find themselves in". Do you agree or disagree?
Very strongly agree 13.4%
Strongly agree 11.2%
Somewhat agree 15.6%
Agree = 40.2%
Somewhat disagree 9.1%
Strongly disagree 37.5%
Disagree = 46.6%
Don't know 13.3%
Q4. Do you support a withdrawal to 1967 borders in return for peace with the Arabs?
Very strongly support 12.1%
Strongly support 9.1%
Somewhat support 14.7%
Support = 35.9%
Somewhat oppose 8.2%
Strongly oppose 45.8%
Oppose = 54.0%
Don't know 10.2%
Q5. Would further military actions in the War against Terrorism improve or worsen the situation
Improve 31.0%
Do not improve or worsen 13.0%
Improve = 31%
Worsen 31.3%
Worsen = 31.3%
Don't know. 24.8%
The interviewees were drawn from throughout Israel; the poll's margin of error is put at four-and-a-half per cent. The poll was conducted by phone by the organisation (PORI) and 505 people were questioned.
Links
Interviews with people on the Palestinian and Israeli sides
成人快手 News Online - in depth coverage of the conflict
成人快手 News Online -
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