Wednesday, March 19, 2008

A Storm is Gathering to the South

Only 4 percent of Israelis support Olmert’s policy of restraint towards Hamas

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The “Peace Index” survey conducted in February 2008 also found that no more than 30 percent of Israelis believed the government headed by Ehud Olmert could be trusted to uphold national security. The survey was conducted by Prof. Ephraim Yaar and Tamar Herman of Tel Aviv University’s Peace Research Institute. They also reported that 71 percent of those canvassed were opposed to Israel accepting an informal truce with Hamas and 53 percent said Palestinian rockets was not a factor in their decision to live in Israel.

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