<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1255"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">This Friday, there was a somewhat interesting poll done in Yideot Aharonot's weekend magazine:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">As with all polls this must be taken with a grain of salt. It says 500 people were polled and the polling was done by Mini Tsemach, who is the queen of polling in Israel.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Excuse any awkward translations on my part.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">The margin of error is: +/- 2%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">*How do you estimate the sense of security that the government gives too the citizens?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Just Enough: 40%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Too Little: 58%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">*In your opinion, how does the assasination policy influence the terrorism?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Lessen: 22%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Increase: 45%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">No Influence: 31%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Are you for the assasination policy of Israel?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">For: 74%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Against: 24%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Do you think that the last actions against Arafat were the right steps?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Correct: 70%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Incorrect: 28%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Is Ariel Sharon a trustworthy Prime Minister?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Trustworthy: 70%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Not Trustworthy: 26%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">*To what degree do you count on Sharon to lead the state successfully?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Count: 64%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Don't Count: 33%</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">*What grade do you give to Sharon according to the job he is doing as Prime Minister?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Good: 74%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Not Good: 25%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Is there a need to assasinate Arafat?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Yes: 24%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">No: 75%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Does Israel need to do actions which will bring about his replacement?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Yes: 53%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">No: 43%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">-------------------------------</FONT></DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <DIV><BR>An interesting point is the dissonance between  the fact that a majority of those polled felt that Israel's assasination policy either have no influence at all or actually lead to an increase in terrorist acts against Israel, however a large majority of Israelis are for the assasinations.  Could this indicate that to the majority of people  who are for the policy, the assasinations are not about security, but about revenge (though they may not even be aware of this in their conscious minds).  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The other interesting point is that while a majority of those polled are against Israel assasinating Arafat, a majority are for Israel to directly or indirectly influenc his removal from power.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bryan Atinsky<BR>IMC-Israel <BR>English Editorial Coordinator<BR><A href="http://www.indymedia.org.il">http://www.indymedia.org.il</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>