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Friday, June 09, 2006

Most Israelis oppose Olmert's convergence consolidation realignment surrender and expulsion plan

There's some good news from Israel this morning. HaAretz is reporting that most Israelis oppose Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convergence consolidation realignment surrender and expulsion plan.

Some 56 percent of Israelis oppose Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convergence plan, according to a new Haaretz-Dialog poll (left-wing - yes, here even the pollsters are biased) that was taken while Olmert was meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan. The poll also found that only 35 percent of the public is pleased with Olmert's performance as prime minister, 35 percent are not pleased with his performance.

The poll found that 37% of Israelis favor Olmert's plan, 56% oppose it and 7% are undecided. People who voted for Kadima Achora and Labor (the two largest parties in the governing coalition) mostly support the plan, while 83 percent of people who voted for Shas, the third-largest coalition party, said that they oppose the plan.

Despite the opposition to the plan, 51% of the public believes it will be implemented, while 32% believe it won't be. That ought to tell you something about how representative government is in Israel.

The poll also shows that fifty-three percent (almost 20 percent more than Olmert) of the public is satisfied with foreign minister Tzippy Livni's performance, while the third senior minister, Defense Minister Amir Comrade Peretz is still perceived by the public as the wrong man in the wrong ministry: only 31 percent of the public is pleased with him at the helm of the defense establishment, while 41 percent isn't. Labor supporters are much more supportive, however, as 64 percent of them say they are pleased with his performance.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:52 AM

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