Most Israelis oppose 'settlement freeze,' won't dismantle 'settlements'
A survey by Maagar Mochot published in Haaretz on Friday reveals that 56% of Israelis are outright opposed to President Obama's demand for a 'settlement freeze' and nearly two thirds are not willing to dismantle 'settlements' as part of a 'final solution' to the Israeli-'Palestinian' dispute or are willing to dismantle only a few 'settlements.'Fifty-six percent of those surveyed said Netanyahu should not consent to the American demand to halt all settlement construction, as opposed to 37 percent who said he should. Fifty percent said failure to comply would not provoke a crisis with the U.S., while 32 percent said they thought the settlement freeze was a make or break issue for Washington.Every time you see a survey like this, please keep in mind that approximately 20% of the country is 'Israeli Arabs,' so the percentages of Israeli Jews that oppose a 'settlement freeze' or evacuating 'settlements' are actually substantially higher.
Maagar Mohot also found in a separate poll that two-thirds of Israelis have little appetite for dismantling West Bank settlements. Thirty-six percent oppose any evacuation as part of a final peace deal and 30 percent said only a small number should be dismantled.
Both surveys polled 503 people and had a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:07 PM
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All of which counts for nothing in a country in which the government can ignore public opinion with impunity.
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