71% don't believe Assad ready to negotiate, 62.4%:33.1% oppose trading Golan for "true peace"

Poll: 71% don't believe Assad ready to negotiate, 62.4%:33.1% oppose
trading Golan for "true peace"
Dr. Aaron Lerner     Date: 21 December 2006

Telephone poll of a representative sample of adult Israelis (including Arab
Israelis) carried out by Geocartographia for Israel Radio's "Its all Talk"
on 20 December 2006

Do you believe that Bashar Assad is ready to engage in negotiations to reach
a peace agreement?
Total: Yes 21.6% No 71.0 Other 7.4%
Voted Kadima: Yes 14.2% No 79.0% Other 6.8%
Voted Likud: Yes 6.4% No 91.4% Other 2.2%
Voted Labor: Yes 28.5% No 56.7% Other 14.8%

Do you support the return of the Golan Heights in exchange for true peace
with Syria?
[IMRA:  This is the "Dumbo" question - the policy question is "Do you
support the return of the Golan Heights in exchange for a peace treaty with
Syria?"  No one can possibly guarantee that a given peace treaty can
actually provide true peace.]

Total: Yes 33.1% No 62.4 Other 4.5%
Voted Kadima: Yes 32.8% No 62.2% Other 5.0%
Voted Likud: Yes 10.4% No 87.6% Other 2.0%
Voted Labor: Yes 49.9% No 48.0% Other 2.1%

Should Israel help Abu Mazen (AL: Mahmoud Abbas) in his clash with Hamas?
Total: Yes 36.4% No 50.8% Other 12.8%
Voted Kadima: Yes 50.0% No 41.5% Other 8.5%
Voted Likud: Yes 19.3% No 74.5% Other 6.2%
Voted Labor: Yes 45.3% No 46.0% Other 8.7%

Do you support an increase in the defense budget at the expanse of social
welfare needs?
Total: Yes 36.0% No 51.1 Other 12.9%
Voted Kadima: Yes 46.6% No 41.2% Other 12.2%
Voted Likud: Yes 38.5% No 50.9% Other 10.6%
Voted Labor: Yes 39.5% No 52.0% Other 8.5%

Grade for PM Ehud Olmert's  administration after a year (1 to 10)
Total 4.1 Kadima voters 4.9 Likud voters 3.3 Labor voters 4.7

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-7255730
INTERNET ADDRESS: imra@netvision.net.il
Website: http://www.imra.org.il



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