Poll: 65% Support disengagement 70% Other settlement evacuations to follow
Aaron Lerner Date: 8 October 2004

Dahaf - for Yediot Ahronot
502 Adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) week of 8 October 2004 before
attack at Taba:

Is the disengagement from the Gaza Strip only the beginning and after it
will come the evacuation of settlements in Judea and Samaria?
Yes 70% No 21%

Do you support the disengagement plan?
Yes 65% No 25%

Will disengagement improve Israel's security?
Improve 58% No change 2% Weaken 28%

Will the disengagement improve the chances of reaching a final arrangement
with the Palestinians?
Improve 38% No change 43% Reduce 14%

Was it necessary to carry out the current operation in the Gaza Strip?
27% Yes as done
39% Yes but should have been bigger
04% Yes but smaller
17% Shouldn't have

Is there a concern of civil war if the disengagement is carried out?
Yes 41% No 58%

Who of the following is the most appropriate to lead Israel?
Sharon 26% Peres 15% Netanyahu 16% Barak 8%
None of them 30%

Do you support the return of Ehud Barak to politics?
Total: Yes 27% No 61%
Support Labor: Yes 57% 36%

Yediot Ahronot 18 October 2004

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