Poll: 52% Netanyahu won't quit if ultimatum rejected, Likud members prefer
Sharon 46%:33%
Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 28 October 2004

Telephone poll carried out by "Brain Base" ["Maagar Mochot"] of a
representative sample of over 535 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs)
under the direction of Prof. Y.Katz for the Israeli television program
"Reshet in the Morning" program on 27 October 2004:

In light of the confirmation of the disengagement plan last night by the
Knesset, who do you think won in battle between prime minister Ariel Sharon
and finance ministry Binyamin Netanyahu?
Total: Sharon 65% Netanyahu 11%Other 24%
Likud members: Sharon 55% Netanyahu 22%Other 23%
Likud voters: Sharon 52% Netanyahu 28%Other 20%
Labor voters: Sharon 75% Netanyahu 0%Other 25%
Shinui voters: Sharon 92% Netanyahu 0%Other 8%

Finance minister Binyamin Netanyahu and minister of education Limor Livnat
announced last night that if after two weeks the prime minister continues to
object to a national referendum they (Netanyahu and Livnat) will quit the
government. If prime minister Sharon continues to object to a national
referendum do you think that Binyamin Netanyahu will quit the government?
Total: Yes 29% No 52% Other 19%
Likud members: Yes 43% No 51% Other 6%
Likud voters: Yes 28% No 52% Other 20%
Labor voters: Yes 37% No 44% Other 19%

If prime minister Sharon continues to object to a national referendum do you
think that Limor Livnat will quit the government?
Total: Yes 33% No 47% Other 20%
Likud members: Yes 40% No 53% Other 7%
Likud voters: Yes 40% No 40% Other 20%
Labor voters: Yes 25% No 56% Other 19%

Are you for a national referendum on the matter of disengagement from the
Katif Bloc and Gaza Strip?
Total: Yes 44% No 48% Other 8%
Likud voters: Yes 56% No 40% Other 5%
Labor voters: Yes 19% No 75% Other 6%
Shinui voters: Yes 25% No 58% Other 17%

If Knesset elections were advanced, who would you support as candidate to
head the Likud - Ariel Sharon or Binyamin Netanyahu?
Total: Sharon 45% Netanyahu 17% Other 38%
Likud members: Sharon 46% Netanyahu 33%Other 21%
Likud voters: Sharon 44% Netanyahu 32%Other 24%

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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