Poll: 62.2% new Government will serve until November 2006 elections, 70.7%
against call to oppose evacuation at cost of incarceration

Aaron Lerner Date: 23 December 2004

The following is IMRA's translation of results of a telephone poll of 504
adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) and 422 Labor Party Central
Committee members carried out by Shvakim Panorama for Israel Radio's
"Another Matter" program on 22 December 2004 that is presented on the
website of the radio station.
(http://bet.iba.org.il ).

Labor Party Central Committee Members: I will read to you a list of 12
candidates - which 5 do you want to serve as ministers in the new
government?

Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer 62.5% Dalia Itzik 60.1%
Matan Vilnai 56.7% Ophir Pines-Paz 54.9%
Isaac Herzog 47.3% Haim Ramon 32.7%
Avraham Shochat 31.3% Ephraim Sneh 30.4%
Shalom Simhon 29.8% Yuli Tamir 25.8%
Amram Mitzna 21.5% Dani Yatom 17.8%

Should Basic Law be amended so that Shimon Peres can serve as a second
Acting Prime Minister?
Total: Yes 46.9% No 37.6% No opinion 15.5%
Likud voters: Yes 47.1% No 40.5% No opinion 12.4%
Labor voters: Yes 52.6% No 34.1% No opinion 13.3%

If a new chairman of the Labor Party is elected in June 2005, should the
elected chairman replace Shimon Peres as Acting Prime Minister?
Labor voters: Peres continues 49.4% Switched 27.4% No opinion 23.2%

The Prime Minister is expected to appoint another minister from the Likud.
Of the following, who do you think should be the additional minister?
Likud voters: Rivlin 41.6% Boim 16.7% Edri 12.1%
Don't know/none of the above 29.6%

Do you think that the new Government that will be formed after Yahadut
Hatorah and the Labor Party joins will serve up to the November 2006
elections?
Total: Yes 62.2% No 28.9% Don't know 8.9%

Do you support Pinchas Wallerstein's call to oppose the evacuation of
communities even at the cost of incarceration?
Total: Oppose 70.7% Support 16.2% No opinion 13.1%

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