No relinquishing Western Wall, poll finds
By Nadav Shragai Haaretz 10 March 2005
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/550157.html

Ninety-one percent of the Jewish public would be unwilling to give up
Israeli control of the Western Wall, 46 percent would agree to joint
Israeli-Palestinian control, or sole Palestinian control, with regard to the
Temple Mount, according to a poll to be aired tonight on a program on the
Knesset television channel.

The survey, conducted by the Dahaf Institute, asked a representative
sampling of the Jewish population whether in exchange for a final real peace
agreement Israel should transfer a number of sacred sites to the
Palestinians, be prepared for joint control, or keep the sites under sole
Israeli hegemony.

With regard to the Temple Mount, 9 percent were in favor of transfering
control to the Palestinians, 36 percent favored joint control, and 51
percent favored Israeli control only. With regard to the Tomb of the
Patriarchs in Hebron, 13 percent were in favor of giving control to the
Palestinians, 33 percent for joint control, and 49 percent for sole Israeli
control.

None of those polled said they would agree to Palestinian control over the
Western Wall, although 6 percent were willing to see joint control.

Thirteen percent of those questioned said they would agree for the Tomb of
Rachel to be in Palestinian hands, 30 percent would opt for joint control,
and 53 percent wanted to see Israeli control only.

The show presenting the poll, to be screened at 9:30 tonight, will host MK
Aryeh Eldad (National Union) and MK Yossi Beilin (Yahad) to discuss the
findings.