Poll: 86.8% State comptroller should investigate readiness of civilian front
and decisions of executive branch in Lebanon war

Aaron Lerner Date: 21 September 2006

Telephone poll of a representative sample of 501 adult Israelis (including
Arab Israelis) carried out by Geocartographia for Israel Radio's "Its all
Talk" on 20 September 2006

On New year's eve - who do you pick as man on the year? (open question)
29.5% Arcadi Gaydamak (Russian financier who contributed heavily to help
residents of the North during the war)
13.1% Reserve duty soldiers
11.9% PM Olmert
06.8% FM Livni
05.7% DM Peretz
05.1% MK Netanyahu
04.5% Ariel Sharon
04.0% Ninette Tayeb (singer)
03.4% COS Halutz
02.8% President Katzav
01.7% Yona Yahav (Mayor of Haifa)
01.7% MK Lieberman
09.7% Other names
30.0% No name

Should the next president of Israel come from the Knesset or is it
preferable to elect someone who is not serving now as an MK?
From Knesset 23.6% From outside of Knesset 56.8% Other replies 19.6%

Between the two, which would you prefer to be elected as the next president
of Israel?
MK Rivlin 31.2% Prof. Rubenstein 42.8% Prefer other 13.2% No reply 12.8%

Should the state comptroller only investigate the readiness of the
(civilian) front in the last Lebanon war or should he also investigate the
decisions and the management of the executive branch in this war?
Only front 8.8% Both readiness of front and executive branch 86.8%
Don't know/refuse reply 4.4%

In the latest incidents in the soccer field:
32.8% Police response was exaggerated and violent
20.0% Police response was proper
14.0% Police response too weak
33.2% Don't know/refuse reply

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-7255730
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