Dahaf poll: 56%:35% Olmert should resign, 55%:43% Olmert hasn't learned from
war
Dr. Aaron Lerner 1 February 2008

Dahaf poll of 493 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) conducted 31
January, 2008 for Yediot Ahronot.
Statistical error +/- 4.5 percentage points.

In light of the conclusions of the Winograd Committee should Ehud Olmert
resign?
Yes 56% No 35%

In light of the Report has yor opinion of the IDF changed?
For good 6% Bad 17% Unchanged 77%

Who do you want to see as prime minister?
Olmert 18% Barak 14% Netanyahu 30%

Should Ehud Barak and the Labor Party leave the Government?
Total: Yes 52% No 42% No reply 6%
Of Labor supporters: Yes 31% No 66% No reply 3%

Was the charge that Olmert and Peretz launched the ground operation in the
last 60 hours of the war out of political interests unfair?
Yes 48% No 48%

What grade do you give for the performance of he prime minister since the
war?
Bad 59% Good 40% No reply 1%

Do you have confidence in the Winograd Committee and its conclusion?
Yes 53% No 29% No reply 18%

Do you think that the IDF has learned the lessons of the war?
Yes 75% No 20% No reply 18%

Do you think that Ehud Olmert has learned the lesson of the war?
Yes 43% No 55% no reply 2%

[IMRA: A more important question is to what extent respondent think that the
Winograd Report severely criticized a given person. The red herring that
Olmert carried out the operation of the last 60 hours to serve political
interests diverts attention from the real question: incompetence and
continuing incompetence.]
Was the Winograd report better or worse than you expected regarding the
following:
Olmert: Worse 4% As expected 35% Better 61%
Halutz Worse 9% Same 47% Less 29%
Peretz Worse 11% Same 40% No reply 41%
IDF Worse 45% Same 39% Better 12%

Published in Yediot Ahronot on 1 February 2008