Poll: 63% Fence should include Ariel 69% Fasted on Yom Kippur

Aaron Lerner Date: 10 October 2003

The following are the results of a New Wave survey of a representative
sample of 593 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) carried out the week
of 10 October for Maariv and published in Maariv on 26 September. Survey
error +/- 4 percentage points.

Are you satisfied with the performance of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in
general?
10 October Yes 36% No 54% Don't know 10%
26 September Yes 43% No 49% Don't know 8%

Does the current government know how to fight terror?
Yes 34% No 55% Don't know 11%

Do you personally fear that you or someone in your family will be hurt in a
terror attack?
Yes 71% No 24% Don't know 5%

Do you support the bombing of the Islamic Jihad base in Syria by the Air
Force?
Yes 66% No 22% Don't know 12%

In the wake of the attack in Haifa do you support expelling Arafat from the
territories?
Yes 51% No 36% Don't know 13%

Do you support the erection of the separation fence?
Yes 71% No 21% Don't know 8%

Should the city of Ariel be within the separation fence our outside it?
Within 63% Outside 22% Don't know 15%

Are you satisfied with the government's handling of the separation fence?
Yes 21% No 65% Don't know 14%

Do you support the protest letter of the Air Force pilots against Israel's
policies in the territories?
Yes 21% No 67% Don't know 12%

Should these pilots be expelled from the Air Force or should they be allowed
to continue as pilots (IMRA: the overwhelming majority of the pilots who
signed were no longer serving)?
Expel 47% Continue 40% Don't know 13%

Theoretically, of the following people who would you want to replace Sharon
as chairman of the Likud and their candidate for prime minister?
Netanyahu 20% Mofaz 14% Shalom 4% Livnat 4% Olmert 3%
All same 6% None of them/don't know 49%
Vote Likud: Netanyahu 35% Mofaz 20% Olmert 7% Livnat 4% Shalom 3%

And if the candidates were only Netanyahu and Mofaz?
Netanyahu 32% Mofaz 32%
Right: Netanyhau 45% Mofaz 34%
Likud: Netanyhau 41% Mofaz 42%

[Jews only] Did you fast on Yom Kippur?
Yes 69% No 31%
[% Fasted: Secular: 44%, Men 64% Women 73%]

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
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