Poll: 36%:46% Advance elections, 56%:39% religious-secular rift to widen;
Likud members: Sharon 36% Netanyahu 43% Landau 12%
Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 24 August 2005

Telephone poll carried out by "Brain Base" ["Maagar Mochot"] of a
representative sample of 598 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) and
441 Likud members under the direction of Prof.Y.Katz 18-23 August for
Channel 2's Mishal Cham
program. Statistical error: +/- 4.5 percentage points.

In the wake for the evacuation, are you for or against advancing the
elections?
Total: For 36% Against 46% Other 18%

Will the rift between religious and secular in Israeli society deepen as a
result of the evacuation?
Total: Yes 56% No 39% Other 5%

Do you support to head the government: Ariel Sharon, Binyamin Netanyahu or
Uzi Landau?
Total: Sharon 34% Netanyahu 20% Landau 3% Other answers 43%
Likud members: Sharon 36% Netanyahu 43% Landau 12% Other answers 9%
[Dialogue - for Haaretz Representative sample of 501 Likud members surveyed
22-23 August, 2005(as compared to Brain Base that surveyed from 18-23
August)
Sharon 30.6% Netanyahu 26.3% Landau 24.2% None 8.7%]

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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