Poll: 41%:31% Disengagement brings terror not peace, 51%:40% Sharon should
retire

Aaron Lerner Date: 28 August 2005

The following is IMRA's translation of results of a telephone poll carried
out by "Brain Base" ["Maagar Mochot"] of a representative sample of 509
adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) 407 Likud members on 25-26 August
for the television program "Reshet in the Morning".

Who do you believe more: Sharon who says that the disengagement will bring
peace or Bib [Netanyahu] who says that disengagement will bring terror?
Total: Sharon 31% Netanyahu 41% Other 28%
Likud members: Sharon 26% Netanyahu 45% Other 29%

With the completion of the disengagement, should Sharon retire to his farm
or continue in political life?
Total: Retire 51% Continue 40% Other 9%
Likud members: Retire 58% Continue 33% Other 9%

Two election scenarios. Results in mandates. Current Knesset in
[brackets]
00 44 [00] Sharon-Peres-Lapid Party
20 24 [40] Likud-Netanyahu party
29 00 [00] Sharon party
16 00 [21] Labor (with Amir Peretz's One Nation)
07 00 [15] Shinui
10 10 [11] Shas
11 12 [08] Arab parties
07 06 [06] Yachad [Meretz]
05 05 [07*] National Union
04 05 [07*] Yisrael Beiteinu [Lieberman]
06 06 [05] Yahadut Hatorah
05 06 [06] NRP
* National Union ran with Yisrael Beiteinu with total 7 mandates

If primaries were held today in the Likud for the chairmanship and its
candidate for prime minister who would you vote for?
Likud members: Sharon 32% Netanyahu 41% Landau 16% Other replies 11%

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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