(Angus Reid – CPOD Global Scan) – Many adults in Israel favour their prime minister’s proposal to reduce the number of Israelis living among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to a poll by Dialog published in Haaretz. 59 per cent of respondents support the implementation of Ariel Sharon’s “Disengagement Plan.”
(Angus Reid – CPOD Global Scan) – Many adults in Israel favour their prime minister’s proposal to reduce the number of Israelis living among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to a poll by Dialog published in Haaretz. 59 per cent of respondents support the implementation of Ariel Sharon’s “Disengagement Plan.”
The highly controversial proposal seeks the gradual evacuation of close to 7,500 Israeli settlers who live in the Gaza Strip alongside 1.3 million Palestinians, and calls for the redeployment of forces along new security lines.
Yesterday, Mahmoud Abbas took over as Palestinian Authority president. On Jan. 14, a bomb at the Karni terminal crossing in the Gaza Strip killed six Israelis. Radical groups Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sharon spokesman Assaf Shawin said the Israeli government was “severing all planned contacts with the Palestinians on all levels, from security to government leadership” until “they take steps against terror.”
In November, Sharon announced that he intends to seek a new term in office in the next parliamentary election.
Polling Data
Do you support or oppose the implementation of the “Disengagement Plan”?
Support | 59% |
Oppose | 32% |
No opinion | 9% |
Source: Dialog / Haaretz
Methodology: Interviews to 500 Israeli adults, conducted in January 2005. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.
