Poll: Rabin in trouble

Date: 27 Jan 95 14:27:26 EST5EDT
From: "MICHAEL B FREUND" <MBF@instruct.gsb.columbia.edu>

Dear IRIS Subscriber,

The following update was prepared by Dr. Aaron Lerner of Independent Media Review and Analysis, a think-tank based in Ranaana, Israel. It is reprinted with permission.

Michael Freund

Co-Chair, IRIS

News and Observations from Israel

Aaron Lerner 27 January 1995

*** MAARIV POLL: NETANYAHU 22 POINTS AHEAD OF RABIN ***

"If elections were held today who would you vote for - Rabin or Netanyahu?

Benyamin Netanyahu 50%

Yitzhak Rabin 28%

Neither 10%

Don't Know 7%

Refuse to Reply 5%

The survey was carried out by "Mutagim" for the daily newspaper "Maariv" on January 24th among a representative sample of 501 adults from the Jewish population. The standard error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. (Published in "Maariv" January 27, 1995)

*** YEDIOT AHRONOT POLL: 80% SAY RABIN'S SPEECH DID NOT CONTRIBUTE

TO THEIR FEELING OF SECURITY

* Did the national address of the prime minister, which was broadcast this week on television, contribute to your feeling of personal security?

Contributed: 10% Didn't: 61% Reduced: 19% No Reply: 10%

* Should the peace process with the Palestinians be stopped? Should be: 51% Shouldn't be: 46% No Reply: 3%

* Is it possible to separate between Israel and the Territories? Can: 64% Can't 33% No Reply: 3%

* Did the president do the right thing by publicly expressing his opinion regarding the peace process, after the attack in Beit Lid? Did the right thing: 71% Did wrong thing: 27% No Reply: 2%

* Should a national unity government be formed? Should be: 54% Shouldn't be: 44% No reply: 2%

The survey, which was carried out by DAHAF Institute for Yediot Ahronot on Tuesday and Wednesday, covered 501 interviewees, who are a representative sample of the adult population in the country. The standard error is +/- 4 percentage points.

(Published in "Yediot Ahronot" January 27, 1995)

*** PALESTINIANS BACK ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELIS ***

Would you like to see more military action against Israelis?

More military action: 53%

Oppose violence: 34%

No opinion: 13%

The representative sample of 787 Palestinians in the territories was conducted by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion on Tuesday, two days after the Beit Lid bombing. The standard error is +/- 4 percentage points.

(Published in "The Jerusalem Post" January 27, 1995)

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Associate

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