Netanyahu Would Defeat All Opponents - Poll

Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 15:46:17 +0100
From: elbaum@dircon.co.uk (Jason and Leiah Elbaum)

Maariv reports (28 April) that in the police investigation of the Labor Party- Histadrut corruption scandal, state witness Uzi Passa's testimony and personal diary have implicated Labor Party Secretary-General Nissim Zvilli. According to Passa, Zvill knew that the Histadrut's Education and Culture Works was improperly doing work on behalf of the political campaign of Histadrut chair Haim Haberfeld, and that Zvill approved the work. Haberfeld, who was locked in a losing battle to keep his position, is now under investigation by the police. He was interrogated yesterday, for the second day in a row, concerning charges that he diverted Histadrut money to fund his personal political campaign.

The Jerusalem Post reports (28 April) on the results of a wide-ranging Gallup Poll, which found that Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu would handily defeat any potential contenders for Prime Minister. The poll for the first time tested Netanyahu against an array of candidates and scenarios. The results were as follows:

Bibi Netanyahu 43%

Yitzhak Rabin 20%

Haim Ramon 12%

Raful Eitan 9%

Bibi Netanyahu 37%

Yitzhak Rabin 30%

Raful Eitan 11%

Bibi Netanyahu 45%

Yitzhak Rabin 32%

undecided 23%

Bibi Netanyahu 44%

Shimon Peres 31%

Bibi Netanyahu 47%

Haim Ramon 31%

Bibi Netanyahu 44%

Ehud Barak 27%

The poll had a margin of error of 4.2%

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