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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (23556)	4/4/2002 11:30:58 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Jerusalem Post poll. In favor of war, but not happy at all with current leadership, 'none of the above' is running neck-and-neck with Sharon for the top spot: 'Post' poll: 72% of Israelis for war By Jerusalem Post Staff JERUSALEM (April 5) - Seventy-two percent of Israelis support the government's decision to wage wide-scale war in the territories, according to a poll commissioned by The Jerusalem Post. The poll of 501 Israeli adults was conducted yesterday by the Smith Institute, headed by Rafi and Hanoch Smith. The margin of error was 4.5%. Additionally, a plurality of Israelis - 36% - favor Yasser Arafat's expulsion from the territories, while another 23% believe he should be "eliminated." Only 15% favor a return to negotiations with him. At the same time, the survey's results indicated the public is evenly split on longer-term options. While a thin majority appears to believe in the necessity of reoccupying Palestinian towns, only 15% agree the occupation should be permanent. At the same time, 42% oppose any form of reoccupation. Israelis also appear to be divided politically. According to the results, were elections held today, 32% would prefer to see Prime Minister Ariel Sharon continue in office, slightly ahead of his nearest rival, former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who polled 26%. Both men poll well ahead of Labor Party rival Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, who enjoys a mere 4% support. Intriguingly, Sharon also polls substantially better than Ben-Eliezer among last year's Barak voters - a whopping 28% to 9% margin, while Netanyahu enjoys a razor-thin lead over Sharon among last year's Sharon voters. At the same time, the poll indicated some dissatisfaction with the current crop of leaders, with nearly a third of the public indicating a preference for "someone else" or "none of them."