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To: stockman_scott who wrote (75734)	2/19/2003 5:10:14 PM
From: epsteinbd	Respond to of 281500

1500 people protested in Tel Aviv. How many in Bagdad?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (75734)	2/20/2003 12:57:23 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

All this is especially puzzling given the findings of a public opinion survey by the Dialogue Institute, published last Thursday in Ha'aretz. It turns out that nearly half of Israelis are against an immediate war - 20.4 percent think the U.S. should refrain completely from attacking, and another 23.4 percent are in favor of an attack only if all the inspection and mediation efforts fail. Figures in America are amazingly similar but there at least the voice of protest is being heard, not to mention in the majority of the states of Europe. I view these figures with skepticism, as a) I didn't see them in last Thursday's paper, and b) Ha'aretz does not have a great record with polls. They always come out skewed to the left, compared to the polls all the other papers run. Ha'aretz's election polls quite failed to predict the disaster that overcame Labor. The polls I have seen say that majority of Israelis firmly support toppling Saddam, who btw has made no secret of his fond ambitions to nuke Tel Aviv. Ya think that maybe that had some influence on Israeli opinion?