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To: tejek who wrote (299419)	8/11/2006 7:10:18 PM
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Olmert Sees Support Slip for Conduct of Lebanon War, Poll Shows Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert saw support among Israelis for his conduct of the Lebanon war fall from earlier levels, a poll in the Yediot Ahronot newspaper showed today. The poll, conducted for the daily by the Dahaf Institute, found that 66 percent of 500 adults questioned rated his performance as ``good,'' compared with 31 percent who termed it ``not good,'' the newspaper said. That compared with 71 percent who rated Olmert's conduct as ``very good'' or ``pretty good'' in a similar survey published July 28 and 78 percent in a July 18 poll. The poll comes a month after Israel launched an offensive against Lebanon's Hezbollah Muslim fundamentalist group. The fighting has left 125 Israeli soldiers and civilians dead, while about 860 Lebanese have been killed. About 15 percent of Israel's 7 million people are confined to bomb shelters or have left their homes to escape Hezbollah rocket attacks. Today's survey, which had a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points, showed 40 percent of the respondents believed Olmert wouldn't achieve his goal of ending the Hezbollah presence close to Israel's border, although they believed the assault would damage the organization, Yediot said. Thirty-seven percent said they believed Olmert would achieve his aim. The war was triggered by the July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli solders in a cross-border raid by Hezbollah militants. Olmert, 60, has said his goal in launching the operation against Hezbollah is to win the hostages' return as well as to disarm the group and push it out of the area of Lebanon adjacent to Israel's border. A separate poll conducted for Israel's Haaretz daily found a lower level of support for Olmert. The survey by the Dialog Institute found 48 percent of the respondents were ``satisfied'' with Olmert's performance, compared with 40 percent reporting they were ``dissatisfied.'' Haaretz didn't say how many people were surveyed or when, or what the margin of error was. The Dialog Institute didn't respond to phone calls. The United Nations Security Council is meeting again today to try and agree on the final wording of a resolution that would call for a cease-fire in Lebanon. Israel's security cabinet approved plans to deepen the army's incursion into Lebanon Aug. 9 but hasn't ordered troops to start the operation. Two thirds of those surveyed by Yediot said Israel should go ahead with the plan to move troops as far north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) inside Lebanon. To contact the reporter on this story: David Rosenberg in Jerusalem at drosenberg1@bloomberg.net Last Updated: August 11, 2006 09:01 EDT