What Percentage of the Israeli People Actually Back Sharons Plan?
What percentage of the Israeli people actually back Sharon’s plan? The answer depends on how and to whom you ask the question. 1) “When asked ‘Are you for or against withdrawal under fire in the disengagement plan?’ only 37% of respondents in a recent Maagar Mohot Institute survey supported disengagement” (“The Disengagement Lie,” Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, JP, Mon, July 18, 2005, p.13). 2) “A full 41.8% of Israeli Jews believe that no settlements should be dismantled as part of a peace agreement, a new survey released by the University of Haifa reveals. Furthermore, 41.8% of Israeli Jews said no territories should be handed over to the Palestinians even in the framework of a peace agreement . . . By contrast, 91.6% of Israeli Arabs polled favor such a withdrawal” (“Poll: One in five Israeli Jews ready to block roads,” Talya Halkin, JP, Wed, June 29, 2005, p.3). 3) “‘Israeli Arabs totally reject the notion of a Zionist state,’ said Prof. Sammy Smooha of the University of Haifa department of S
