Two Problems with Israelis

Read this first and then I'll comment:-

Poll: Most Israelis oppose PM Olmert's convergence plan

Some 56 percent of Israelis oppose Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convergence plan, according to a new Haaretz-Dialog poll. The poll results were released as Olmert was meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan, who also reportedly opposes the plan.

The poll, supervised by Professor Camille Fuchs of Tel Aviv University, also found that only 35 percent of the public is pleased with Olmert's performance as prime minister, while an equal portion is not.

Despite the widespread opposition to the plan, however, 51 percent of the public said they believed that it would be implemented, compared to only 32 percent who thought that it would not be carried out. This belief was shared by both supporters and opponents of the plan.

Problem One:

When polls indicated support for disengagement, the Left and the media played it up fierce as if this was some divine text.

They will not do the same with these results.

Problem Two:

Israelis are self-defeatists. If you don't like the dimunition (realignment or convergence for the less-than-precise), then really believe it won't happen and act so that it won't materialize!