Saturday, October 15, 2011

The Israel Dichotomy

AFP (via IMRA) reports on our typical Israeli dichotomy:

A poll commissioned by Channel 10 found that 69 percent of Israelis back the exchange of Shalit for some 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, 32 percent oppose it and the remainder gave no opinion.

While backing the deal, 62 percent of respondents said the release of Palestinian prisoners would "worsen Israel's security situation." But 32 percent thought "it will have no impact."

The Midgam Project carried out the poll among a representative sample of 500 Israelis, both Jews and Palestinian citizens, and gave a margin error of 4.5 percent.

So, on the one hand, "soft" and on the other "hard".

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