POLL: ISRAELI PUBLIC DOES NOT WANT TO COMMIT SUICIDE

Poll: Israeli Public Overwhelmingly Rejects Unilateral West Bank Pullback - Ephraim Yaar and Tamar Hermann (Steinmetz Center for Peace Research-Tel Aviv University)
According to the December 2005 Peace Index Poll, 81% of the Israeli Jewish public thinks the PA is not making genuine efforts to prevent the firing of Kassam rockets from Gaza, and 68% think Israel's retaliatory policy is too weak. 63% believe that most of the Palestinians have not accepted Israel's existence and would annihilate it if they could.

However, 73% support peace negotiations with the PA in principle, and 67% favor an independent Palestinian state. Only 8.5% support a unilateral initiative to evacuate West Bank settlements, in keeping with Israel's security concerns.