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PM Ehud Olmert: Prognosis negative
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| By Ynetnews August 25, 2006 |
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A poll commissioned by Dahaf published on Friday in the Yedioth Ahronot daily shows that 63 percent of Israelis feel that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert failed in managing the war in Lebanon and should resign. Only 29 percent believe the prime minister is fit to continue leading the country.
About 74 percent of those polled said Defense Minister Amir Peretz mishandled the war and should resign his post.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Dan Halutz faired only slightly better, with 54 percent saying he should resign over the army's failures, while 38 percent said he should keep his post.
Some 25 percent of respondents said former defense minister Shaul Mofaz is most fit to lead the defense establishment. Labor MK and former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon was the second most popular figure for the post with 20 percent of support, followed by former IDF chief Moshe Ya'alon with 10 percent and Israel Our Home leader Avigdor Lieberman with 8 percent. Only 3 percent of respondents said Peretz is suitable for the job.
In a Shvakim Panorama poll broadcast on Israel Radio on Thursday, 29% of Israelis polled said their preferred defense minister would be Ya'alon, 17% preferred Mofaz, 10% said former prime minister Ehud Barak and less than 5% said current defense minister Amir Peretz.
Twenty-seven percent of those polled by Dahaf said they support early elections as opposed to 20 percent who said Olmert should form a national unit government. Only 19 percent said the government should stay in its current formation.
Netanyahu now favorite for PM as public lurches right
Sixteen percent of respondents said Labor should be ousted of the government to make way for a right-leaning party, while 14 percent said Labor should stay but the coalition should be broadened to include right-wing coalition partners.
The Dahaf poll showed that should elections be held today, the conservative Likud would gain 20 parliament seats, up from the 12 seats it currently holds. The leading Kadima party would plunge from 29 to 17 seats, while the left-wing Labor party would drop from 19 to 11 Knesset seats if elections were held today. Support for right-wing rivals Israel Our Home, led by Avigdor Lieberman, increased sharply, with the poll showing the party would gain 17 seats in elections, up from 11 seats now.
Asked if Olmert and Netanyahu were the only two contestants in the election race, 45 percent said they'd vote for the latter and 24 percent for the former.
The poll showed that if elections were held today Netanyahu would earn the support of 22 percent of voters, followed by Avigdor Lieberman with 18 percent and Shimon Peres with 12 percent.
Olmert earned a mere 12 percent in projected election results.
A Ma'agar Mohot poll, broadcast on Channel 2 on Thursday evening showed even starker shifts rightward. It found that if the election was held today, the Likud and Israel Beiteinu would each win 24 seats, Kadima would fall from 29 to 14, and Labor would fall from 19 to only 9.
ynetnews contributed to this report.
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