Netanyahu. No damage caused?
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Gaydamak. On the rise
43% of public: Netanyahu's slip of tongue did not cause damage
Poll published by Yedioth Ahronoth reveals every third Israeli believes opposition leader's remarks on Syria operation harmed Israel. Survey also shows that if general elections were held today, Gaydamak's party would win eight Knesset seats
Forty-three percent of Israelis believe that opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu's comments
on the reported IDF overflight
in Syria
did not cause damage to the State of Israel,
a new poll conducted by Dr Mina Tzemach and published by Yedioth Ahronoth Friday morning reveals.
The party leading the poll is the Likud with 24 Knesset seats, followed by the Labor Party with 18 seats and Yisrael Beiteinu, Shas and Kadima with 10 seats each.
According to the survey, if the Knesset elections were held today, billionaire Arcadi Gyadamak's 'Social Justice' party would win eight Knesset seats, only two seats less than Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima party and two seats more than the National Religious Party.
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Survey participants were asked if they thought Netanyahu's slip of the tongue had an influence on the State of Israel. Forty-three percent said that the opposition leader, who was the first Israeli official to confirm the IDF operation in Syria, did not damage or benefit the State.
One out of three Israelis (31%), however, claimed that the remarks caused damage. Only 3% believe that the comments benefited Israel. Another 23% said that they did not know if Netanyahu's slip of the tongue had any influence.
Asked who would do a better job in guaranteeing Israel's security, 20% of the respondents said that Netanyahu would do a better job while a similar percentage favored Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
