For some reason at this late date the pro-Israel contingent, the
Izziehuggers, have started the rumor that while Israelis felt something had
to be done about the rockets from Gaza they did not approve the violence of
the response. To answer that I give you the following article in toto with
the appropriate lines from the article highlighted.
Haaretz
Fri., January 16, 2009 Tevet 20, 5769
Last update - 12:01 15/01/2009
Poll shows most Israelis back IDF action in Gaza
By Yossi Verter, Haaretz Correspondent
Almost three weeks after the beginning of Operation Cast Lead and less than
a month before the Knesset elections, a Haaretz-Dialog poll shows widespread
public support for the Gaza campaign. Less than 10 percent see the operation
as a "failure."
The poll, supervised by Professor Camil Fuchs, head of Tel Aviv University's
Statistics and Operations Research, shows that Likud and Kadima have
weakened slightly and would get 29 and 25 Knesset seats respectively if the
elections were held today. Labor is holding steady with 16 seats.
The right-wing bloc still commands more support than the center and left
wing, effectively handing Likud chair MK Benjamin Netanyahu the next
government. His coalition, however, would be complex, difficult to manage
and possibly short-lived.
The Likud, right wing and ultra-Orthodox bloc consists of 62 Knesset seats,
while the center and left wing hold 56. The Green Party, hovering on the
edge of the minimum number of required votes, stands to receive two Knesset
seats.
Shas has weakened slightly and Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu
strengthened compared to previous polls. The right wing National
Union-National Religious Party and Habayit Hayehudi, which split from it,
bring together a total of six Knesset seats.
The poll indicates that a quarter of those interviewed (representing some 30
Knesset seats) have not decided, refuse to say or don't know how they would
vote. The public is possibly waiting for the end of the war to see what
arrangement that would be achieved to end it.
Despite pictures from Gaza depicting massive destruction and a large number
of wounded and killed, including women and children, 82 percent of the
public believe that Israel has not "gone too far" with the military force it
is exercising against Hamas.
This means that almost all Israel's Jewish citizens warmly support the
operation, its goals, firepower and management.
The poll was conducted among 561 people with an error margin of 4.3 percent
for each question. The complete poll will be published in Friday's Haaretz.
The highlighted part refers to pictures. Three weeks into the slaughter most
of
I doubt this will end the Jewish Hasbara, hebrew for propaganda, but if you
are interested this can set the record straight.