Poll Numbers Contradict Secretary Rice

Posted by johnhouk on Nov 15, 2007
 John R. Houk
© November 15, 2007

Here is some blatant evidence of Bush Administration arm twisting to force Israel into a precarious situation that will further threaten the National Security of Israel against the wishes of over 60% Israeli citizens.

Secretary of State Rice claimed recently that a majority of Israelis wish to give up the West Bank to create a Palestinian State. The poll conducted by Israel Policy Center for Promoting Parliamentary Democracy and Jewish Values in Israeli Public Life also shows that 77% of Israelis believe the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas cannot deliver on preventing rockets being launched from the West Bank if it is converted to a Palestinian State.

That means Hamas from Gaza allowing rockets to terrorize civilian cities in southern Israel and rockets from the West Bank terrorizing civilian cities as far away as Tel Aviv through central Israel. Such an occurrence from a sovereign nation would be an act of war. So why create a Palestinian State if Israel has to defend itself by invading a sovereign Palestine to prevent harm to Israel’s citizens?

Secretary Rice is obviously utilizing propaganda to convince Jewish leaders to acquiesce to to the existence of a mortal enemy known as Palestine.

JRH
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Rice: Most Israelis want to give up West Bank
But new poll shows vast majority oppose evacuating strategic territory

By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Posted: November 14, 2007 10:46 a.m. Eastern

Most Israelis support giving up the West Bank to create a Palestinian state alongside Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice claimed yesterday in a speech to Jewish leaders.

But a new poll released today contradicted Rice's contention, finding the vast majority of Israelis oppose withdrawing from the West Bank, stating they fear the Palestinians will use the strategic territory to fire rockets into central Israel.
The West Bank borders Jerusalem and is within rocket range of Tel Aviv and Israel's international airport.

"I believe that most Israelis are ready to leave most of the – nearly all of the West Bank – just as they were ready to leave Gaza, for the sake of peace," said Rice addressing delegates in Nashville at the General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities, an annual meeting of top American Jewish leaders.

"Just consider, most Israelis now believe that a responsible Palestinian state is in the national interest of Israel and that true security will require an end to the occupation that began in 1967," Rice stated.

Her comments were followed by the release today of a poll finding 61 percent of the general Israeli public opposes a withdrawal from most of the West Bank and handing the strategic territory to the Palestinians.

If Israel indeed evacuated the West Bank, some 55 percent of Israelis believe Palestinians will use the territory to fire rockets into Jewish population centers, and 65 percent believe there is a high or very high chance Hamas would take control of the area, according to the new poll. Hamas leaders in recent days warned their terror group would take over the West Bank if Israel withdrew.
Some 77 percent of Israelis said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas lacked the power to prevent attacks from the West Bank.

The new survey was sponsored by the Israel Policy Center for Promoting Parliamentary Democracy and Jewish Values in Israeli Public Life.

The same poll showed the majority of Israelis – some 55 percent – believe the Knesset should remove Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from office due to criminal investigations against him charging various degrees of financial and political corruption.

As well, 53 percent of Israelis said they believe the main reason Olmert was seeking an accord with the Palestinians was because he is concerned with his political future and not about Israel's national interests.

The survey and Rice's statements come in the lead up to a major U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian summit later this month in Annapolis, Md. Olmert is widely expected to outline a Palestinian state in most of the West Bank and sections of eastern Jerusalem at the summit
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Rice's January remarks at the time prompted some U.S. Jewish groups to demand an apology to victims of Hamas terror.
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 Poll Numbers Contradict Secretary Rice
John R. Houk
© November 15, 2007
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Rice: Most Israelis want to give up West Bank
Aaron Klein, WorldNetDaily's Jerusalem bureau chief, is known for his regular interviews with Mideast terror leaders and his popular segments on America's top radio programs. His newly released book is "Schmoozing with Terrorists: From Hollywood to the Holy Land, Jihadists Reveal their Global Plans – to a Jew!"

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