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Most Israelis want prime minister to resign
 Sixty-three percent of Israelis want Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign in a sharp public rebuke over his handling of the war in Lebanon, a newspaper poll showed on Friday. The Yedioth Aronoth poll showed for the first time a majority favoured Olmert stepping down, along with a big jump in support for the right-wing Likud party and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.Another poll in the Maariv newspaper showed that only 14 percent of Israelis would vote for Olmert if new elections were held today, while 26 percent would back Netanyahu, a former prime minister. The Yedioth poll said 45 percent would support Netanyahu as prime minister in new elections. Yedioth, Israel's biggest circulation daily, called the survey results a political "earthquake" for Olmert, whose centrist Kadima party crushed Netanyahu's Likud in general elections in March. A similar poll published a week ago showed 41 percent wanted Olmert to resign. Posted by: Fred 2006-08-26 |
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