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Poll: Youth name Ovadia Yosef as most influential Israeli
By Haaretz Service

According to a poll conducted by the Center for Youth Leadership, 25 percent of Israeli youth believe Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is the most influential person in Israel, setting the Shas party spiritual leader in first place, Army Radio reported.

Arcadi Gaydamak came in second in the poll, according to the report, with 20 percent of the youth polled naming him as most influential.

According to Army Radio, the poll also found that 84 percent of youth believe that an Israeli leader must have an extensive military background.

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  1.   IT DOES SAY SOMETHING ABOUT ISRAELI SOCIETY 11:47  |  Messaoud 07/11/06
  2.   ovadia the best? 12:05  |  sweis Melbourne 07/11/06
  3.   #1 With people like Ahmadinejad, Nasrallah & Assad, G-d Help US. 12:06  |  Dan 07/11/06
  4.   That`s "HaRav Ovadia Yosef" 12:22  |  Shlomo 07/11/06
  5.   Dan#3... HERE IS OBADIA CALLING FOR THE ANNIHILATION OF ARABS! 12:30  |  Messaoud 07/11/06
  6.   Confused kids 12:39  |  Gil J. Yashar 07/11/06
  7.   Ovadia Yosef our very own home grown Nasrallah 12:42  |  SJ 07/11/06
  8.   The same guy who said Annihilate the Arabs? 12:50  |  Nina 07/11/06
  9.   Dan # 3 , he did say Anihilate All Arabs 12:52  |  Nina 07/11/06
  10.   Israeli society versa moslem societies 12:54  |  Jew 07/11/06
  11.   Sj # 4 12:54  |  Nina 07/11/06
  12.   This same lunatic Blamed Gaza pull out for Tsunami 12:56  |  Nina 07/11/06
  13.   that is why it`s so difficult to make it as an oleh 13:11  |  Frank 07/11/06
  14.   #4 He didn`t say it was because they`re black, not Jewish 13:26  |  Dan 07/11/06
  15.   Youth name Ovadia Yosef as most influential Israeli 14:17  |  Harry Baker 07/11/06
  16.   Dan#3...OBADIA AND ARABS.. 14:38  |  Messaoud 07/11/06
  17.   Well, sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. 16:09  |  Dan 07/11/06
  18.   Messaoud 16:37  |  danite 07/11/06
  19.   Oy Va Voy 16:38  |  Danite 07/11/06
  20.   Dan 17:25  |  nina 07/11/06
  21.   Danite, about intellectual level 17:27  |  sh 07/11/06
  22.   Dan , i dont agree with fire to fire 17:28  |  Nina 07/11/06
  23.   Nina #12 17:41  |  Erica 07/11/06
  24.   HaRav Ovadia 18:32  |  Haim 07/11/06
  25.   R. Ovadia right about disengagement and predicted Sharon`s coma 19:32  |  Israeli realist 07/11/06
  26.   to danite 19:33  |  dr danielito 07/11/06
  27.   most influential person 00:27  |  Ezra 08/11/06
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