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Poll: 72% of Israelis back use of nuclear arms in certain circumstances
By Haaretz Service
Tags: canadian, nuclear, poll 

Some 72 percent of Israelis support the use of nuclear weapons in certain circumstances, according to the results of a Canadian survey released Monday, Army Radio reported.

The number of Israeli respondents in favor of destroying the world's nuclear arms was lower than any of the six countries questioned in the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies poll, the radio said.

Pollsters said the Israeli response demonstrated that the public is primarily concerned with national defense mechanisms in the face of a threat from a nuclear Iran.
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About half of the Israeli respondents who back using nuclear weapons said they saw it as a possible way of preventing war; the other half said they supported using nuclear arms during a war.

The poll also showed that 75 percent of Israelis would feel safer if they knew with certainty that Israel has atomic weapons. Israel has maintained an official veil of secrecy on rumors that it has in its possession nuclear weapons.

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      2.   World amnesia appears to have set in 12:47  |  Clickfool 01/10/07
      3.   Justification for an Iranian nuclear deterrent 12:49  |  Clickfool 01/10/07
      4.   Knowing is using, for Israelis 13:04  |  H50 01/10/07
      5.   Using or owning? 13:18  |  Jean-Paul DOGUET 01/10/07
      6.   To Ehud #1 13:21  |  Oetis 01/10/07
      7.   This just shows how serious we view an Iranian/Islamic threat 13:38  |  SLAVO 01/10/07
      8.   Ehud hasn`t Israel several times thretened to bomb the enemies 13:45  |  Petteri 01/10/07
      9.   1.5 BILLION MUSLIMS READY TO ANNIHILATE 15 MILLION JEWS 14:01  |  Iskander 01/10/07
      10.   Article unclear: survey missing 14:11  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/07
      11.   72 percent of Israelis support using nuclear weapons?? 14:16  |  Natallie Durson 01/10/07
      12.   SO, WHAT`S ALL THE MOANING THEN ABOUT IRAN BECOMING NUCLEAR? 14:30  |  Arthur 01/10/07
      13.   This is quite dangerous... a gloomy future for the ME 14:33  |  Lord of the Ring 01/10/07
      14.   PERFECT EXCUSE FOR IRAN BECOMING NUCLEAR... 14:34  |  TrippleJump 01/10/07
      15.   Lessons learned from genocide 15:05  |  David P. 01/10/07
      16.   Nuclear Weapons In The possession Of Any Moslem Country 15:05  |  Eli 01/10/07
      17.   The poll isn`t complete if other threatened nations unasked. 15:09  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/10/07
      18.   owning or using ask Hiroshima and Nagasaki 15:21  |  Petra 01/10/07
      19.   No excuse/justification for Iran 15:24  |  ratout 01/10/07
      20.   Bomb Terhan and Mecca Let God sort them out 15:25  |  Petra 01/10/07
      21.   #2, #3: again, reverse causality 15:29  |  Paul Freedman 01/10/07
      22.   NUKE weapons against whom? 15:40  |  Imad 01/10/07
      23.   CISS is some canadian think tank 15:53  |  topanga 01/10/07
      24.   to #6 about #1 16:22  |  even 01/10/07
      25.   75%dumb israelis support using nuclear device!Incredible 16:29  |  lakshmi 01/10/07
      26.   Petra should learn to read 16:34  |  Jean-Paul DOGUET 01/10/07
      27.   IF they knew? 16:39  |  Mark Marshall 01/10/07
      28.   to : Petra 16:46  |  imad 01/10/07
      29.   for clickfool #2 16:54  |  scanadur 01/10/07
      30.   Natallie Durson - Your next on the list of targets, don`t worry. 17:00  |  cv 01/10/07
      31.   NUKE LOVE 17:07  |  ISHMAEL ISHMAEL 01/10/07
      32.   Iran thanking Israelis for giving it excuse to become nuclear 17:25  |  Applepie 01/10/07
      33.   Nukes are a crime against humanity 17:27  |  Human Being 01/10/07
      34.   # 11 It could be the other way around as well, Fatmah... 17:34  |  Misha 01/10/07
      35.   Likelyhoods//// 17:40  |  Joe 01/10/07
      36.   # 32 There is stii plenty time to.... 17:48  |  Misha 01/10/07
      37.   But not on Israel....? 18:33  |  Jean Bristrol 01/10/07
      38.   For An Israeli Nuclear Freeze 18:42  |  Binyamin 01/10/07
      39.   TO #2 19:23  |  ari 01/10/07
      40.   Margie et al 19:30  |  Toni 01/10/07
      41.   Where is the humanity? 20:27  |  Dan 01/10/07
      42.   POLL 28% of israelis support suicide?? 20:36  |  Boris 01/10/07
      43.   The real purpose of this survey 20:54  |  Ehud 01/10/07
      44.   No offense taken, Toni 20:57  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/07
      45.   Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Depends on Iran 20:59  |  Chick 01/10/07
      46.   #44 so called moderate margie asks why Israel 21:24  |  Labhras 01/10/07
      47.   72% Israelis are suicidal 21:43  |  spyguy 01/10/07
      48.   A nuke used against anyone would ignite World War 22:01  |  Chris 01/10/07
      49.   Should be 100% 22:03  |  Efox 01/10/07
      50.   re: spyguy 22:05  |  Efox 01/10/07
      51.   re: Clickfool 22:08  |  Efox 01/10/07
      52.   re: Joe 22:15  |  Efox 01/10/07
      53.   re: Labhras 22:19  |  Efox 01/10/07
      54.   The Samson Solution 22:39  |  US Observer 01/10/07
      55.   For Scanadur # 29 22:55  |  Clickfool 01/10/07
      56.   nuclear weapons 01:11  |  Human being 02/10/07
      57.   efox-idiot 01:17  |  Axel 02/10/07
      58.   I was quite aware 06:11  |  Kris 02/10/07
      59.   #50 Efox admits Israel is suicidal 13:49  |  spyguy 02/10/07
      60.   Poll - Quid - Iran - Other stuff? 17:30  |  sebastien 02/10/07
      61.   So! 23:37  |  Paul 03/10/07
      62.   It could be a staged poll? 23:39  |  Paul 03/10/07
      63.   One point! 22:35  |  Paul 04/10/07
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