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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 04:43 26/11/2007 Study: Israelis' confidence in IDF, security services at 7-year low By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: security service, IDF  The public's confidence in the Israel Defense Forces is the lowest it has been in seven years, according to a new study. Confidence in the secret services has also diminished, according to the study. According to the study's coauthors, Haifa University's Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Dr. Shlomo Mizrahi of Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva, the findings correspond with the public's generally critical view of the state's institutions. The two researchers have been monitoring attitudes toward the army and security services since 2001, when the IDF received an average of 3.56 on a confidence scale of one to five. In 2007, the survey's responders gave the IDF 3.27 points. Advertisement However, the public appears to have more appreciation for the common soldier than before. "The soldiers of the IDF" received a score of 3.82, compared to only 3.6 in 2002. Their commanders, however, were rated at only 3.48 this year, as compared to 3.76 in 2003. The Mossad and Shin Bet intelligence services also received low grades. In 2003, the foreign and internal intelligence services combined received a score of 3.81, but by this year that had declined to 3.53 points. The Shin Bet officer, who had enjoyed a confidence rating of 3.79 in 2006, is now down to 3.6. Mossad agents and operatives received 3.62 points this year, as compared with 3.98 in 2003. Vigoda-Gadot, who heads Haifa's department of organizational behavior and public administration, says the data does not suggest a major decline in the public's confidence in the various services. "A score of 3.5 out of 5 isn't too bad, but it does give an idea of the public's general sentiments," he told Haaretz. "Israelis tend to be alert and to rely on various sources," Vigoda-Gadot added. "This is what they base themselves on in forming their impressions. Now, are those impressions reality? That's a philosophical question." Related articles: Survey: Citizens losing confidence state will provide for them Poll: 85% of public believe the leadership is corrupt Bookmark to del.icio.us Denier, disrupted Protesters disrupt Oxford debate with Holocaust denier David Irving. Echoes from Maryland The full text of Bush, PM, and Abbas speeches, and the joint statement.   1.   IDF = THugs & Goons / War Criminals 05:12  |  POP 26/11/07   2.   POP- prisoner of ideology-rave on, lad 07:23  |  Stephen in New York 26/11/07   3.   Since trthe Olmert/Peretz/Livni Leadership took over 08:07  |  Natasha 26/11/07   4.   Pop-adoodoo - Are you for real??? 08:47  |  Yossi 26/11/07   5.   Who cares - they still send their kids to maintain the occupation 09:50  |  www.kibush.co.il 26/11/07   6.   Cue for another war against the Palestinians 10:18  |  Clickfool 26/11/07   7.   Poop & Hamas Co. 10:25  |  Israeli 26/11/07   8.   Harideem still dodging the draft 11:02  |  SJ 26/11/07   9.   IDF Kudos 13:17  |  MiaG 26/11/07   10.   clickfool, ANOTHER WAR??? #6 14:23  |  OPINIONATED 26/11/07   11.   Evicting their jewish Brothers 18:37  |  Mordechai 26/11/07   12.   #9 Kudos to the IDF from me too! 01:30  |  Claudia 27/11/07   13.   Not 1 IDF general set foot in S. Lebanon to rally our 45,000 IDF 20:07  |  Yossi Cronenberg 27/11/07   14.   Losen fire regulations = IDF more effective 18:08  |  pro-Israel American 28/11/07

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