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Poll: Most Israeli public believes Annapolis summit was a failure

By Yossi Verter, Haaretz Correspondent

Tags: Annapolis, poll, Ehud Olmert

The lavishly produced Annapolis summit, the bombastic speeches, the impressive participation by Arab states and the deadline set for the final status agreement - the end of 2008 - left no impression on most Israelis.

Only 17 percent of the public believe the conference was a "success," while most - 42 percent - called it a "failure," according to a Haaretz-Dialog survey. The poll was conducted Wednesday, a day after the Annapolis conference, among a representative sample of 497 people.

A quarter of the public believes the conference was "neither a failure nor a success." This is surprising, considering that on the summit's eve, polls showed an overwhelming majority of the Israeli public supported it.

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Only among Kadima voters did a majority (43 percent) call the conference a "success," compared to 25 percent who deemed it a failure. Voters for the other parties, left and right, were much more reserved. Only 3 percent of the Arab parties' voters, for example, called the conference a success, compared to 66 percent who called it a failure.

However, most of the public wishes to end the conflict with the Palestinians. Fifty-three percent support a two-state final status agreement and a solution to all the "core issues" - refugees, borders, settlements and Jerusalem. Thirty-eight percent object to such an agreement, preferring to continue wallowing in conflict.

The poll, supervised by Professor Camil Fuchs, of Tel Aviv University's Department of Statistics and Operations Research, finds a considerable rise in satisfaction with Ehud Olmert's performance as prime minister - 22 percent of the public said they were satisfied with him, a 7-percent rise compared to the previous poll a few weeks ago. Altogether satisfaction with Olmert has been rising slowly but steadily in recent months, while "dissatisfaction" with his performance is dwindling.

The poll also shows that Kadima, Labor, Meretz and Arab party voters, as well as people who said they back Arcadi Gaydamak's party, are the strongest supporters of the agreement.

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1.	I am not surprised	04:34	\|	Mark Lincoln	29/11/07

2.	Annapolis summit a failure?	04:49	\|	Jim	29/11/07

3.	Israel has no right to exist	06:13	\|	dovale	29/11/07

4.	Israel needs to finish Olmert before his "Peace" finishes Israel	06:41	\|	Genuine Tosefta	29/11/07

5.	Not surprising	06:51	\|	leo	29/11/07

6.	It is not entirely clear to me about what Israel may talk	07:04	\|	Avihu	29/11/07

7.	Demagogic Article	07:12	\|	Ben Israel	29/11/07

8.	# 2 to jim in murfreesboro, tn	07:53	\|	eric	29/11/07

9.	No Compromise	08:04	\|	Khaled	29/11/07

10.	We need elections now!	09:05	\|	Avraham	29/11/07

11.	Khaled #9	09:22	\|	English Resident	29/11/07

12.	What is this poll telling us.....????	09:49	\|	Swiss (Dino)	29/11/07

13.	"Most Israelis want to end the conflict"	09:54	\|	Clickfool	29/11/07

14.	To the Genuine whatever in Post #4	10:09	\|	Whiskey Rivers	29/11/07

15.	to jim no 2 60years contreversy	10:20	\|	trumpeldor	29/11/07

16.	IT WAS A SUCCESS : OLMERT LEFT THE COUNTRY ! !	11:19	\|	# !# B.HEDDEM #! #	29/11/07

17.	ending the conflict	11:53	\|	steve a	29/11/07

18.	How can it be a failure? It didn`t even have a purpose.	11:59	\|	Natallie Durson	29/11/07

19.	"One sparrow in the hand is better than ten on a tree" (Arab prov	12:56	\|	J.M.Jordan	29/11/07

20.	Promote Humble Zionism and Humble Palestinian Indepencence	15:22	\|	deak of deak	05/12/07

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