Jerusalem – A poll shows about half of Israelis think their government should have continued its military offensive against Palestinian militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza.
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The independent Maagar Mohot poll released on Friday shows 49 percent of respondents feel Israel should have kept going after squads who fire rockets into Israel. Thirty-one percent supported the government’s decision to stop. Twenty percent had no opinion.
Twenty-nine percent thought Israel should have sent ground troops to invade Gaza.
Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire two days ago.
The poll of 503 respondents had an error margin of 4.5 percentage points.
The same survey showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and electoral partner Israel Beiteinu losing some support, but his hard-line bloc still able to form the next government. Elections are Jan. 22.
No country should bear having its civilians shelled at random times, say Obama and Hillarity. Except for Israel, as long as those shelling stop after a while for a short time. Israel has no right to clean up the rat’s nest.
Apparently it’s not just the “American armchair warriors” who think Israel should have finished the job. Plenty of Israelis do, too. So the pacifists out there can all forget about that argument.
Did you expect all Israelis to agree? 50% is pretty good.
The half that wanted the war to continue are most likely the same half of the population who don’t serve in the army and don’t live within rocket range.
Those that I know having friends and family serving or living in the south, were to see the war over.
Will these youngsters be enlisting in the IDF when they turn 18? I doubt it. Chicken hawks in training.