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Only 36% of Israelis believe that Israel won the conflict

August 6, 2014 at 2:13 pm

The latest Israeli public opinion poll shows that only 36% of Israelis believe that Israel won the war in Gaza, while 51% think that neither side won the conflict.

According to the poll, which was conducted by al-Hewar Center in favor of the Haaretz hebrew newspaper, on Tuesday which marks the first day of the truce, only 26% of the Israelis believe that the objectives of the war declared by Benjamin Netanyahu and his Minister of the army Moshe Yaalon, mainly the destruction of tunnels and deterring and hitting Hamas, have been fully achieved.

56% of Israelis said that they think these objectives have been achieved in part, with over 13% of the participants believing that nothing of the war goals was achieved and 5% saying that they don not know.

The poll found that 53% of Israelis are in favour of Israeli working now on strengthening the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and resuming the negotiations. On the other hand, 37% expressed their unwillingness to do so, and 5% said they do not know.

Observers estimate that this poll will not be accurate at this stage, especially if Israel agrees to the demands of the resistance in the ongoing negotiations in Cairo, the thing that could significantly reduce the proportion representing those who believe that Israel has triumphed.