Transfer of Arabs Enjoys Strong Support
15:26 Feb 16, '05 / 7 Adar 5765
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=76969

A survey showing a plurality of Israelis in favor of the transfer of at least
part of the Arab population of Samaria/Gaza was suppressed for a month - until
WorldNetDaily demanded its release.



The poll was commissioned by Mishalot Yisrael, a group formed to assess public
opinion regarding Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan. It was carried out
by Mutagim, a large Israeli polling company, on Jan. 12 - and was released only
yesterday.

Almost 400 respondents were asked whether they "prefer the 'Sharon/Peres
Disengagement Plan,' which stipulates the transfer of Gaza and Northern Shomron
to Palestinian control and the expulsion of all Jews who live there - or do they
prefer a plan known as the 'Jewish Alternative Disengagement Plan,' which
includes the Israeli annexation of these territories and the expulsion of the
Arabs living there to an area outside Israel."

The results showed that 39% of the general Israeli population favor the latter
plan, while 37% favor Sharon's plan.

Mutagim refused to release the survey results, claiming that a question was
entered late and the company was only able to interview 397 people instead of
the
511 originally planned. The company offered to conduct another survey for free.
Yekutiel Ben-Yaakov, director of Mishalot Yisrael, told WorldNetDaily that he
demanded the release of the poll results. "The polling companies are afraid.
They
don't want to put anything out that shows the Israeli people would rather kick
out the Palestinians and not evacuate the Jews," Ben-Yaakov said.

WND reports that following its inquiries and article, Mutagim "suddenly rushed
to
Ben-Yaakov the official poll results showing Israelis favor booting the
Palestinian population. "

Other polls on this topic, including two conducted by Mutagim, found opposite
results, however. One showed a 49-27 margin in favor of Sharon's plan, another
was 39-31 in the same direction, and a Geocartographic Institute survey showed
44-31 in favor of Sharon's plan.

On the other hand, Arutz-7 reported several months ago that an October 2004
survey commissioned by Channel 2 TV showed that 58% of adults aged 18-22 support
the transfer of Arabs, while 26.4% believe that the late Rabbi Meir Kahane was
correct in his call to expel the Arabs. A third of those polled believe that
Kach
should be declared a legal party once again.

In addition, a survey carried out in June of last year by Haifa University's
National Security Research Center indicates that over 55% of the Jewish public
feels that Israeli-Arabs are a threat to national security.



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