Friday, August 11, 2006

GET THE FUCKING POINT! Sledgehammers do not kill gnats

Israeli public opinion catches up with reality much, much faster than FoxNews.

Of course, the former, from hard experience is familiar with reality, while Murdoch & Company have yet to make even a passing acquaintence.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Rising Israeli casualties and constant Hizbollah rocket attacks have eroded public support in Israel for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his defence minister, opinion polls showed on Friday.

"Olmert must go," read the main headline in Israel's left-leaning Haaretz newspaper.

A survey in Haaretz showed 48 percent of Israelis were satisfied with Olmert's performance compared with popularity ratings above 75 percent in the early stages of fighting against the Lebanese guerrilla group.

Public support for Defence Minister Amir Peretz had fallen from 65 percent to 37 percent, the survey showed.

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