Most Israelis support the terms of the ceasefire agreed at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to restore calm to the Middle East, but are not convinced the accord will be respected by the Palestinians, according to a survey published Wednesday by the daily Yediot Aharonot newspaper.
The poll showed that 55 percent of respondents are in favor of the ceasefire, 41 percent are opposed and four percent have no opinion.
To the question: "Due you believe Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will take steps to end the violence?", 77 percent of respondents answered in the negative against 21 who answered "yes" and two percent who were undecided.
A total of 57 percent of people questioned supported the creation of a national unity government in general elections, which are expected soon, against 29 percent who believed otherwise.
Israelis and Palestinians agreed at a marathon summit at Sharm el-Sheikh overseen by the United States to take concrete steps to end the violence which has swept through the region in the past three weeks, leaving more than 100 people dead and some 3,000 injured, most of them Palestinians.
The telephonic survey, carried out Tuesday by the independent Dahaf institute, questioned 508 Israelis -- Jews and Arabs -- and has an estimated margin of error of 4.5 percent – JERUSALEM (AFP)
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