Israel: 59% support the resumption of negotiations with Syria
Syria-Israel, Politics, 2/6/2004

Results of an opinion poll published by Tel Aviv university yesterday said that most of the Israelis support the resumption of peace talks with Damascus.

Some of 59% of participants in the poll considered that Israel has an interest in resumption of the dialogue against 34% who said the opposite; 7% did not express their views. But only 18% supported finalization a peace treaty with Syria for complete withdrawal from the Golan while 59% opposed that.

Some 71% of the Israelis who took part in the opinion poll considered that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad does not want to sign peace treaty with Israel and 20% who said the opposite, and 9% who expressed no views.

The questionnaire was made by "Tamy Shtinmits center for peace" on a group of 575 persons with a margin of error at 4.5%.

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