Majority of the Israelis oppose withdrawal from the Golan

An opinion poll issued on Thursday in Jerusalem said the majority of the Israelis oppose withdrawal from the Golan heights for signing a peace agreement with Syria.

The opinion poll which was carried out by the research center for peace at Tel Aviv University said that 64.5% of the people interrogated by the poll oppose withdrawal from the Golan against 8.23 % backs this withdrawal while 11.8% gave no opinion on that issue.

New figures indicate the increase in the number of opposition to the withdrawal from the Golan in comparison with the results of the last opinion poll held by the same ( Tel Aviv) university which said that 60% of the Israelis oppose the withdrawal against 24% who support it.

The opinion poll was carried out on August 29 and 30 on 508 persons, at an error margin of 4.5%.