After a Channel 2 poll finds widespread approval for Chief of Staff Benny Gantz’s handling of Operation Protective Edge, a Haaretz survey comes up with similar results.
Fifty-three percent say Gantz’s handling was “excellent,” and another 30% say it was “good.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (C) and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (R) at the Command and Control Center of the 162nd Armor Division in Southern Israel, on July 21, 2014. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
Thirty-three percent say Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s performance was excellent, and 43% call it good.
Netanyahu’s numbers were almost identical to his defense minister.
As for the overall response to the conflict, only 36% say Israel won, 6% say Hamas won, and 51% say neither side won.
A full 53% of respondents want Israel to strengthen PA President Mahmoud Abbas, and reopen talks with him.
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