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Israeli faith in Lebanon victory starts declining: poll
(AFP)

11 August 2006


JERUSALEM - Israelis are less and less convinced their armed forces can defeat Hezbollah and increasingly critical of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, two opinion polls published on Friday found.

In a survey published by the Haaretz daily, 73 percent of respondents said Israel could not claim to have won the war against the Lebanese militant group if the fighting stopped now.

Only 48 percent of those polled said they were satisfied with Olmert’s performance since the start of the offensive a month ago, while 40 percent said they were not and 12 percent did not voice an opinion.

According to another opinion poll carried by the top-selling Yediot Aharonot daily, 45 percent of Israelis are dissatisfied with their country’s conduct of the war.

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