Poll marking Decade to Rabin Assassination 73% Labor Party not continuing
his path
Aaron Lerner Date: 28 October 2005

Dahaf for Yediot Ahronot
Representative sample of 403 Israeli adults (including Israeli Arabs) 26
October 2005

What are the chances of another political murder?
Very low 20% Considerably low 12%
Middle 32%
Considerably high 23% Very high 13%

What is the most important thing Rabin did?
Oslo 26% Peace with Jordan 34% COS 6-Day War 35%

Has the Labor Party properly continued Rabin's path?
Yes 17% No 73%
[IMRA: Though Rabin opposed a Palestinian state it is highly doubtful that
the respondents were thinking of that when they responded]

Of the following who is Rabin's true inheritor?
Peres 27% Sharon 24% Vilnay 8% Ben Eliezer 5% Barak 4%

Are too many places named after Rabin?
Too many 25% Proper amount 59% Too few 10%

Ten years after the murder how would you term your feelings towards Rabin?
Honor/miss 60% Ambivalent 8% Anger towards his policies 4% Other 25%

If Rabin hadn't been assasinated would the Sate of Israel had been better?
Like today 41% Worse 5% Better 37%
[IMRA: The pollsters did not make clear from this question if they meant if
the situation would have been better if Rabin hadn't been murdered and
somehow Rabin recovered in the polls and was re-elected or if Rabin
continued to decline in the polls and was defeated by Netanyahu]

Should Yigal Amir be given a pardon at some time or should he remain in
prison his entire life?
Pardon 18% Prison entire life 76%

Do you think that he will receive a pardon at some stage?
Yes 39% No 53%

Should Yigal Amir be allowed to marry and have children?
Yes 45% No 52%

Are the politicians who were associated with the incitement against Rabin
also guilty of the murder?
Yes 61% No 33%

[IMRA: The pollsters declined to ask if the Shabbak (ISS) campaign to defame
Oslo opponents via the incitement against Rabin led by a Shabbak agent
(Avishai Raviv) makes those involved in authorizing the campaign also guilty
of the murder].

Do you believe the conspiracy theories?
Yes 25% No 66%

Do you believe that Yigal Amir was a "wild weed" or that there are more like
him?
Wild weed 14% There are more like him 83%

Does the State of Israel sufficiently enforce the law against incitement?
Yes 19% No 75%

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Dahaf for Yediot Ahronot
Representative sample of 300 Israeli "youth (including Israeli Arabs) 26
October 2005

When was Rabin murdered?

4 Nov. 1995 19% 1995 40% Wrong answer 21% Don't know 20%

What was Rabin's most prominent action?
Oslo 31% Peace with Jordan 23% COS 6-Day War 10%

Who murdered him?
Yigal Amir 91% Religious person with kipa 1% Shabbak 2% Don't know 8%

Where was he murdered?
Malchei Yisrael Square 70% Tel Aviv 11% Other place 7% Don't know 12%

Rabin was murdered at the end of what event?
Peace rally 50% Wrong answer 12% Don't know 38%

What are the chances of another political murder?
Very low 6% considerably low 8%
Middle 32%
Considerably high 31% Very high 23%

Should Yigal Amir be given a pardon at some time or should he remain in
prison his entire life?
Pardon 20% Prison entire life 78%

Should Yigal Amir be allowed to marry and have children?
Yes 34% No 59%

Yediot Ahronot 28 October 2005

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-7255730
INTERNET ADDRESS: imra@netvision.net.il
Website: http://www.imra.org.il