Polls from Israel on Sharon's Gaza Plan
February 2004

A poll in the mass circulation Maariv daily on Friday showed that 39 percent of those surveyed after Sharon unveiled his evacuation proposal on Monday were satisfied with his performance as prime minister compared with a record low of 33 percent last week.

Mirroring results of other polls this week, the Maariv survey found that 52 percent of the Israeli public supported unilateral evacuation of all of Israel's 21 Gaza settlements, with 36 percent opposed.

According to the Maariv-Gal Hahadash poll, which surveyed 603 people and had a margin of error of four percent, 58 percent of Israelis would back the scrapping of isolated settlements in the West Bank and 31 percent would oppose it.