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Poll: Israelis Overwhelmingly Oppose Withdrawals from Strategic Areas
(Jerusalem Post) Rebecca Stoil - Israelis are overwhelmingly opposed to returning key areas popularly perceived as strategically important, according to a survey conducted by pollster Mina Tzemah for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs' Defensible Borders Project. Less than one out of five support continuing a policy of unilateral disengagements. Almost 80% said that they opposed "conceding the Jordan Valley" - an area viewed as a buffer zone between Israel and Jordan - as part of a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Similarly, 93% of respondents said, "in the context of a peace agreement, Israel must not give the Palestinians the territories that topographically dominate Ben-Gurion airport."