85 PERCENT OF ISRAELIS OPPOSE RELEASING TERRORISTS

The public is clearly realizing that releasing jailed jihadists does not help in the war on terrorism and are fed up with it:

The Palestinian Authority’s demand that Israel release terrorists from prison as a precondition for peace talks is unacceptable to 85 percent of Israeli Jews, according to a Smith Research poll sponsored by the Knesset’s Land of Israel caucus.

Asked whether they would support releasing terrorists as a gesture to bring the Palestinians to the negotiating table, 57% said they would strongly oppose it, 28% said were against it, 13% said they supported it and just 2% said they were strongly in favor of such a move.

The poll of 407 respondents representing a sample of the Jewish population of Israel was taken last week and has a 5% margin of error.

The survey also asked how withdrawing from Judea and Samaria would impact the security situation in Israel. It found that 68% of Israelis believe it would harm Israeli security and 21% believe it would improve it.

And that too is important to take into account.