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...billions of dollars. Why? Because Russia is so unreliable. We must not forget how Soviet power worked in our century. Soviet communism murdered 49 million people under a regime of terror, concentration camps and hunger. We Finns, especially, will never forget what an unmasked Russia is. ANTTI PEKOLA Pori, Finland...
Despite its damage to Israel's image abroad (see box), Begin's blitzkrieg has dramatically boosted the government's domestic support. A PORI Institute poll taken in the third week of July showed that Begin's approval rating had leaped from 47.7% at the war's outset to 57.6%. Sharon's had risen from 48.9% to 56.6%. To be sure, a growing minority of Israelis have expressed reservations about the invasion. Last week 2,000 army reservists sent Begin a petition calling on him not to order an invasion of West Beirut. The Peace...
...TIME-PORI poll of West Bank Arabs probably exaggerates the degree of hostility toward Israel [May 24]. Moderate Arabs are often harassed; some have even been assassinated by the P.L.O. When approached by Arab interviewers who are strangers to them, Arabs with moderate views have good reason to be afraid to voice them...
...fact, the poll was conducted with the assistance of Israeli Arab sociologists. Since many interviewees prefer to remain anonymous, there was no requirement that names and addresses be listed on the forms. According to Pollster Gill, PORI follows similar practices when conducting public opinion surveys in Israel. U.S. polling organizations also do not always insist upon having the names and addresses of persons interviewed. The questions attempted to elicit political views and probe Palestinian attitudes toward Israelis under conditions in which the respondents would feel they could speak freely. The "monster" question, based on colloquial Arabic expressions, was part...
...other, is an imperfect reflection of human attitudes. Gill estimates that an error of 4% to 5% is normal in a survey of this size. But as a bit of pioneering research into the thinking of a people who so rarely have a chance to speak for themselves, the PORI poll offers some useful and unsettling insights. -By William E. Smith. Reported by David Aikman/Jerusalem