The survey was carried out by the Geocartographic Institute for Army Radio. The general feeling, Army Radio reported, was that the expulsion brought no practical benefit for Israel.
The Haaretz News Service omitted this finding in its report on the poll.
The only achievement noted by the majority of respondents was the improvement of relations with European nations. Just 20% felt that the expulsion improved relations with Arab countries.
An article in the Palestinian Authority's Al-Hayat Al Jadida newspaper last week stated, ""The smashing victory of [Hamas] in the PLC elections... confirms that this people believes only in the option of resistance as a single way for the liberation of Palestine from the Zionist colonialism... What was liberated from the land of Palestine in Gaza was done only through the heroes and the jihad warriors, not through futile negotiations for peace and nor by head bowing..."
Over two-thirds of those polled said that Israel's treatment of the expelled residents was shoddy and negligent.
Yonatan Bassi, head of the Disengagement Authority, reacted to the findings: "I believe that the Disengagement Authority did not only holy work, but also admirable work." Chana Pekar, a former resident of N'vei Dekalim and Shirat HaYam now living in Nitzan, said, "We have here 200 families from N'vei Dekalim, but it cannot be said that we have rebuilt our community. You destroyed a community, values, ethics - everything."
Half of those polled said they absolutely oppose further unilateral withdrawals from Judea and Samaria.
The public is divided over the significance of both the Gush Katif expulsion and the violence in Amona. Between 41% and 46% say that each of these events caused a rift within the Israeli people, while similar numbers viewed both as "just another event." Slightly more people viewed the Gush Katif expulsion more gravely than Amona.
The Haaretz News Service omitted this finding in its report on the poll.
The only achievement noted by the majority of respondents was the improvement of relations with European nations. Just 20% felt that the expulsion improved relations with Arab countries.
An article in the Palestinian Authority's Al-Hayat Al Jadida newspaper last week stated, ""The smashing victory of [Hamas] in the PLC elections... confirms that this people believes only in the option of resistance as a single way for the liberation of Palestine from the Zionist colonialism... What was liberated from the land of Palestine in Gaza was done only through the heroes and the jihad warriors, not through futile negotiations for peace and nor by head bowing..."
Over two-thirds of those polled said that Israel's treatment of the expelled residents was shoddy and negligent.
Yonatan Bassi, head of the Disengagement Authority, reacted to the findings: "I believe that the Disengagement Authority did not only holy work, but also admirable work." Chana Pekar, a former resident of N'vei Dekalim and Shirat HaYam now living in Nitzan, said, "We have here 200 families from N'vei Dekalim, but it cannot be said that we have rebuilt our community. You destroyed a community, values, ethics - everything."
Half of those polled said they absolutely oppose further unilateral withdrawals from Judea and Samaria.
The public is divided over the significance of both the Gush Katif expulsion and the violence in Amona. Between 41% and 46% say that each of these events caused a rift within the Israeli people, while similar numbers viewed both as "just another event." Slightly more people viewed the Gush Katif expulsion more gravely than Amona.