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Israel opposition candidate Netanyahu still leads in polls
26/01
Israelis became more skeptical of peace, as Hamas, the Islamic militant group running Gaza, stepped up rocket fire into southern Israel. And that has helped Netanyahu hold a consistent lead in voter surveys before and since the Gaza offensive (Source: Los Angeles Times).
Hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared victory in the Gaza Strip, the hawkish contender to succeed him paid a visit to wounded soldiers and insisted that the enemy had not been defeated.
"We have a strong people and a strong military that dealt a harsh blow to Hamas, but unfortunately the work is still not done," Benjamin Netanyahu said before television cameras outside a hospital last week. "Hamas still controls Gaza."
For the full article from the Los Angeles Times
