Hudhaifa
12-01-04, 16:50
A majority of Israelis oppose handing back the occupied Golan Heights to Syria - according to an opinion poll - as pressure grows on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to resume peace negotiations with Damascus.
To the question "Are you for or against handing over the Golan to Syria in exchange for peace?", 56% of respondents answered "no," while 36% supported the idea and 8% did not express an opinion.
The poll carried by the daily Maariv newspaper, and published on Friday, comes after a number of senior Israeli ministers argued that the talks frozen four years ago should be reopened.
Israel seized the strategic Golan plateau from Syria during the 1967 war and annexed it 14 years later.
To the question "Are you for or against handing over the Golan to Syria in exchange for peace?", 56% of respondents answered "no," while 36% supported the idea and 8% did not express an opinion.
The poll carried by the daily Maariv newspaper, and published on Friday, comes after a number of senior Israeli ministers argued that the talks frozen four years ago should be reopened.
Israel seized the strategic Golan plateau from Syria during the 1967 war and annexed it 14 years later.