Most Israelis disapprove of new government - survey
01/04/2009 17:41 TEL AVIV, April 1 (RIA Novosti) - The majority of Israelis are dissatisfied with the newly formed government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a survey published on Wednesday by the liberal Haaretz newspaper.
Just 30% of the respondents said they approved of the Likud government, while 54% of those surveyed expressed their disappointment with the new Cabinet - swollen to 30 ministers as a result of Netanyahu's struggles to form his five-party coalition.
The poll also showed two key ministers with "embarrassingly low support" on their first day in office. Only 25% of the respondents backed Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, while most said he should not be Israel's top diplomat, and relatively unknown Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz was deemed suitable by just 22% of respondents.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak turned out the most popular with "stellar support" of two-thirds of the respondents.
The survey was conducted on Tuesday, the day the government was approved by parliament, among 515 people with a margin of error of 4.5%.
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