Olmert Up

Israelis may have no idea why their country just attacked Syria, but some are glad it did:

"Last week's mysterious air strike against Syria has boosted Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's approval rating, a new opinion poll shows.

"The Dahaf Research Institute said 35 per cent of people questioned were pleased with Olmert's performance, up from 25 per cent on Sept. 7 - just after reports of the air strike emerged.

"Twenty per cent of the respondents said the operation improved their opinion of Olmert. Seventy per cent said their opinion remain unchanged, according to the poll of 441 people, which had a margin of error of 4 percentage points."

(Crossposted to American Footprints)