Naomi Chazen
Naomi Chazan is Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Head of the School of Society and Politics at The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo. This article is part of a series of views on "The Dynamics of Public Opinion", published in partnership with the Common Ground News Service (CGNews) and United Press International (UPI).
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Articles by Naomi Chazen
October 26, 2005
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become the prisoner of public opinion polls and their manipulators. Survey results are paraded, alternately, to support inaction, justify questionable policy, defend recalcitrance, or uphold paralysis. The mercurial role of popular opinion says more about its u...