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![[happy]](graemlins/happyhappy.gif) 53% of Israelis want third temple
Poll: 53% of Israelis want third temple
By HAIM SHAPIRO
Over half of all Israeli Jews would like to see the building of a third temple, according to a survey commissioned by the Reform movement's Israel Religious Action Center.
The survey was commissioned for Tisha Be'av, which falls today. The fast, which marks the destruction of the First and Second Temples, ends tonight at 8:16 p.m.
According to the survey, conducted by the Dahaf Institute, a total of 53 percent of the 775 people queried said that they would like a third temple erected on the Temple Mount.
These included some 87% of religious and haredi respondents and 64% of those who described themselves as traditional, but it also included 63% of respondents from the former Soviet Union, as well as most of those of Middle Eastern origin and those of Western origin aged 18 to 35. Only among older respondents of Western origin did a majority, 53%, not want to see the Temple rebuilt.
At the same time, 55% of the respondents said that the present arrangement on the Temple Mount, according to which public Jewish prayer is not permitted, should remain in force.
As for the fast day itself, 64% of the respondents said that they did not observe Tisha Be'av in any particular manner and 29% said they fasted. However, 72% favor the closure of places of entertainment on the fast day.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satell...d=1025787825718
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