JERUSALEM - An Israeli poll indicates that support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has surged following his contentious visit to the United States.
Netanyahu had a a tense meeting in Washington with U.S. President Barack Obama over the nature of a future Palestinian state. In an address before Congress, he insisted Israel would not return to its pre-1967 war borders.
The survey has 51 per cent of those polled supporting Netanyahu -- a 13 per cent increase from the Dialog Institute's previous poll published five weeks ago. The latest poll results were published Thursday in the Haaretz daily.
Forty-seven percent of Israelis surveyed believe Netanyahu's U.S. trip was a success while only 10 per cent see it as a failure. The poll surveyed 477 people and had a margin of error of 4.6 percentage points.
