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About half of the Russians recently polled blame Israel for the escalation of the current Middle East crisis, a poll released by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center revealed, RIA Novosti news agency reported Tuesday.
Asked who they consider to be in charge of the war between Israel and Lebanon, 23 percent of the recipients said that they blame Israel, and another 21 percent named the U.S. and other Israeli allies.
Only 14 and 13 percent of those polled believe that Hezbollah and Hamas, respectively, are responsible for the crisis. 5 percent think that Iran, Syria and other terrorist organizations’ sponsors must be blamed. 4 percent think Lebanon provoked the predicament.
28 percent of Russians think that both sides are equally guilty.
Assessing the conflict, 39 percent said that Israel is fighting Palestinian and Lebanonese terrorist groups. 26 percent think that Israel is waging a military campaign against peaceful Lebanon, another 17 percent on the contrary, think that Lebanese and Palestinian extremists are fighting peaceful Israel. 18 percent has found it difficult to assess the conflict.
Most of the Russians polled also believe that Moscow has to stay away from the tangled Middle East conflict. 70 percent of the 1600 polled think that “Russian peacekeepers must not get involved in the conflict settlement.”
At the same time 38 pecent of those polled believe that Russia should continue independent mediation. 11 percent think Moscow should support one of the sides.
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