The popularity of Labor Party leaders Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin has declined while that of Likud leader Yitzhak Shamir is rising, according to a poll taken by the Pori organization during the second week of June and published in Haaretz Tuesday.
Only 38.4 percent of the respondents were pleased with Peres’ performance as Foreign Minister, down from 50 percent when he first took that office. When Peres was Prime Minister in 1985-86, his popularity rating exceeded 60 percent and at times was as high as 70 percent.
Defense Minister Rabin received 49.8 percent approval in the latest poll, down from 52.6 percent two months ago.
Shamir’s positive rating rose to 30.3 percent compared with 26.1 percent in the last previous poll. Shamir’s highest rating since he took office as Premier was 32.5 percent.
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