Israeli support for the upcoming Gaza Strip withdrawal has been buoyed by public anger at right-wing protests. Weekend polls found around 62 percent of Israelis backing the plan to leave Gaza and the northern West Bank in August, up seven to 10 percentage points from the previous week.
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