Russian immigrants in Israel have a less favorable view of Shimon Peres than Yasser Arafat. Some 50 percent of immigrants from the former Soviet Union in a new poll said the Israeli foreign minister had the most negative influence on Israeli life in 2001, while 32 percent chose the Palestinian leader.
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