Israel PM ratings rise over cancer diagnosis

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his turbulent administration got a shot in the arm with rising approval ratings on Tuesday as his office projected business as usual after his cancer diagnosis.

The dramatic announcement on Monday that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer comes with the government preparing for a Middle East peace conference and battling to contain scandal, amid rising tensions with Gaza and enemy Iran.

Yet opinion polls published in Israel's two top-selling newspapers chalked up greater popularity for the 62-year-old prime minister who had been saddled with the worst ratings in national history since taking office in 2006.

"This Tuesday, he has not changed his daily schedule at all," cabinet secretary Oved...

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