At least 77 percent of Israelis feel government surrendered on metal detectors at Temple Mount

Polls taken of public opinion after capitulation are quite revealing:

An overwhelming majority of Israelis (77%) believe that the government’s decision to remove metal detectors at the Temple Mount following rioting by Muslims signified capitulation on Israel’s part, according to a poll commissioned by Israel’s Channel 2.

In the poll of 502 Israeli adults, conducted by Midgam Research & Consulting, 68% of respondents said installing metal detectors at the Temple Mount’s gates following a terror attack there that saw two Israeli-Druze policemen murdered by three Arab gunmen two weeks ago was the correct move.

More than three-quarters of all respondents said the subsequent decision to remove them 10 days later was a sign of surrender.

Sixty-seven percent of those polled also said they were dissatisfied with the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu handled the security crisis at the holy site.

What they did was very poor management, and now, with riots continuing, it could get worse. The caving was also a terrible disfavor to the policemen who were murdered.

Update: Hugh Fitzgerald has more to say.