Israel PM's popularity at record low

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity has plummeted to its lowest point since his election in 2009 after he pushed through a series of tough austerity measures, a poll showed yesterday.
Asked if they were satisfied or dissatisfied with Netanyahu's performance as prime minister, 60 percent said they were unhappy, while 31 percent said the opposite. The rest had no opinion.
The result of the Dialog poll, carried out on behalf of Haaretz newspaper, showed a fall of 10 percentage points in just a month.
Until recently, Netanyahu has enjoyed consistently good ratings, but his public approval began to slide over plans to change the law on military conscription, which saw him back moves to continue exempting tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews.