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In case you've been reading misinformation about the "settlement freeze:

Poll: 55% of Israelis see settlers as modern-day Maccabees

Majority of Israelis, including 51% of secular public, views settlers as Hasmoneans of our time. Following them on the scale of likeness to Maccabees are social activists and IDF officers
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From ynet - the website of the "Yediot Aharonot" daily paper (selected articles in english: www.ynetnews.com)
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They feel like the media and the public are hostile towards them, but now are finally receiving their cross-sectorial medal of honor. A joint Ynet-Yesodot poll revealed that a majority of the public – including 51% of the seculars – believe that the settlers are "the Hasmonean counterpart" of our times.

The poll, conducted in honor of Hanukkah, also asked who Israelis see as the modern-day Hellenists and what the Maccabees would think about Israel today.

To the question "Who are the Maccabees of our day?", 55% responded "the settlers," 20% chose the social activists, 13% chose IDF officers, 6% chose members of Knesset, and 6% chose environmental activists. In an analysis of those who chose the settler response according to religious affiliation, shows 50% of haredim, 51% of the seculars, 58% of the traditionalists, and 69% of the religious believe that the settlers are the modern-day Maccabees.

And who are the Hellenists of the 21st Century? Thirty percent believe "those who insert words from foreign languages into Hebrew or those who name their children Latin names." Some 28% said that those who want to make money at any price are the modern-day Hellenists, while 26% said people who are brand-conscious. Another 16% responded that people who watch a lot of television are manifestations of modern-day Hellenism.

Link:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3821927,00.html