Monday, March 15, 2010

57% of Americans support Israel and its policies

The Israel Project: Frequency Questionnaire, February 20-24, 2010The surveys were conducted jointly by Public Opinion Strategies (POS) and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research Feb 20-24, 2010 with 1,001 respondents who voted in 2008 U.S. elections:

Q.5 Thinking about the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in the Middle East, please tell me whether, in general, you think the United States SHOULD be a strong supporter of Israel, a supporter of Israel, a supporter of the Palestinians or a strong supporter of the Palestinians.
A strong supporter of Israel ........................................... 36
A supporter of Israel ...................................................... 21
A supporter of the Palestinians ....................................... 5
A strong supporter of the Palestinians ............................ 3
(Don't support either side).............................................. 11
(Support both sides equally) ........................................... 6
(Don't know/Refused) .................................................... 19
Total Israel ................................................................... 57
Total Palestinians ......................................................... 7

Q.7 (SPLIT A) Which of the following statements comes closer to your own opinion: With all the problems that America is facing at home now, we should reduce our efforts to stopIran from getting nuclear weapons. OrEven with all the problems that America faces at home now, we must still work hard to stop Iranfrom getting nuclear weapons.
Reduce, much ............................................................... 12
Reduce, somewhat ........................................................ 12
Still work, somewhat ...................................................... 16
Still work, much ............................................................. 52(Neither) ......................................................................... 3(Both) ............................................................................. 1
(Don't know/refused)....................................................... 4
Total Reduce ................................................................ 24
Total Still work ............................................................. 69

Q.8 (SPLIT B) Which of the following statements comes closer to your own opinion: With all the problems that America is facing at home now, we should reduce our efforts to create a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.OrEven with all the problems that America faces at home now, we must still work hard to create a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Reduce, much ............................................................... 13
Reduce, somewhat ........................................................ 17
Still work, somewhat ...................................................... 28
Still work, much ............................................................. 27(Neither) ......................................................................... 3(Both) ............................................................................. 0
(Don't know/refused)...................................................... 12
Total Reduce ................................................................ 29
Total Still work ............................................................. 56