Jerusalem, June 19: A new poll shows 50 percent of Israeli Jews see President Barack Obama’s administration as pro-Palestinian and only 6 percent see it as pro-Israeli.
According to the poll, 36 percent of respondents see Obama as neutral. That is a dramatic change from the previous US administration of George W Bush, which 88 percent termed “pro-Israel.”
Only a month ago, just 14 percent saw the Obama administration as pro-Palestinian and 31 percent as pro-Israeli. Many Israelis reject Obama’s call for a total settlement freeze and have come to see him as overly sympathetic to Palestinian claims.
Conducted by Smith Research and published on Friday in ‘The Jerusalem Post’, the poll surveyed 500 Jewish Israelis. The margin of error was 4.5 percent.
–Agencies