[OldDeckHand]

"Below is the latest Haaretz poll of 449 “people” in Israel, read it carefully, it’s not good news at all for Obama, all spin, only 18% of respondents think Obama is “friendly” to Israel. What are TIME/AP thinking, we’re that stupid?"

That is one of the exact same polls cited in the Time story.

The first line in the story you linked reads...

"Most Israelis regard US President Barack Obama as fair in his dealings with their country, despite a simmering diplomatic row between the two countries, according to a poll published on Friday in the Haaretz newspaper.

[moose2004]

It’s spin, spin, spin, nothing more.