Posted on 07/18/2014 2:55:23 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Pew Research poll also shows Israel as staunchly pro-U.S. and most supportive of drones and surveillance in the fight against terrorists.
The fact that Isrealis are one of the most staunchly pro-American people in thw world is not new. But that their confidence in Barack Obama's ability to handle world affairs climbed dramatically to reach an all-time high?
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(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Link workie, workie!
Ha’aretz - Neturei Karta with journalism degrees.
It must be noted that this poll was taken in April and May, before the Gaza conflict.
But with Fox News reports like this “Obama says US supports Isreal’s offensive in Gaza” 7/18/2014, I wonder if Obama’s approval rating of 71% among Isrealis will come down much, even though he has botched his handling of this crisis.
This is the amount of quote that is allowed here ...
The fact that Israelis are one of the most staunchly pro-American people in the world is not new. But that their confidence in Barack Obama’s ability to handle world affairs climbed dramatically in 2014 to reach an all-time high? That will surely surprise and confound both supporters and detractors of the U.S. president.
Nonetheless, these are some of the findings included a new poll on global attitudes released this week by the Pew Research Institute. According to the poll, 84% of Israelis have a favorable view of the United States, second only to the Philippines, with 92%, among the 44 countries surveyed.
More surprisingly, 71% of Israelis now have “confidence in Obama to do the right thing in world affairs”, a 10% increase over last year. The new figure is the highest it’s ever been in Pew’s annual survey, and is significantly more than the 56% that Obama garnered in 2009 and his low point of 49% in 2011.
In other news, Obamacare is a roaring success, veterans are being treated like gods by the government, Michelle Obama will be over to your house this weekend with a boatload of steak and lobster and Joe Biden is giving away free shotguns at the Naval Observatory.
Full text available by registration only; however, it would appear that Israelis are nuts.
Here’s a running account of news reports related to these recent events with Israel and Hamas. If you want to catch up on the news accounts ... they are here ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/stisraelhamas/index
It’s listed from newest to oldest, so go to the bottom to start.
Ad Hominem does not help at all.
Obama has botched his handling of this crisis, no doubt, but with the Pew Poll and the reporting and talking on that poll soon to come, it will have to be talked about, and Ad Homs won’t do much in the discussion of Obama’s botched handling of this crisis.
No kidding!!
There is much more available to those who register.
Perhaps Haaretz has forgotten the series of polls showing throughout Hussein’s first term that had him around 3 or 4 percent.
I certainly haven’t forgotten!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/28/percent-israelis-think-obama-pro-israel/
Sarcasm won’t help much in the discussions and reports on this to come, either, despite Obama’s botched handling of this.
Sarcasm won’t help much in the discussions and reports on this to come, either, despite Obama’s botched handling of this.
Yes, much more is available to peruse - for those who register (which isn’t hard to do).
“Isrealis are nuts.”
We should not broad brush stroke all Isrealis and call them all nuts.
Yes there is, and I have registered and get all of it ... :-) ...
Good, then Israel won’t mind doing a swap... Ø for Bibi. With cash... $3.7 Billion should do. And, we’ll throw in a player to be named later (can choose from Biden, Hillary!, Reed (sicKo), Washerwoman).
How Obama got to 71%, I have no idea...
It was a joke - lighten up.
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