War and Peace Index: Israelis Say Relations With U.S. Still Good – But Declining
Posted on: May 11, 2010

In April, The War and Peace Index, a joint venture of The Evens Mediation and Conflict Resolution Center at Tel Aviv University and The Israel Democracy Institute, looked at the the state of U.S.-Israel relations. Among the findings:

  • A clear majority – 61% – of the overall Israeli public defines the relations between the United States and Israel as very good or good, however only 14% define the relations as “very good” versus 47% who call them “moderately good”.  This finding is consistent with the prevailing view – 46% – that these relations have recently deteriorated.
     
  • The majority – 56% – give Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu a good or very good grade for managing US-Israel relations while 48% gave U.S. President Barack Obama a poor or very poor grade on managing his relations with Israel.
     
  • The majority of the Israeli public – 55% – felt the U.S. president leans in favour of the Palestinians; only 5% said Obama supports the Israeli stance, while 31% said they feel he is neutral.

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