Only One in Ten Israelis Think President Obama is Pro-Israel

In a 2015 poll, only 9% of Israelis surveyed believed that the Obama administration is “pro Israel” (Shmeul Rosner, “How bad do Israelis think Obama is?” Jewish Journal, April 28, 2015). That was down from 21% in 2012. The survey by Menachem Lazar of Panels Politics found that 81% of religious Jewish Israelis call the Obama administration “pro-Palestinian.” When asked what American president of the last thirty years was “worst for Israel,” Obama won hands down (with 63%). Jimmy Carter was a very distant second with 16%, with other presidents (George H. W. and George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton) were barely mentioned in the worst for Israel category.

(Friday Church News Notes, February 19, 2016, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)

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