POLL: AMERICANS SUPPORT ISRAEL

Gallup Poll: Americans Still Decidedly More Sympathetic to Israel - Jeffrey M. Jones (Gallup)
A Gallup Poll released Feb. 15 finds Americans' favorable ratings of both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict increasing. Americans rate Israel 69% positive, while rating the Palestinian Authority 29% positive, 62% negative. Americans continue to say, by an overwhelming margin, that their sympathies lie with the Israelis.

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See also Poll: U.S. Support for Israel Increases - Yitzhak Ben Horin (Yediot Ahronot-Hebrew) When asked "Whom do you favor in the Israel-Palestinian conflict?" 52% said Israel, compared with 18% for the Palestinians. In a similar Gallup survey last year, 59% rated Israel positively and 35% negatively, compared with only 15% who rated the Palestinians positively.