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Poll: US Jews prefer Obama to Netanyahu
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 27.03.10, 19:34
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61. Why are all these talkbackers so paranoid
Moshe ,   Israel   (03.27.10)
Why do you feel so threatened by J-Street? Why do you act like Israel is in fatal danger and on the verge of being destroyed as a justification to attack "Leftists" and calling them traitors? I don't like this new-found paranoia among Jews and especially Israelis. Unfortunately it comes from all the incitement by our current government--by people like Lieberman and Ya'alon.
62. Citing a J-Street poll is like using Soviet statistics
gb ,   Chelm   (03.27.10)
Anything and everything J_Street does should be mistrusted and not believed until confirmed by independent sources It is not because I disagree with them but rather their proven dishonesty and concealment of who they are, what their agenda is and who they speak for.
63.  44% not so good at all
Mike ,   US   (03.27.10)
59 less 15 = 44% favor Obama among general US according to this poll. Pretty weak support at best.
64. Poll: US Jews prefer Obama to Netanyahu
John   (03.27.10)
Most U.S.Jews are fucking stupid, enough said.
65. J STREET
HARVEY WEIL,M.D. ,   AKRON,OHIO USA   (03.27.10)
NO CREDIBILITY IN US JEWISH COMMUNITY. CONSIDERED ANTI-JEWISH AND ANTI-ISRAELI.I AM ASHAMED OF OUR GOV'T.
66. not this Jew and to #64
Barney ,   USA   (03.28.10)
I agree that Bibi is preferrable to obuma as your post might indicate but most U.S. Jews are far from stupid. This poll is biased but gave you the opportunity to call Jews stupid.
67.  US Jews prefer Obama to Netanyahu
alex ,   ashkelon israel   (03.28.10)
please correct your hadline it should read "US LEFTIST Jews prefer Obama to Netanyahu j street is leftist and unti jewish in the name of jewish poeple see AIPAC
68. They are Judas
Brod ,   USA   (03.28.10)
American Jews who prefer Hussien to Netanyahu are Judas. They do not know the GOD of Israel and the Land of Israel. Ergo, they are not true Jews. They are the same as the AntiSemites or worst-Judas. Unless the know the GOD of Israel and GOD'S Covenant of Restoring Mordern Israel in their Ancient Land of Israel as promulgated in Jeremiah 31:1-17, Ezekiel 36:24-38, Ezekiel 37:21-28, Ezekiel 39:27-29, Amos 9:14-15, etc, they are NOT Jews and should not be claiming to be Jews.
69. see the stupid poll at:
Larry ,   los angeles   (03.27.10)
http://marchpoll.s3.amazonaws.com/J%20Street%20Survey%20March%202010%20Final%20Results.pdf
70. J Street Poll -- I'm surprised Bibi got 44%
Fiona ,   Roswell GA   (03.27.10)
J street conducted the poll, not much more needs to be said. Only 59% support for Obama among J Street folks, now that is a surprise.
71. obama's popularity
Robert Austin ,   Olympia, WA USA   (03.28.10)
Mr. Obama's popularity with American Jews should be a shame to them. His plans will be the undoing of the country I love. A true Israelite should stand firm against anything that takes away from them their birth-right.
72. #64-To the point and very profound !!
Janice Cohen ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (03.28.10)
And might I add, when the stuff hits the fan in America, which it shall very, very soon, these same morons shall find themselves tossed into internment camps and sadly eventually put to death. Like the "palestinians", they will have brought it upon themselves.
73. J-street -- take a left on Self-Hating Jew Avenue
dani   (03.28.10)
just a few blocks from Anti-semitism boulevard
74. This poll is quite accurate
Yes He Can! ,   Washington DC   (03.28.10)
I'm enjoying reading the hysterical right-wing pushback against this poll. You rightwingers forget that American Jews voted overwhelmingly for Obama -- roughly 78 percent of American Jews voted for him. Only African-Americans voted for him in higher numbers. Moreover, American Jews are overwhelmingly liberal, despite all the noise here on Y-Net. While we support Israel, we certainly don't support the settlers (other polls show this, if I'm not mistaken) and we support a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Finally, we are totally repulsed by the likes of Lieberman and the ultra-Orthodox parties. So of course we don't support Bibi - there's been relatively little outcry here over Bibi's self-instigated clashes with the US (except among hysterical right-wingers and settlers on this site). Deal with it.
75. bullcrap
alexi   (03.28.10)
J street like haaretz will twist any poll. Obama is entitled to conduct his own policy and he feels inclined towards moslem arabs and his friend khalidi who believe me does not look in the mirror to admit arab fetish for terror sake regardless of right and wrong.But Jews know he is not inclined and prefer israel to obama and that's a no brainer. As I have already said, peace can come when the palestinian decide they want to do it because the upside is that peace could lead to an economic paradise for them in a economic relation with Israel. Otherwise, even if they gained israel through demographics, the place would be turned into a blood garbage dump where radicalism would flourish and arabs would still go to the UN for handouts and gutless europe would oblige to shut their own restive moslems up. Jimmy Carter is a yellow bellied coward, along with beilin, olmert, kurtzer, ramon, peretz, clinton. Obama is not a coward. he is a good guy who even conducts a white house seder. its his right and he exercises it in a pro arab tilt as he bowed to king of saudi arabia. No westerner has bowed to the king so now you get the point. Finally to answer J street directly, some time ago a peace now north american and I discussed the situation and he told me that economics and independence are keys to fulfilling the arab independence and violence would then stop so israel should withdraw from west bank and gaza. I reluctantly agreed with him but told him israel is taking a chance.. Suicide terror struck when rabin withdrew and yaalon had to retake it . One thousand israelis died.; Next olmert said life would be fun(for him its fun because he was apparently stealing charity money according to the indictment)once israel withdrew from gaza. eight thousand rockets later with death and misery, israel had to do cast lead. So J street- you are pardon my language full of merde.
76. Yes he can
RC ,   USA   (03.28.10)
And yes he did, with the help of the left wing Jews. Sadly a lot of people did not take the warnings seriously and now Israel is starting to see the results. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXejCfj_Mjk
77. Did the poll go beyond the friend's of J-Street?
William ,   Israel   (03.28.10)
How honest was the poll? About as honest as if the OIC had done it. I imagine Jackass-Street members sat around a Starbuck's one day and interviewed each other for the poll. It's perfectly credible....because it supports exactly what they all think.
78. J-Street has been cooking its polls.
Avi   (03.28.10)
From the Elder: http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/03/j-streets-polls-are-designed-to-elicit.html Enough said.
79. Yes He Can! #74. speaks for America's Jews!
Steve-O   (03.28.10)
80. J street is for losers
Dale ,   usa   (03.28.10)
j street should only conduct one poll which is (how much toilet paper do you need before you read anything j street says). this is a joke
81. Only 59% of Leftist Jews..LOL
Craig ,   L.A., USA   (03.28.10)
What a laugh if only 59% of the ultra-leftist American Jews still support Obama. Less than a year ago that figure would have been 97%!! In 3 months, the figure likely will be under 50%. Even the pathetic ultra-leftist Jews are beginning to see what a lying dirtbag Obama has turned out to be.
82. Obama's popularity
Jan ,   Sugar Land, Texas   (03.28.10)
DREAM ON J-Street!!!! I have not talked to a single Jewish person who is not horribly disappointed with Obama. Your survey was obviously flawed. We all LOVE LOVE LOVE Netanyahu and agree with everything he said about Jerusalem.
83. American Jews
john ,   washington dc   (03.28.10)
I find this hard to believe!! Just the fact such an article is published is an indication that there are cracks in Israel's position. It is imperative that American Jews are on board with Natanyahu's government. The issues are existential and no room for compromise.
84. #13. Not all US Jews are traitors like...
Persian CAT ,   Ca, USA   (03.28.10)
you. Numerous American Jews have voted for Obama and they don't give a damn about Nayanyahu and his gang of right wing extremists ruling Israel at this time. The US has found a solution to this and it is called "regime change"! Stay tuned.
85. ynet should print article that Jews reject Jstreet
Larry ,   Los Angeles   (03.28.10)
If the talk backs are any indication, the Jews overwhelmingly reject JStreet as a fraud and stand solidly behind Bibi. This seems to be the trend, considering that Ynet is a liberal news source. I think this would make an interesting article.
86. # 74
Birdi ,   Israel   (03.28.10)
You cannot speak for all the American Jews. We dont accept this poll. So you deal with it !!
87. To #74
Christian ,   Sweden   (03.28.10)
Don't gloat too much over this poll. There is an election in November and I don't think that the Jewish vote even if this poll is correct will suffice to save Obama from a whipping like the one he got in Massachusetts.
88. Stop Imagining J street
Roy ,   Miami   (03.28.10)
Jews prefer Obama to... Just make everything like the stupid crappy marketing polls -we have a 10% unemployment but unemployment rate is slowing down by 5% in the last month- therfore things are great!! Your logic conclusion is overwhelmingly good as the above argument. Keep imagining that American Jews still love Obama even more than before. You will wakeup to a big surprise next election. We American Jews do not forget. Obama. You can't fool us two times.
89. Poll
Jim Brown ,   TN USA   (03.28.10)
I am very leery of any poll liberal, anti-Israel J street publishes.
90. JStreet misleads
Paul ,   New York, USA   (03.28.10)
The poll may be correct but why is JStreet so happy? 78% of American Jews voted Obama. In an advert in the NYTimes last week JStreet brags about Jewish support for Obama having been 64% in Oct and "is constant at 62% today". Ten days later it has dropped a further 3% to 59%. There seems to be no identifiable group in the USA that is displaying a greater sense of disappointment in Obama than the Jews.
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