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Poll: Only 31% of Israelis consider Obama pro-Israel
Most respondents label US president as neutral in Israeli-Palestinian conflict; 62% deem Russia pro-Palestinian, Germany pro-Israel
Only 31% of Israel's adult Jewish population considers Barack Obama' administration to be pro-Israel, according to a Smith Institute poll released Sunday, on the eve of the American president's meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington.
The survey of 500 Israelis, representing a statistical model of the Israeli population, was conducted last week. It revealed that 14% of Israeli Jews consider Obama pro-Palestinian, while 40% of the respondents labeled him as neutral; 15% declined to offer their opinion.
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However, the survey showed that Israelis still consider the Obama Administration to be more favorable towards Israel than Europe, with Russia considered the most pro-Palestinian.
Some 62% of Israeli Jews believe Moscow is pro-Palestinian, the poll revealed, while only five percent said the Russian regime favored Israel. Most western European are also deemed pro-Palestinian by the Israeli public, but 37% of Israeli Jews believe the German government under Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a pro-Israel stance, as opposed to 21% who believe the German decision-makers support the Palestinians.
The poll had a 4.5% margin of error.
