Well, one thing’s for sure: Evangelical Christians worry more about Israel’s Jewishness than American Jews.
By Shibley Telhami
Foreign Policy - December 5, 2014
Israel is in the midst of political turmoil with the Knesset voting to
dissolve itself and calling for new elections in March, just as most
Israelis and Palestinians seem to have lost any hope for a two-state
solution. But even more critical than new elections is a proposed controversial “nationality law”
that could significantly tilt Israel toward Jewishness over democracy.
And the Palestinians are on the verge of asking the United Nations to
recognize a state of Palestine forcing the Obama administration to make
decisions it wants to avoid. But how does the American public feel about
these issues? Do Americans care at all?
A poll I conducted on Nov. 14-19 among a nationally representative sample of 1,008 Americans (fielded by GFK)
reveals that, in the absence of a two-state solution to the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict, 71 percent favor Israel’s democracy over
its Jewishness. This holds to varying degrees across party lines: 84
percent of Democrats, 68 percent of Independents, and 60 percent of
Republicans.
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