‘Post’ poll finds surge in Obama popularity in Israel

28.09.2011                      29.Elul, 5771                      Erew Rosch Haschanah

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‘Post’ poll finds surge in Obama popularity in Israel

54% call US president’s policies pro-Israel, 19% say they were more pro- Palestinian; Likud would gain 32 seats, Labor 26 if elections held now; 50% view Netanyahu favorably.

US President Barack Obama succeeded in reaching out to Israelis with his speech last Friday to the General Assembly and his efforts to block the UN from unilaterally declaring a Palestinian state, according to a Keevoon Research poll sponsored by The Jerusalem Post this week.
When asked about the Obama administration’s policies, 54 percent said they were more favorable toward Israel, 19% said they were more pro- Palestinian, and 27% called them neutral….