By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
A new Pew Center poll just came out. The results are surprising and it is essential to publicize and learn from them.
The new Pew poll shows exactly the same information it has shown for the past consecutive six years.
50% of Americans sympathize with Israel
10% sympathize with the Palestinians
13% say that they do not sympathize with either side
23% do not even offer an opinion on the subject.
When you look at Democrats only, the percentage that sympathizes with Israel is much smaller. Only 33% of Democrats side with Israel while 22% sympathize with the Palestinians.
Although the trend is not fluctuating, several of these numbers are very troubling.
The fact that only 1/3 of Democrats are pro-Israel and 1/4 are pro-Palestinian is deeply worrisome can lead to an erosion of the support that Israel receives from the United States. If the strength and support Israel receives from the United States is to remain a foreign policy assumption, the numbers of Democrats supporting Israel must be shorn up and expanded.
If that doesn't happen, Israel might turn into just any other country in the eyes of America.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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