Haaretz poll: 27% of Israelis think Barack Hussein Obama is anti-Semitic

[eb22]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1157483.html

Last update - 10:12 19/03/2010     
 
 
Haaretz poll: 27% of Israelis think Obama is anti-Semitic 
 
By Yossi Verter 
 
 

Some 27 percent of Israelis believe that U.S. President Barack Obama is anti-Semitic, according to a Haaretz-Dialog poll conducted this week.

Anpther 56 percent questions said they don't believe politicians who call Obama anti-Semitic or hostile to Israel, or who say he is "striving to topple Netanyahu."

On the whole, Obama's popularity may be declining in American public opinion, but a sweeping majority of Israelis think his treatment of this country is friendly and fair.
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The poll, which was conducted Tuesday and Wednesday and supervised by Professor Camil Fuchs, comes after reports of a crisis in diplomatic relations due to Israel's announcement during a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that it will build 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's aides said they had hoped the public would rally around him and see him as a victim of overly strict treatment by the Obama administration.

However, there was no significant change in the level of public satisfaction with Netanyahu since the previous poll, conducted six weeks earlier. Respondents' evaluation of his suitability as premier also remained stable.

It appears the public was relatively unfazed by the Israeli and American media frenzy over the diplomatic drama. Perhaps Israelis are too busy cleaning and shopping for Passover or looking for cheap vacations.

The survey indicates that Netanyahu emerged from the crisis unscathed in the eyes of Israeli public opinion, but the continued construction in Jerusalem should cause him some concern.

Nearly half the respondents (48 percent) said Israel must keep building in the capital, even at the expense of a rift with the United States, while 41 percent said Israel must accept the American demand (and Palestinian ultimatum) to stop building in Jerusalem until the end of the negotiations (which haven't begun yet). Netanyahu may conclude that at the moment he may have some room to maneuver, but the balance between supporters and opponents of continued construction could easily shift.

A large majority believes Netanyahu is not deliberately causing a crisis to thwart talks with the Palestinians, as some have argued. A smaller majority does not believe Netanyahu should fire Eli Yishai, whose Interior Ministry announced the construction during Biden's visit. Yishai is not particularly liked by the mainstream, but Israelis aren't that interested in seeing heads roll - or the coalition destabilized - over this incident.

Though the public remained composed in the face of the diplomatic fracas, poll respondents are not thrilled with the prime minister's conduct in the affair.

More people said Netanyahu's behavior was irresponsible than said he acted responsibly. The public seems to be treating Netanyahu harshly; after all, he didn't plan the badly timed announcement and he did apologize several times. So why is he seen as irresponsible nonetheless?

Perhaps the words "Netanyahu" and "conduct" are a disastrous combination for a prime minister who lost power a decade ago because of improper behavior.

His performance in the first year of his current term is not especially encouraging. As soon as people hear those two words in the same sentence, they give Netanyahu an F. No matter that he didn't rant and rave, that he made an effort to soothe the Americans.

The prime minister's aides waited tensely for the weekend newspaper surveys. They believed the public's heart would be with their man, whom they see as the underdog who was scolded though he did no wrong.

The public has not turned its back on Netanyahu, but it hasn't applauded his performance either. Perhaps average Israelis cannot, and do not want to, imagine themselves living in a far worse reality than this - without the warmth and light of an American alliance. 
 
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Because Haaretz is a leftist newspaper,     I'm not sure what to make of these results.      Yet,   I thought this was worth sharing.

I would be interested in seeing a similar survey conducted by Arutz Sheva or another Right Wing Israeli newspaper.      With them also asking the question,   do you believe Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim?


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[arksis]

Should be alot more than 27%! But what else would we expect of the left?
Great question to ask them. They should not only ask the conservatives, but the left, as well!

[Masha]

"On the whole, Obama's popularity may be declining in American public opinion, but a sweeping majority of Israelis think his treatment of this country is friendly and fair."

WOW! It stretches credulity to think that we are living in the times of the final restoration of Israel, given it's population self-destructive attitude. Why re-gather Jews after 2000 years if they are none the wiser, if no lessons are learned?

[דוד בן זאב אריה]

Obama is a clear anti semite. His action show that he wants war with Israel.

[AsheDina]

Should be alot more than 27%! But what else would we expect of the left?
Great question to ask them. They should not only ask the conservatives, but the left, as well!

The generation that will take Israel back are those 27%.  Thats good, some others might have just been afraid, and also Haaretz is just a Jew-hating paper/report anyway, so it is probably like 67%

[✡ Hindu Zionist ॐ]

last time someone tried to break israel, a shot was fired which got rabin, if someone tries to break israel this time, the sound of the shot would be heard in USA, and it wont be surprising whom it will get.

mods i'm sorry, if my comments are inappropriate, do remove it.

[muman613]

I openly called Obummer antisemitic over Shabbat meal last week... Even my liberal friends were slow to respond to this charge. They didn't accept that he was anti-semitic but they surely agreed he was against the Jewish people. I dont know how anyone cant see that it is antisemitic to impose a building freeze solely on the basis of your religion, Jews alone are not allowed to build yet arabs can build {an often do illegally}.

[Rubystars]

They didn't accept that he was anti-semitic but they surely agreed he was against the Jewish people.

What's the difference? If there is any it must be a very, very fine distinction.

[cjd]

The bottom line is that when we have a closeted muslim in the White House we are going to get pro arab policy every time around. Debating the issue of the animal being antisemitic or against the Jewish people is honestly splitting hairs. I honestly felt sorry for Netanyahu this time around. Not that he was going out on a limb by allowing this construction because it was not being done in a so called restricted spot but after being attacked by a mental misfit like Joe Biden he got very little support from his own people on this issue. I can see why Israels past leadership always wavers on the two state issue. Now he has to come to the U.S for a full dressing down from the clueless beast Hillery Clinton an arab a-s kisser from way back. The part of Israels population that supports a policy that Israel is a Jewish State a Jewish State only above all else needs to become more vocal. Unless this happens situation will only become  worse and not better.

[angryChineseKahanist]

73% like this pig or have no opinion?
It should be 73% hate him.

[Rubystars]

73% like this pig or have no opinion?
It should be 73% hate him.

It should be 100% hate him

[angryChineseKahanist]

It depends on who they survey.
They probably asked muslims just to be fair.

[Rubystars]

It depends on who they survey.
They probably asked muslims just to be fair.

That's a good point. It's sort of how Obama, George Bush, etc. considered the illegal immigrants to be Americans.