by Israel Hayom Staff
Vast majority of Americans, 74%, have favorable view of Israel, the highest score recorded since 1991, when Iraq fired Scud missiles at Israel in the Persian Gulf War
Americans' favorable views of Israel are at 17-year high, according to a Gallup poll published Tuesday.
The vast majority of Americans, 74%, have a
favorable view of Israel, the highest score recorded since 1991, when
Iraq launched Scud missiles at Israel during the Gulf War.
In contrast, only 21% of Americans view the Palestinian Authority favorably.
As for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
64% of respondents said their sympathies were with Israel, while just
19% said their sympathies were with the Palestinians.
The percentage of Americans who said they
did not support either side is the lowest to date, at 16%, indicating
that more Americans are choosing sides in the conflict.
According to the poll, while Democrats and
Independents are more sympathetic to Israel than the Palestinian
Authority, at 64% and 72% respectively, Republicans account for much of
the overall increase in support for Israel since 2001. Of all the
Republicans polled, 84% said they held favorable views of Israel.
Gallup further noted that Americans aged 55 and older were the most likely, at 80%, to hold favorable opinions of Israel.
Americans aged 35 to 54 held slightly less favorable views of Israel, with 72% saying they viewed Israel favorably.
In what could be a cause for concern,
support for Israel is the lowest among Americans aged 18 to 34, with
just 31% of respondents in this age bracket saying they had a positive
opinion of Israel.
Polling results were based on telephone
interviews conducted between Feb. 1 and Feb. 10, 2018 among a random
sample of 1,044 adults living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of
Columbia with a 4% margin of error.
Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/03/15/gallup-poll-finds-americans-favorable-views-of-israel-at-17-year-high/
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