The following information represents a national survey of 1,000 likely voters conducted June 3-4, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports.
1* How closely have you followed recent news reports about an incident involving ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip?
39% Very closely
31% Somewhat closely
22% Not very closely
6% Not at all
2% Not sure
2* Who is primarily to blame for the deadly outcome of the raid on the aid-carrying ships – Israel or the pro-Palestinian activists on the ships?
19% Israel
49% Pro-Palestinian activists
32% Not sure
3* Should Israel allow an international investigation of the raid on the aid ships?
51% Yes
25% No
24% Not sure
4* Generally speaking, are most countries too critical or not critical enough of Israel?
49% Too critical
21% Not critical enough
17% Neither
13% Not sure
5* Generally speaking, is the United States too supportive or not supportive enough of Israel? Or is America’s support for Israel just about right?
24% Too supportive
33% Not supportive enough
32% About right
10% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
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6 Responses
Not that it really matters, but…
I would be curious how the American public would answer the following questions:
1)Are you aware that there was no demand by arabs for the “West Bank” and/or Gaza to be part of “palestinian” state when those areas were occupied by Jordan and Egypt, and that this demand only began after those areas came under Israeli control?
2)Do you believe that the Jewish people have a G-d given right to the Land of Israel?
i think the responses critical of israel to be either simple bigots or out of ignorance. for people to answer they would want an international investigation of the flotilla they obviously misunderstand the nature and reasoning behind it and why only antisemites desire such a thing. its like continually accusing the same person of crimes all the time when theyre always found innocent, just making them stand trial repeatitively for no reason, its a waste of time and it serves antisemites by dragging israel through the media. thats its only and foundational intention
This poll is a breath of fresh air. The left wing media- and the Obama administration- do not represent the majority view of Americans. COnservative/Republican 2010 Victory!
I wonder if Obama will get the hint or if he’s willing to bring down America altogether.
I would like to better understand those who respond “Not Sure”.
A. Did the same people respond this way to each question?
B. What aspect of the question are they not sure about?
C. What sorts of things are they sure about?
The ikur is – the majority of what many of you dismiss as merely an “anti-Semetic and shmutzy secular” America is on the right side of the issue – that should bring a degree of relief to all of us.