71% of Americans say U.S. gov’t shouldn’t take sides in Mideast conflict
Bradley Burston, Haaretz Correspondent
Research institute at the University of Maryland finds that:
- 71 percent of Americans believe that the United States government should not take sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. .
- Of American respondents, 21 percent said the United States should take Israel’s side. .
In 15 countries, the WorldPublicOpinion.org poll also asked respondents to rate how well Israel, the Palestinians, and the United States were doing their part in trying to resolve the conflict. All three parties fared poorly in the poll, but Israel received the worst ratings.
In 13 of the 15 nations, most respondents said Israel was doing its peacemaking "not very well" or "not well at all," including 59 percent of the Americans polled. India and China were the sole exceptions…
By a 59-30 percent margin, Americans said Israel was not doing its part.
The highest negative percentage ratings of U.S. peacemaking efforts were registered in Egypt [86 percent], Mexico [77 percent], the Palestinian territories [77 percent], France [71 percent], South Korea [70 percent], China [69 percent], and Turkey [64 percent] .
Report in Haaretz Tuesday, July 8th
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