U.S. support for Israel is decreasing, new poll shows

Big surprise that Germans don't like Israel. Remember what happened a few decades ago? Feelings like that don't disappear after 1 or 2 generations. Important to note that most Europeans DO NOT support the Palestinians, even if they don't like Israel either. This shows that they correctly realize that the Arab/Israeli conflict is intractable. This gives Israel room to maneuver in Europe since Europeans don't think peace is attainable.

The Gaza raid, the assassination in Dubai,the Gaza flotilla affair, the wanton destruction of Palestinian homes,the desecration of the Mamila graves, the picture of female soldier with blindfolded Palestinians detainees, the stealing of laptops and cellphones form the people on the Turkish ship (by officers of an elite unit no less, and this only in less than 2 years, and only the most publicized egregious transgressions. The problem Israel has is not with the stars but with itself.

"Greenberg has analyzed the poll results and says that the section of the American public where Israel is most rapidly losing support is among Liberal Americans who align themselves with the Democratic Party." WHICH GREENBERG WORKS FOR. Hey Raviv, are you as stupid as the idiots in the Israeli govt who hired Greenberg? They needed to pay some leftist with his head up Carville's tuchis to know that "liberals" hate Israel? You and those who hired Greenberg should be proud of yourselves. Any Israeli losses in the media war are COMPLETELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. TAKE A BOW.

It is hard to say without seeing the entire poll and knowing where the polling was done, who was polled and what the most specifics of the questions were. But some general speculation is possible. A majority of Americans do not believe our President's religion is relevant and far fewer believe the absurd proposition that he is a stealth Muslim. And those demonizing our President don't hide their prejudices either. Netanyahu and his government are also transparent. You can't fool all of the people all of the time.

It shows you how many people have a a lack of insight into terrorism and tough responses that Israel has to make that may seem repugnant. People will wish that Israel destroyed the Iranian nuclear program. It's too bad that hindsight is always 20-20. Wasn't it Cheney who sent a signed picture to an Israeli military or government official thanking them for bombing Osirak?

Just about the only place on earth where Israel has any positive feeling, is the US and as more people are impacted directly or indirectly by Israel's actions that positive response in the US will continue to decline. If Israelis were as smart as they think they are, they would be giving up lots of land, water, cash and apologies for 1947 and everything after that to the Palestinians because TODAY is the day Israel can get the best possible deal from the Arabs. A few years from now the deal will NOT be as good and a few years after that the Arabs might be able to forcibly demand that Israel take the deal they offer and Israel will have to capitulate.

with the mosgue being planned to be built in ground zero many in the u.s and sweden and france resent muslim way of life which they feel is offensive, they will identify more with israel and its people then with the folowers of khalil muhamed that circumsize girls stone woman and slap publicly in the main square...did i mention honor killing....father kills his dauther in her bed in his house for the honor of the familly.I am with the israelis and wafa sultan.

While Israeli-Palestinian conflict only a small part of problem, it is the most focused on in the news for years. The Quartet, Arabs countries and Palestinians seemed to have reached a deal but it will be hard for Israel to accept now, even if its close to past agreements.

I believe it is very important to keep our, (U.S.), ties strong with Israel. I was disturbed to read that the US has tried to stop Israel from protecting itself from Iran, even going so far as to say it, (U.S.), would consider" using force" against Israel!! That is a sad commentary indeed!. (From article in Ha"aretz this date 18 Aug. 2010).

As long as West Bank settlers keep cutting down Pals. olive trees & burning crops.And black-hat religious wing nuts keep tearing down the Liberal American Jewish Community.US support for Israel will keep going down on a wide scale.Our American Jewish Community is getting along just fine.Sorry,as a whole,our Amer. Jewish Community is not going to join the Ortho.-Jewish black hat taliban in their land grab.Does Israel really want peace?

Great the sooner the better

i've always said, don't listen to polticians, the people have a different view to their leaders, and by asking the right questions as this poll has, the answer is i'm right, as i've said a hundred times before, make peace, it's the ONLY way, salaam/shalom.

Just reviewed the Israel Project web site and absolutely no reference to this. Went through other sites that would love to publish this poll, including CNN, Guardian, al Jazeera, and the KKK daily, and again not a word. Even checked the sites of BGU and TAU and still nothing. Maybe Haaretz, like Reuters, believes in creativity?

Haaretz claims a decrease, yet polls conducted in July by CBS, NBC, FOX, and even the Jew-hating CNN all indicated that over 67% of US citizens fully support the State of Israel and describe it as our only "true ally" in the Mid East. Just curious how Haaretz props this up? But wait...whe those polls came out, Haaretz NEVER printed even one? I wonder why that is? Academic freedom perhaps?

Was this Poll conducted mainly among Leftists? If so, the result is unreliable. Was this done by J-Street? A good Polling should be done by independent Pollsters like Rasmussen or Gallap.

It would not be prudent for Israel to assume its behavior won't affect other people's attitude toward it.

No surprise, "the section of the American public where Israel is most rapidly losing support is among Liberal Americans who align themselves with the Democratic Party. "

Same with that "war" in Afghanistan, not to mention Iraq. This is the real reason why people dont give money to western organisations that want to help in Pakistans flood. (There is some real desaster, if you havent heard of it yet.)

Israel should act more peacefully towards Palestinians to get more sympathy from the world. Belligerent, military-obsessed nations (politicians) does not fare well, especially not with Europe. Stop the sword-rattling, rely on your intelligence and diplomacy.

none of these countries can do much without israel

Netanyahu's wordwide charm campaign is obviously paying big dividends. Keep up the great work, Bibi!

and you get wheat. The Israelis are now reaping the fruits of the right wing plantings. Show an ugly face, don't be surpri, sed if others do not like it.

Is Isreal following a different policy, nope. So who is responsible for this. The answer is very obvious. Obama! If Bush was still the president, would Iran be able to build these nuclear facilities, or could Turkey act like a spoiled child? With the Obama's attitude, the public is mis lead by the biased media...

As far as we can tell no one is really committed to peace and Americans are paying the price in dollars and blood. Americans are just war weary and focused internally. I would not read too much into it. And truth is--neither the Israelis nor the Palestineans are committed to peace.

Perhaps it time for them to be concerned what Jews think of them.

...and far more plausible than the recent Ha'aretz article that claimed (without any foundation that I recall) increasing support for Israel among American Jews following the flotilla debacle. My impression has been rather the opposite.

I've had a number of them as students in my classes (not political science). Far left extremists, not capable of analysis. The garbage they write on exams is pure bull shoes. They don't even read, they just assert.

Wouldnt this be more helpful and informative if the data was broken into ethnic group, particularly , muslim and other ethnitcities?

And please don't play the anti-Semitism card - it has nothing to do with religion, it has everything to do with Israel's right-wing policies.

The current Israeli leadership's policies are costing Israel dearly.

They're flattening churches to build parking garages for the Mosques that loom over Ground Zero, like the New Chinese Space Station over the ruins of the American Space Program. America will soon implode and Israel needs to seek out other trade partners to replace it. The good news is, both China and India want Israeli Technology and will soon have more money than America.

Anti-Semites, and left-wing dupes rejoice--Obama's open humiliating and kicking around Israel as his first order of business on coming to power has clearly had its influence both domestically and internationally. Hope Obama enjoys the limitless hypocrisies of his new friends in the Arab world. As for Israel, they will survive this too.

Even Americans who support Israel realize that Israel will have to fend for itself as long as Obama is in power.

About Time!

Is there a comparative survey asking if they believe Hamas is committed to peace with Israel?

our popularity worldwide has taken a nose-dive, mainly because of the treatment of the Pals, but also because of the rise of religiosity in Israel.

Just like in Israel but more profoundly probably, there is a demographic shift in the US and we have millions of new immigrants (added every year) that have no affinity to Europe, Israel or even care about the Holocaust, etc in addition they also bring with them anti-semitic prejudices from their country of origin, whether it be Russia, eastern europe, latin america or Asia.

Israel is going to have to allow the Palestinians a viable state at the 67 borders and a viable half of Jerusalem or else Israel must become a modern, secular multi-ethnic society with complete equal rights for all. The alternative will be far worse from a Jewish Israeli perspective.

I allready know what kind of comments I'll read in a response to this poll and an article - Wanna bet?

These polls are no surprise for anyone given the daily Israeli bashing by the press. Just yesterday the Washing ton Post was singled out for failing to report the tearing down of a security wall that separted jews and palestinians. But they never borthered to run the AP story because it would have made Israel look good. Likewise the New York Times purposelly ran an attack article with trumped up bs claims about US citiziens funding settlements on the day that Bib visited the White House. The only reason to do so was to hurt Israel. And on and on. Notwithstanding these lies and attacks, lets wait and see how europe and the liberal democrats react when some crazy muslim terrorist finally pops an attack in the US or a major European city .. any doubt its coming ... then the pendulum will swing back to support for Israel .. it always does. Finally, with a president like obama banging away on Israel on a daily basisi, it is no surpise that his fellow lefties won't support Israel.

And those numbers keep on decreasing!

'Greenberg has analyzed the poll results and says that the section of the American public where Israel is most rapidly losing support is among Liberal Americans who align themselves with the Democratic Party. ' Isn't this the natural home for American Jews?

No surprise there, actually I would have guessed the data to be even worse. Surprised? Not at all, with such a corrupt government, ruled by a group of clerical parties, not respecting the voters will, with people only interested continue having a ministerial chair and not interested in the good and the future of the country you cannot expect anything better. Hope is the last to die, but I am very pessimistic and the only way to change is a new electoral system and a new and honest government.

Nor has Haaretz reported the most grim statistic. While 58% of Americans supported Israel in June, it went down to 51% in July. The latest figure is 44%. It appears that though Netanyahu is playing well in Israel, he is doing drastic harm to Israel in the USA.

Let me tell you a "secret": Americans hate when our friends do not listen to what we have to say and do the opposite.

45% is an awfully large number but that just goes to show you what sorry state of the American educational system is in.

I happen to support Israel wholeheartedly, with the freedom to ask, to think and criticize what I deem is wrong or can be done better. And I certainly belong to the people who polled, would answer that I don't believe Netanyahu is sincerely committed to the peace plans currently on the table. I believe that he would like to carry them out asnd enter history, but that the Iranian factor puppeteering Hamas and Hezbollah, Lebanon and Syria, doesn't seem the right time to him. Also, the settlement Frankenstein is something he cannot or desn't want to tackle. So while I supprt Israel, I don't believe Netanyahu can deliver peace. How I hope to be proven wrong.

It's not a need, and if the survey question was as is quoted above, it's a very stupid question, and the answer to which is obvious. This is realistically the biggest problem that Israel can have -- the waning of US public support for Israel. In theory, this waning should reflect on the elections. But theories don't always become realities, so it's down to right-minded individuals to raise awareness. Those Palestinian supporters unsatisfied with the President's stance towards the Israel-Palestine situation, instead of dithering about what he doesn't do -- perhaps because of a lust for power, or whatever -- try to conjure up support among Americans, so as to give confidence to the President to take more of a firm foreign policy, based upon his foreknown pro-Palestinian agenda.

Israel should not be shocked by these results. Constant defiance to international pressure by Netanyahu government and commitment to illegal settlements will only deciles these numbers and force Israel in to isolation

realizing that bibi has no interest in peace is just common sense, really.

Why didn't you report the Newsweek story about Israel being the #22 place to live and #1 in Middle east. Or the poll where 67% of American supported Israel. This is left wing garbage you're spewing.

Is the US committed to peace in Afghanistan. The poll about Israel committed to peace is ridiculous. I have said before and will say again, you cannot make peace with people whose goal is to destroy you and make you disappear.