Israel/Palestine: I’m not used to being in the mainstream
| June 2nd, 2003Pipa reports their new poll results, about Israel, Palestine and the road map. Reading the poll, I was pleased but surprised to find myself agreeing with the majority (or at least plurality) of Americans regarding almost every question. For example:
47% of Americans think the Israelis have been too uncompromising, and 60% think the Palestinians have been too uncompromising.
There’s overwhelming support for the US placing pressure on both sides to make them cooperate with the “road map.” 70% of the country wants “the quartet,” rather than the US alone, to judge whether or not the parties are cooperating with the road map. This might be because the US is seen as biased – although three-fourths of the US thinks that our government shouldn’t be taking sides in the conflict, 57% thinks the US has been on Israel’s side. As for the other members of the quartet, the UN and the EU are both seen as being fairly evenhanded, while Russia is seen as biased in Palestinians’ favor.
There’s a press release and also full results; both are PDF files.
June 2nd, 2003 at 7:58 am
Hmmm. That puts me in the mainstream too, although I’d reverse the positions of Russia and the EU.
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