I will not Bow!

[Sweet_Caroline]

Anyone who disagrees with Israeli policies is hateful? Read what Americans and Europeans are thinking...you refuse to see the truth...A new Internet generation can see trough all your brutal policies of force and injustice...you use the hate card like glue with your cohorts to fight for Israel right or wrong.

What, like this?

Gallup Poll: Israel Most Popular in Middle East

Support for Israel among Americans hits 23-year high.


By Maayana Miskin
First Publish: 2/25/2014, 9:29 PM


Support for Israel among United States citizens is at a 23-year high of 72%, according to a new poll conducted by Gallup.

Israel was the Middle Eastern country with the highest “favorable” rating by far, with Egypt in a distant second place with 45% support. Egypt was followed by Saudi Arabia, which 35% of Americans viewed favorably.

The Palestinian Authority enjoyed a “favorable” rating of just 19%, while Iran’s rating was at 12%.

The poll found an unusually strong generation difference regarding opinions of Israel, with older respondents most likely to have a favorable view of Israel. Among those age 55 and older, 81% had a favorable view of Israel, while among those age 18-34 support for Israel was at 64%.

Support for the Palestinian Authority stood at 16% among those age 55 and above, and at 24% among those ages 18-34.

The results indicate a trend that is likely to have a significant impact on U.S. President Barack Obama’s treatment of Israel, former Israeli ambassador to America Yoram Ettinger told Arutz Sheva.

Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have been turning up the pressure on Israel in an attempt to achieve results in talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to Ettinger, their approach has caused upset, and Obama’s talk of creating a PA state has largely been met with apathy.

With elections for the Congress and Senate planned for late 2014, Obama is likely to back down in the face of strong public support for Israel, Ettinger predicted. Victory for the Republican party in November would make Obama a “lame duck” president for his last two years in office, he explained; Obama will seek to avoid that scenario by playing to voters.

American support for Israel has grown in recent years as Americans increasingly understand the challenges Israel is facing, Ettinger said. A combination of anti-American sentiment in the Arab world, the threat of Islamist terrorism within the United States, and cooperation between Israel and the U.S. on economic and defense-related issues has improved Israel’s image despite disagreements between Israeli and U.S. leaders regarding Israel-PA talks, he said.

Americans also see Israel as sharing a moral and cultural Judeo-Christian heritage, according to Ettinger.

Gallup Poll: Israel Most Popular in Middle East - News from America - News - Israel National News

Gallup predicted a Romney win over Obama...

Prediction and viewpoints are two separate matters.

 

[pbel]

What are you trying to prove by showing us opinions of hateful people from another site??
Were those from PressTv.com??

Anyone who disagrees with Israeli policies is hateful? Read what Americans and Europeans are thinking...you refuse to see the truth...A new Internet generation can see trough all your brutal policies of force and injustice...you use the hate card like glue with your cohorts to fight for Israel right or wrong.

What, like this?

Gallup Poll: Israel Most Popular in Middle East

Support for Israel among Americans hits 23-year high.


By Maayana Miskin
First Publish: 2/25/2014, 9:29 PM


Support for Israel among United States citizens is at a 23-year high of 72%, according to a new poll conducted by Gallup.

Israel was the Middle Eastern country with the highest “favorable” rating by far, with Egypt in a distant second place with 45% support. Egypt was followed by Saudi Arabia, which 35% of Americans viewed favorably.

The Palestinian Authority enjoyed a “favorable” rating of just 19%, while Iran’s rating was at 12%.

The poll found an unusually strong generation difference regarding opinions of Israel, with older respondents most likely to have a favorable view of Israel. Among those age 55 and older, 81% had a favorable view of Israel, while among those age 18-34 support for Israel was at 64%.

Support for the Palestinian Authority stood at 16% among those age 55 and above, and at 24% among those ages 18-34.

The results indicate a trend that is likely to have a significant impact on U.S. President Barack Obama’s treatment of Israel, former Israeli ambassador to America Yoram Ettinger told Arutz Sheva.

Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have been turning up the pressure on Israel in an attempt to achieve results in talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to Ettinger, their approach has caused upset, and Obama’s talk of creating a PA state has largely been met with apathy.

With elections for the Congress and Senate planned for late 2014, Obama is likely to back down in the face of strong public support for Israel, Ettinger predicted. Victory for the Republican party in November would make Obama a “lame duck” president for his last two years in office, he explained; Obama will seek to avoid that scenario by playing to voters.

American support for Israel has grown in recent years as Americans increasingly understand the challenges Israel is facing, Ettinger said. A combination of anti-American sentiment in the Arab world, the threat of Islamist terrorism within the United States, and cooperation between Israel and the U.S. on economic and defense-related issues has improved Israel’s image despite disagreements between Israeli and U.S. leaders regarding Israel-PA talks, he said.

Americans also see Israel as sharing a moral and cultural Judeo-Christian heritage, according to Ettinger.

Gallup Poll: Israel Most Popular in Middle East - News from America - News - Israel National News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup_(company)Gallup correctly predicted the winner, but was rated 17th out of 23 polling organizations in terms of the precision of its pre-election polls relative to the final results.[14]

In 2012, Gallup's final election survey had Mitt Romney at 49% and Barack Obama at 48%, compared to the final election results showing Obama with 51.1% to Romney's 47.2%.[15] Poll analyst Nate Silver found that Gallup's results were the least accurate of the 23 major polling firms Silver analyzed, having the highest incorrect average of being 7.2 points away from the final result.[16] Frank Newport, the editor-in-chief of Gallup, responded to the criticism by stating that Gallup simply makes an estimate of the national popular vote rather than predicting the winner and that their final poll was within the statistical margin of error. Newport also criticized analysts such as Silver who aggregate and analyze other people's polls, stating that "It’s much easier, cheaper, and mostly less risky to focus on aggregating and analyzing others’ polls."[17]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Anyone who disagrees with Israeli policies is hateful? Read what Americans and Europeans are thinking...you refuse to see the truth...A new Internet generation can see trough all your brutal policies of force and injustice...you use the hate card like glue with your cohorts to fight for Israel right or wrong.

What, like this?

Gallup Poll: Israel Most Popular in Middle East

Support for Israel among Americans hits 23-year high.


By Maayana Miskin
First Publish: 2/25/2014, 9:29 PM


Support for Israel among United States citizens is at a 23-year high of 72%, according to a new poll conducted by Gallup.

Israel was the Middle Eastern country with the highest “favorable” rating by far, with Egypt in a distant second place with 45% support. Egypt was followed by Saudi Arabia, which 35% of Americans viewed favorably.

The Palestinian Authority enjoyed a “favorable” rating of just 19%, while Iran’s rating was at 12%.

The poll found an unusually strong generation difference regarding opinions of Israel, with older respondents most likely to have a favorable view of Israel. Among those age 55 and older, 81% had a favorable view of Israel, while among those age 18-34 support for Israel was at 64%.

Support for the Palestinian Authority stood at 16% among those age 55 and above, and at 24% among those ages 18-34.

The results indicate a trend that is likely to have a significant impact on U.S. President Barack Obama’s treatment of Israel, former Israeli ambassador to America Yoram Ettinger told Arutz Sheva.

Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have been turning up the pressure on Israel in an attempt to achieve results in talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to Ettinger, their approach has caused upset, and Obama’s talk of creating a PA state has largely been met with apathy.

With elections for the Congress and Senate planned for late 2014, Obama is likely to back down in the face of strong public support for Israel, Ettinger predicted. Victory for the Republican party in November would make Obama a “lame duck” president for his last two years in office, he explained; Obama will seek to avoid that scenario by playing to voters.

American support for Israel has grown in recent years as Americans increasingly understand the challenges Israel is facing, Ettinger said. A combination of anti-American sentiment in the Arab world, the threat of Islamist terrorism within the United States, and cooperation between Israel and the U.S. on economic and defense-related issues has improved Israel’s image despite disagreements between Israeli and U.S. leaders regarding Israel-PA talks, he said.

Americans also see Israel as sharing a moral and cultural Judeo-Christian heritage, according to Ettinger.

Gallup Poll: Israel Most Popular in Middle East - News from America - News - Israel National News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup_(company)Gallup correctly predicted the winner, but was rated 17th out of 23 polling organizations in terms of the precision of its pre-election polls relative to the final results.[14]

In 2012, Gallup's final election survey had Mitt Romney at 49% and Barack Obama at 48%, compared to the final election results showing Obama with 51.1% to Romney's 47.2%.[15] Poll analyst Nate Silver found that Gallup's results were the least accurate of the 23 major polling firms Silver analyzed, having the highest incorrect average of being 7.2 points away from the final result.[16] Frank Newport, the editor-in-chief of Gallup, responded to the criticism by stating that Gallup simply makes an estimate of the national popular vote rather than predicting the winner and that their final poll was within the statistical margin of error. Newport also criticized analysts such as Silver who aggregate and analyze other people's polls, stating that "It’s much easier, cheaper, and mostly less risky to focus on aggregating and analyzing others’ polls."[17]

Gallup not good enough?
OK...........


ADL Survey of American Public Finds Strong Support for Israel, But Uncertainty Over Approach to Iran

New York, NY, November 5, 2013 … In a new survey of the American public on issues surrounding Israel, the Middle East peace process and Iran, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found continuing strong public support for Israel but a country uncertain about the best way to proceed regarding Iran’s effort to develop a nuclear bomb.

Regarding attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, three times as many Americans – 48-16 – expressed sympathy for Israel than the Palestinians.

Seventy-six percent (76%) of those polled said that Israel can be counted on as a strong U.S. ally, the highest figure in recent years, while 64 percent said they believe that Israel is serious in reaching a peace agreement with the Palestinians. A similar poll conducted in 2009 found that 67 percent of Americans believed then that Israel was a strong ally.

The 2013 Survey of American Attitudes on Israel, The Palestinians and the Middle East, a national telephone survey of 1,200 American adults, was conducted October 12-22, 2013 by Marttila Strategies of Washington, D.C. and Boston. The margin of error is +/-2.8 percent.

“This latest survey of the American people shows that Americans continue to see Israel as America’s closest ally in the Middle East and a willing partner for peace with the Palestinians,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. “American public sympathy for Israel in the conflict with the Palestinians is at an all-time high.”

Together with strong support for Israel came as ambivalence about U.S. involvement in the region.

A significant majority of Americans – 62 percent -- said that peace between Israelis and Palestinians should be achieved by them with minimal U.S. involvement. Only 29% said it could not happen without U.S. leadership.

A slim plurality – 50-41 – supports U.S. military action, if necessary, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and another plurality, 46-42, believes sanctions against Iran should remain until they give up their weapons program.

As to what position the U.S. should take if Israel attacked Iran to stop its nuclear program, 40 percent said the U.S. should support Israel, 48 percent said the U.S. should be neutral, and 9 percent said the U.S. should oppose it.

At the same time, there was little trust of Iran among the American people. Eighty-one percent (81%) said they could not trust Iran when it says it will not develop nuclear weapons; and 74 percent said that they did not believe Iran will abide by its public commitment not to develop nuclear weapons.

“What we see here are two trends. On the one hand, Israel is in as good a position with the American public as it ever has been,” said Mr. Foxman. “On the other hand, there are signs here as elsewhere that the American people want less U.S. involvement in the Middle East region, a position which has little to do with negative feelings toward Israel but that can have negative consequences for the Jewish state.”

ADL Survey of American Public Finds Strong Support for Israel, But Uncertainty Over Approach to Iran

 

[pbel]

What, like this?

Gallup Poll: Israel Most Popular in Middle East

Support for Israel among Americans hits 23-year high.


By Maayana Miskin
First Publish: 2/25/2014, 9:29 PM


Support for Israel among United States citizens is at a 23-year high of 72%, according to a new poll conducted by Gallup.

Israel was the Middle Eastern country with the highest “favorable” rating by far, with Egypt in a distant second place with 45% support. Egypt was followed by Saudi Arabia, which 35% of Americans viewed favorably.

The Palestinian Authority enjoyed a “favorable” rating of just 19%, while Iran’s rating was at 12%.

The poll found an unusually strong generation difference regarding opinions of Israel, with older respondents most likely to have a favorable view of Israel. Among those age 55 and older, 81% had a favorable view of Israel, while among those age 18-34 support for Israel was at 64%.

Support for the Palestinian Authority stood at 16% among those age 55 and above, and at 24% among those ages 18-34.

The results indicate a trend that is likely to have a significant impact on U.S. President Barack Obama’s treatment of Israel, former Israeli ambassador to America Yoram Ettinger told Arutz Sheva.

Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have been turning up the pressure on Israel in an attempt to achieve results in talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to Ettinger, their approach has caused upset, and Obama’s talk of creating a PA state has largely been met with apathy.

With elections for the Congress and Senate planned for late 2014, Obama is likely to back down in the face of strong public support for Israel, Ettinger predicted. Victory for the Republican party in November would make Obama a “lame duck” president for his last two years in office, he explained; Obama will seek to avoid that scenario by playing to voters.

American support for Israel has grown in recent years as Americans increasingly understand the challenges Israel is facing, Ettinger said. A combination of anti-American sentiment in the Arab world, the threat of Islamist terrorism within the United States, and cooperation between Israel and the U.S. on economic and defense-related issues has improved Israel’s image despite disagreements between Israeli and U.S. leaders regarding Israel-PA talks, he said.

Americans also see Israel as sharing a moral and cultural Judeo-Christian heritage, according to Ettinger.

Gallup Poll: Israel Most Popular in Middle East - News from America - News - Israel National News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup_(company)Gallup correctly predicted the winner, but was rated 17th out of 23 polling organizations in terms of the precision of its pre-election polls relative to the final results.[14]

In 2012, Gallup's final election survey had Mitt Romney at 49% and Barack Obama at 48%, compared to the final election results showing Obama with 51.1% to Romney's 47.2%.[15] Poll analyst Nate Silver found that Gallup's results were the least accurate of the 23 major polling firms Silver analyzed, having the highest incorrect average of being 7.2 points away from the final result.[16] Frank Newport, the editor-in-chief of Gallup, responded to the criticism by stating that Gallup simply makes an estimate of the national popular vote rather than predicting the winner and that their final poll was within the statistical margin of error. Newport also criticized analysts such as Silver who aggregate and analyze other people's polls, stating that "It’s much easier, cheaper, and mostly less risky to focus on aggregating and analyzing others’ polls."[17]

Gallup not good enough?
OK...........


ADL Survey of American Public Finds Strong Support for Israel, But Uncertainty Over Approach to Iran

New York, NY, November 5, 2013 … In a new survey of the American public on issues surrounding Israel, the Middle East peace process and Iran, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found continuing strong public support for Israel but a country uncertain about the best way to proceed regarding Iran’s effort to develop a nuclear bomb.

Regarding attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, three times as many Americans – 48-16 – expressed sympathy for Israel than the Palestinians.

Seventy-six percent (76%) of those polled said that Israel can be counted on as a strong U.S. ally, the highest figure in recent years, while 64 percent said they believe that Israel is serious in reaching a peace agreement with the Palestinians. A similar poll conducted in 2009 found that 67 percent of Americans believed then that Israel was a strong ally.

The 2013 Survey of American Attitudes on Israel, The Palestinians and the Middle East, a national telephone survey of 1,200 American adults, was conducted October 12-22, 2013 by Marttila Strategies of Washington, D.C. and Boston. The margin of error is +/-2.8 percent.

“This latest survey of the American people shows that Americans continue to see Israel as America’s closest ally in the Middle East and a willing partner for peace with the Palestinians,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. “American public sympathy for Israel in the conflict with the Palestinians is at an all-time high.”

Together with strong support for Israel came as ambivalence about U.S. involvement in the region.

A significant majority of Americans – 62 percent -- said that peace between Israelis and Palestinians should be achieved by them with minimal U.S. involvement. Only 29% said it could not happen without U.S. leadership.

A slim plurality – 50-41 – supports U.S. military action, if necessary, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and another plurality, 46-42, believes sanctions against Iran should remain until they give up their weapons program.

As to what position the U.S. should take if Israel attacked Iran to stop its nuclear program, 40 percent said the U.S. should support Israel, 48 percent said the U.S. should be neutral, and 9 percent said the U.S. should oppose it.

At the same time, there was little trust of Iran among the American people. Eighty-one percent (81%) said they could not trust Iran when it says it will not develop nuclear weapons; and 74 percent said that they did not believe Iran will abide by its public commitment not to develop nuclear weapons.

“What we see here are two trends. On the one hand, Israel is in as good a position with the American public as it ever has been,” said Mr. Foxman. “On the other hand, there are signs here as elsewhere that the American people want less U.S. involvement in the Middle East region, a position which has little to do with negative feelings toward Israel but that can have negative consequences for the Jewish state.”

ADL Survey of American Public Finds Strong Support for Israel, But Uncertainty Over Approach to Iran

Pretty lame when you use the ADL to support Israel.

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup_(company)Gallup correctly predicted the winner, but was rated 17th out of 23 polling organizations in terms of the precision of its pre-election polls relative to the final results.[14]

In 2012, Gallup's final election survey had Mitt Romney at 49% and Barack Obama at 48%, compared to the final election results showing Obama with 51.1% to Romney's 47.2%.[15] Poll analyst Nate Silver found that Gallup's results were the least accurate of the 23 major polling firms Silver analyzed, having the highest incorrect average of being 7.2 points away from the final result.[16] Frank Newport, the editor-in-chief of Gallup, responded to the criticism by stating that Gallup simply makes an estimate of the national popular vote rather than predicting the winner and that their final poll was within the statistical margin of error. Newport also criticized analysts such as Silver who aggregate and analyze other people's polls, stating that "It’s much easier, cheaper, and mostly less risky to focus on aggregating and analyzing others’ polls."[17]

Gallup not good enough?
OK...........


ADL Survey of American Public Finds Strong Support for Israel, But Uncertainty Over Approach to Iran

New York, NY, November 5, 2013 … In a new survey of the American public on issues surrounding Israel, the Middle East peace process and Iran, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found continuing strong public support for Israel but a country uncertain about the best way to proceed regarding Iran’s effort to develop a nuclear bomb.

Regarding attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, three times as many Americans – 48-16 – expressed sympathy for Israel than the Palestinians.

Seventy-six percent (76%) of those polled said that Israel can be counted on as a strong U.S. ally, the highest figure in recent years, while 64 percent said they believe that Israel is serious in reaching a peace agreement with the Palestinians. A similar poll conducted in 2009 found that 67 percent of Americans believed then that Israel was a strong ally.

The 2013 Survey of American Attitudes on Israel, The Palestinians and the Middle East, a national telephone survey of 1,200 American adults, was conducted October 12-22, 2013 by Marttila Strategies of Washington, D.C. and Boston. The margin of error is +/-2.8 percent.

“This latest survey of the American people shows that Americans continue to see Israel as America’s closest ally in the Middle East and a willing partner for peace with the Palestinians,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. “American public sympathy for Israel in the conflict with the Palestinians is at an all-time high.”

Together with strong support for Israel came as ambivalence about U.S. involvement in the region.

A significant majority of Americans – 62 percent -- said that peace between Israelis and Palestinians should be achieved by them with minimal U.S. involvement. Only 29% said it could not happen without U.S. leadership.

A slim plurality – 50-41 – supports U.S. military action, if necessary, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and another plurality, 46-42, believes sanctions against Iran should remain until they give up their weapons program.

As to what position the U.S. should take if Israel attacked Iran to stop its nuclear program, 40 percent said the U.S. should support Israel, 48 percent said the U.S. should be neutral, and 9 percent said the U.S. should oppose it.

At the same time, there was little trust of Iran among the American people. Eighty-one percent (81%) said they could not trust Iran when it says it will not develop nuclear weapons; and 74 percent said that they did not believe Iran will abide by its public commitment not to develop nuclear weapons.

“What we see here are two trends. On the one hand, Israel is in as good a position with the American public as it ever has been,” said Mr. Foxman. “On the other hand, there are signs here as elsewhere that the American people want less U.S. involvement in the Middle East region, a position which has little to do with negative feelings toward Israel but that can have negative consequences for the Jewish state.”

ADL Survey of American Public Finds Strong Support for Israel, But Uncertainty Over Approach to Iran

Pretty lame when you use the ADL to support Israel.

Pretty lame when you refute the obvious.

 

[pbel]

I've been hearing "Israel is swirling down the drain" for 50 years from hateful peeps just like you, Princess. If that and Iran's state run PressTV are all you and the Palestinians have I'll put my money on Israel lasting forever.

What has hate by anyone matter? Truth isn't affected by it...Only idiotic purveyors of lies like you pretend that the world loves Israel and that it will survive love or hate.

Look at History...it is very telling

"Look at History"...Your own phrase betrays you; Israel is here despite the hate.
Perhaps because of it.

Hate is the cement that makes you thrive as you say, but you still have not answered why the hate?

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup_(company)Gallup correctly predicted the winner, but was rated 17th out of 23 polling organizations in terms of the precision of its pre-election polls relative to the final results.[14]

In 2012, Gallup's final election survey had Mitt Romney at 49% and Barack Obama at 48%, compared to the final election results showing Obama with 51.1% to Romney's 47.2%.[15] Poll analyst Nate Silver found that Gallup's results were the least accurate of the 23 major polling firms Silver analyzed, having the highest incorrect average of being 7.2 points away from the final result.[16] Frank Newport, the editor-in-chief of Gallup, responded to the criticism by stating that Gallup simply makes an estimate of the national popular vote rather than predicting the winner and that their final poll was within the statistical margin of error. Newport also criticized analysts such as Silver who aggregate and analyze other people's polls, stating that "It’s much easier, cheaper, and mostly less risky to focus on aggregating and analyzing others’ polls."[17]

Gallup not good enough?
OK...........


ADL Survey of American Public Finds Strong Support for Israel, But Uncertainty Over Approach to Iran

New York, NY, November 5, 2013 … In a new survey of the American public on issues surrounding Israel, the Middle East peace process and Iran, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found continuing strong public support for Israel but a country uncertain about the best way to proceed regarding Iran’s effort to develop a nuclear bomb.

Regarding attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, three times as many Americans – 48-16 – expressed sympathy for Israel than the Palestinians.

Seventy-six percent (76%) of those polled said that Israel can be counted on as a strong U.S. ally, the highest figure in recent years, while 64 percent said they believe that Israel is serious in reaching a peace agreement with the Palestinians. A similar poll conducted in 2009 found that 67 percent of Americans believed then that Israel was a strong ally.

The 2013 Survey of American Attitudes on Israel, The Palestinians and the Middle East, a national telephone survey of 1,200 American adults, was conducted October 12-22, 2013 by Marttila Strategies of Washington, D.C. and Boston. The margin of error is +/-2.8 percent.

“This latest survey of the American people shows that Americans continue to see Israel as America’s closest ally in the Middle East and a willing partner for peace with the Palestinians,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. “American public sympathy for Israel in the conflict with the Palestinians is at an all-time high.”

Together with strong support for Israel came as ambivalence about U.S. involvement in the region.

A significant majority of Americans – 62 percent -- said that peace between Israelis and Palestinians should be achieved by them with minimal U.S. involvement. Only 29% said it could not happen without U.S. leadership.

A slim plurality – 50-41 – supports U.S. military action, if necessary, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and another plurality, 46-42, believes sanctions against Iran should remain until they give up their weapons program.

As to what position the U.S. should take if Israel attacked Iran to stop its nuclear program, 40 percent said the U.S. should support Israel, 48 percent said the U.S. should be neutral, and 9 percent said the U.S. should oppose it.

At the same time, there was little trust of Iran among the American people. Eighty-one percent (81%) said they could not trust Iran when it says it will not develop nuclear weapons; and 74 percent said that they did not believe Iran will abide by its public commitment not to develop nuclear weapons.

“What we see here are two trends. On the one hand, Israel is in as good a position with the American public as it ever has been,” said Mr. Foxman. “On the other hand, there are signs here as elsewhere that the American people want less U.S. involvement in the Middle East region, a position which has little to do with negative feelings toward Israel but that can have negative consequences for the Jewish state.”

ADL Survey of American Public Finds Strong Support for Israel, But Uncertainty Over Approach to Iran

Pretty lame when you use the ADL to support Israel.

Gallup not good enough for you.
ADL also not good enough for you.
So here is McLaughlin Associates (polling organization).


Poll: Most Americans Oppose Obama, Support Israel

ZOA poll reveals that most Americans - even those outside Jewish communities - oppose Washington's anti-Israel policies.


By Tova Dvorin
First Publish: 1/27/2014, 8:02 PM



The White House's recent policies against Israel do not reflect the will of the American people, according to a recent poll.

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) released the results of a nationwide survey this month revealing that the vast majority of Americans support Israel on nearly every major issue addressed in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA).

The survey recorded the responses of over 1000 American citizens from various populations - not just the Jewish community - and was conducted by McLaughlin Associates, a well-known polling organization.

Among those polled in the representative sample, 46% of respondents were Protestant, 30% were Catholic, and 3.6% were Jewish; by ethnicity, 13% were African Americans, 12% were Hispanics, 3% were Asian, and 70% were Caucasian, according to the organization. The religious and ethnic breakdown reflects the American population as a whole.

The survey also attempted to cover the political spectrum; 42% of respondents identified themselves as Republican, and 41% as Democrats.

Based on the poll, a majority - 51% - of Americans believe that US President Barack Obama has not done all he can to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons, as opposed to just 28% who believe that he has.

A large majority of Americans - 59% - believe that the stronger sanctions should be imposed on Iran to convince it to stop developing nuclear weapons, as opposed to just 17% who say the West should weaken sanctions on Iran to convince it to stop developing nuclear weapons.

47% of Americans believe that Israeli Jews should have the right to live in Judea and Samaria (Shomron); among other reasons, Israel will be better able to defend itself with a large population living in that region. Only 14% of Americans believe that only Palestinian Arabs should have the right to live in the region.

An overwhelming majority of 72% of Americans oppose Obama’s plan to give the Palestinian Authority (PA) $440 million in a plan recently proposed by the President, as opposed to a mere 15% who believe that he should.

A large majority of 55% of Americans say that Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of Israel. Just 13% believe it should not. In addition, 63% of Americans believe that the PA should recognize Israel as the sovereign state of the Jewish people, whereas only 11% believe it should not.

The most surprising statistic: only 31% of Americans believe that President Barack Obama is a close and reliable friend of Israel, as opposed to 38% who believe that he is not. The numbers stand in stark contradiction to the widespread belief that most Americans - and, until recently, most Israelis - believe that the US is Israel's strongest ally.

ZOA National President Morton A. Klein welcomed the news.

“The results of this latest, very detailed and highly representative survey of American opinion show gratifyingly high, indeed, overwhelming levels of support for positions Israel takes, as opposed to the position the Obama Administration takes," Klein said. "It also shows an understanding of the dangers Israel faces from a terror-sponsoring Palestinian Authority."

“Americans believe by an overwhelming ratio that Israeli Jews have a right to live in Judea/Samaria, whereas only a small percentage believe in the racist, anti-Semitic Palestinian position that only Palestinians have the right to live there," he continued. “Large majorities of Americans clearly understand that a Palestinian state, if established, will not live in peace with Israel and will simply be another Mideast terrorist state.

“President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry should heed these results," Klein implored. "They should understand that the American people expect our government to support Israel; stop promoting a Palestinian state; stop condemning Jewish communities in Judea/Samaria and eastern Jerusalem as ‘illegitimate’; support Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital; stop funding the PA and impose stronger sanctions on Iran to persuade it to terminate its nuclear weapons program."

Poll: Most Americans Oppose Obama, Support Israel - News from America - News - Israel National News

 

[montelatici]

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations
The annual BBC World Service poll finds Germany most popular; only countries less popular than Israel are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

According to BBC World Service's annual poll, Israel is one of the least popular countries in the world; the only states less popular are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

The survey, conducted among 26,000 people in 25 countries, found Germany to be the most popular country. 59 percent of respondents, who were asked to rate 16 countries according to how positively they impact the world, placed Germany at the top.

Only 21 percent of participants had a positive view on Israel, while 52 percent viewed the country unfavorably. Iran, in comparison, won the favorable opinion of 15 percent of those who answered the survey, while 59 percent viewed it unfavorably.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/bbc-poll-israel-among-world-s-least-popular-nations-1.525890

Americans have drunk the kool aid it seems.

 

[montelatici]

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations
The annual BBC World Service poll finds Germany most popular; only countries less popular than Israel are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

According to BBC World Service's annual poll, Israel is one of the least popular countries in the world; the only states less popular are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

The survey, conducted among 26,000 people in 25 countries, found Germany to be the most popular country. 59 percent of respondents, who were asked to rate 16 countries according to how positively they impact the world, placed Germany at the top.

Only 21 percent of participants had a positive view on Israel, while 52 percent viewed the country unfavorably. Iran, in comparison, won the favorable opinion of 15 percent of those who answered the survey, while 59 percent viewed it unfavorably.

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations - World Israel News | Haaretz

Americans have drunk the kool aid it seems.

 

[pbel]

Gallup not good enough?
OK...........


ADL Survey of American Public Finds Strong Support for Israel, But Uncertainty Over Approach to Iran

New York, NY, November 5, 2013 … In a new survey of the American public on issues surrounding Israel, the Middle East peace process and Iran, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found continuing strong public support for Israel but a country uncertain about the best way to proceed regarding Iran’s effort to develop a nuclear bomb.

Regarding attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, three times as many Americans – 48-16 – expressed sympathy for Israel than the Palestinians.

Seventy-six percent (76%) of those polled said that Israel can be counted on as a strong U.S. ally, the highest figure in recent years, while 64 percent said they believe that Israel is serious in reaching a peace agreement with the Palestinians. A similar poll conducted in 2009 found that 67 percent of Americans believed then that Israel was a strong ally.

The 2013 Survey of American Attitudes on Israel, The Palestinians and the Middle East, a national telephone survey of 1,200 American adults, was conducted October 12-22, 2013 by Marttila Strategies of Washington, D.C. and Boston. The margin of error is +/-2.8 percent.

“This latest survey of the American people shows that Americans continue to see Israel as America’s closest ally in the Middle East and a willing partner for peace with the Palestinians,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. “American public sympathy for Israel in the conflict with the Palestinians is at an all-time high.”

Together with strong support for Israel came as ambivalence about U.S. involvement in the region.

A significant majority of Americans – 62 percent -- said that peace between Israelis and Palestinians should be achieved by them with minimal U.S. involvement. Only 29% said it could not happen without U.S. leadership.

A slim plurality – 50-41 – supports U.S. military action, if necessary, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and another plurality, 46-42, believes sanctions against Iran should remain until they give up their weapons program.

As to what position the U.S. should take if Israel attacked Iran to stop its nuclear program, 40 percent said the U.S. should support Israel, 48 percent said the U.S. should be neutral, and 9 percent said the U.S. should oppose it.

At the same time, there was little trust of Iran among the American people. Eighty-one percent (81%) said they could not trust Iran when it says it will not develop nuclear weapons; and 74 percent said that they did not believe Iran will abide by its public commitment not to develop nuclear weapons.

“What we see here are two trends. On the one hand, Israel is in as good a position with the American public as it ever has been,” said Mr. Foxman. “On the other hand, there are signs here as elsewhere that the American people want less U.S. involvement in the Middle East region, a position which has little to do with negative feelings toward Israel but that can have negative consequences for the Jewish state.”

ADL Survey of American Public Finds Strong Support for Israel, But Uncertainty Over Approach to Iran

Pretty lame when you use the ADL to support Israel.

Gallup not good enough for you.
ADL also not good enough for you.
So here is McLaughlin Associates (polling organization).


Poll: Most Americans Oppose Obama, Support Israel

ZOA poll reveals that most Americans - even those outside Jewish communities - oppose Washington's anti-Israel policies.


By Tova Dvorin
First Publish: 1/27/2014, 8:02 PM



The White House's recent policies against Israel do not reflect the will of the American people, according to a recent poll.

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) released the results of a nationwide survey this month revealing that the vast majority of Americans support Israel on nearly every major issue addressed in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA).

The survey recorded the responses of over 1000 American citizens from various populations - not just the Jewish community - and was conducted by McLaughlin Associates, a well-known polling organization.

Among those polled in the representative sample, 46% of respondents were Protestant, 30% were Catholic, and 3.6% were Jewish; by ethnicity, 13% were African Americans, 12% were Hispanics, 3% were Asian, and 70% were Caucasian, according to the organization. The religious and ethnic breakdown reflects the American population as a whole.

The survey also attempted to cover the political spectrum; 42% of respondents identified themselves as Republican, and 41% as Democrats.

Based on the poll, a majority - 51% - of Americans believe that US President Barack Obama has not done all he can to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons, as opposed to just 28% who believe that he has.

A large majority of Americans - 59% - believe that the stronger sanctions should be imposed on Iran to convince it to stop developing nuclear weapons, as opposed to just 17% who say the West should weaken sanctions on Iran to convince it to stop developing nuclear weapons.

47% of Americans believe that Israeli Jews should have the right to live in Judea and Samaria (Shomron); among other reasons, Israel will be better able to defend itself with a large population living in that region. Only 14% of Americans believe that only Palestinian Arabs should have the right to live in the region.

An overwhelming majority of 72% of Americans oppose Obama’s plan to give the Palestinian Authority (PA) $440 million in a plan recently proposed by the President, as opposed to a mere 15% who believe that he should.

A large majority of 55% of Americans say that Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of Israel. Just 13% believe it should not. In addition, 63% of Americans believe that the PA should recognize Israel as the sovereign state of the Jewish people, whereas only 11% believe it should not.

The most surprising statistic: only 31% of Americans believe that President Barack Obama is a close and reliable friend of Israel, as opposed to 38% who believe that he is not. The numbers stand in stark contradiction to the widespread belief that most Americans - and, until recently, most Israelis - believe that the US is Israel's strongest ally.

ZOA National President Morton A. Klein welcomed the news.

“The results of this latest, very detailed and highly representative survey of American opinion show gratifyingly high, indeed, overwhelming levels of support for positions Israel takes, as opposed to the position the Obama Administration takes," Klein said. "It also shows an understanding of the dangers Israel faces from a terror-sponsoring Palestinian Authority."

“Americans believe by an overwhelming ratio that Israeli Jews have a right to live in Judea/Samaria, whereas only a small percentage believe in the racist, anti-Semitic Palestinian position that only Palestinians have the right to live there," he continued. “Large majorities of Americans clearly understand that a Palestinian state, if established, will not live in peace with Israel and will simply be another Mideast terrorist state.

“President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry should heed these results," Klein implored. "They should understand that the American people expect our government to support Israel; stop promoting a Palestinian state; stop condemning Jewish communities in Judea/Samaria and eastern Jerusalem as ‘illegitimate’; support Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital; stop funding the PA and impose stronger sanctions on Iran to persuade it to terminate its nuclear weapons program."

Poll: Most Americans Oppose Obama, Support Israel - News from America - News - Israel National News

The ADL was bad enough, but now you use the Israeli National News? You just took the pole position as Airhead #1!

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations
The annual BBC World Service poll finds Germany most popular; only countries less popular than Israel are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

According to BBC World Service's annual poll, Israel is one of the least popular countries in the world; the only states less popular are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

The survey, conducted among 26,000 people in 25 countries, found Germany to be the most popular country. 59 percent of respondents, who were asked to rate 16 countries according to how positively they impact the world, placed Germany at the top.

Only 21 percent of participants had a positive view on Israel, while 52 percent viewed the country unfavorably. Iran, in comparison, won the favorable opinion of 15 percent of those who answered the survey, while 59 percent viewed it unfavorably.

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations - World Israel News | Haaretz

Americans have drunk the kool aid it seems.

Let's take the US's views on Israel as posted in three separate surveys above. That's all that matters.

 

[pbel]

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations
The annual BBC World Service poll finds Germany most popular; only countries less popular than Israel are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

According to BBC World Service's annual poll, Israel is one of the least popular countries in the world; the only states less popular are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

The survey, conducted among 26,000 people in 25 countries, found Germany to be the most popular country. 59 percent of respondents, who were asked to rate 16 countries according to how positively they impact the world, placed Germany at the top.

Only 21 percent of participants had a positive view on Israel, while 52 percent viewed the country unfavorably. Iran, in comparison, won the favorable opinion of 15 percent of those who answered the survey, while 59 percent viewed it unfavorably.

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations - World Israel News | Haaretz

Americans have drunk the kool aid it seems.

Let's take the US's views on Israel as posted in three separate surveys above. That's all that matters.

Sharon said "We Control America," he was correct! AIPAC rules, but things are changing with the young Internet generation, they will remove this Cancer with Campaign Finance reforms.

 

[P F Tinmore]

Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly seven in 10 Americans believe it is likely that ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, says a poll out almost two years after the terrorists' strike against this country.

Sixty-nine percent in a Washington Post poll published Saturday said they believe it is likely the Iraqi leader was personally involved in the attacks carried out by al-Qaeda. A majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents believe it's likely Saddam was involved.

The belief in the connection persists even though there has been no proof of a link between the two.

USATODAY.com - Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

 

[montelatici]

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations
The annual BBC World Service poll finds Germany most popular; only countries less popular than Israel are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

According to BBC World Service's annual poll, Israel is one of the least popular countries in the world; the only states less popular are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

The survey, conducted among 26,000 people in 25 countries, found Germany to be the most popular country. 59 percent of respondents, who were asked to rate 16 countries according to how positively they impact the world, placed Germany at the top.

Only 21 percent of participants had a positive view on Israel, while 52 percent viewed the country unfavorably. Iran, in comparison, won the favorable opinion of 15 percent of those who answered the survey, while 59 percent viewed it unfavorably.

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations - World Israel News | Haaretz

Americans have drunk the kool aid it seems.

Let's take the US's views on Israel as posted in three separate surveys above. That's all that matters.

What will matter in a few years is what people in China, Russia and the EU believe about Israel.

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations
The annual BBC World Service poll finds Germany most popular; only countries less popular than Israel are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

According to BBC World Service's annual poll, Israel is one of the least popular countries in the world; the only states less popular are North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

The survey, conducted among 26,000 people in 25 countries, found Germany to be the most popular country. 59 percent of respondents, who were asked to rate 16 countries according to how positively they impact the world, placed Germany at the top.

Only 21 percent of participants had a positive view on Israel, while 52 percent viewed the country unfavorably. Iran, in comparison, won the favorable opinion of 15 percent of those who answered the survey, while 59 percent viewed it unfavorably.

BBC poll: Israel among world's least popular nations - World Israel News | Haaretz

Americans have drunk the kool aid it seems.

Let's take the US's views on Israel as posted in three separate surveys above. That's all that matters.

Sharon said "We Control America," he was correct! AIPAC rules, but things are changing with the young Internet generation, they will remove this Cancer with Campaign Finance reforms.

May 20, 2002 by Tamar Sternthal

Syndicated Columnist Georgie Anne Geyer Uses Fabricated Sharon Quote

In a May 10, 2002 column (“Now Isn’t the Time for Bush League Moves”), nationally-syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer included bogus and inflammatory allegations against Prime Minister Sharon and Israel’s supporters in America.

First, she wrote:

In fact, it [American support for Israel’s actions] led Prime Minister Sharon to tell his Cabinet recently, “I control America.”

CAMERA conducted extensive Nexis and Internet searches, and found that no mainstream news organization reported as true the fabricated quotation.
The hoax originated with an October 3, 2001 press release from the pro-Hamas group, the Islamic Association for Palestine. It said:

An acrimonious argument erupted during the Israeli cabinet weekly session last week between Ariel Sharon and his foreign Minister Shimon Peres during which Sharon reportedly yelled at Peres, saying “don’t worry about American pressure, we control America.”

Notably, in the same press release, the direct quotation “we control America” changed to “we the Jewish people control America.”
IAP wrote:

According [to] the Israeli Hebrew radio, Col [sic] Yisrael Wednesday, Peres warned Sharon that refusing to heed incessant American requests for a cease-fire with the Palestinians would endanger Israeli interests and turn the US against us. At this point, a furious Sharon reportedly turned toward Peres, saying “...I want to tell you something clear, don’t worry about American pressure on Israel, we the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it.”

According to the IAP press release, the statement was reported on Kol Yisrael. However, CAMERA’s calls to Kol Yisrael confirmed that no such broadcast occurred.

Geyer’s second problematic claim was:

Look at U.S. television: One minute, you see pro-Israeli ads saying the Arabs are all dogs...

However, here too investigation turned up no evidence that any such ad ever appeared on U.S. television.

Since the Sharon “quotation” and the “Arabs are dogs" ad are preposterous on their face, one would have expected Geyer (and editors who publish her column) to verify their accuracy before including such inflammatory statements in her column.

Geyer’s piece, which is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, is known to have appeared in the Chicago Tribune and the San Diego Union Tribune.

UPDATE (June 15, 2002): Geyer Expresses "Regrets"

CAMERA notified Geyer’s editors that the Sharon “quote” originated on a pro-Hamas website (the Islamic Association for Palestine), and that it had not been corroborated by any reputable media organization. CAMERA also pointed out that IAP’s alleged source, a report on Israel radio, is apparently fictional – Kol Yisrael denied to CAMERA that it had ever broadcast any such report.

When CAMERA requested substantiation from Geyer, the columnist first asserted that she was abroad and would have to check her notes when she got back home in June. After CAMERA contacted editor Bruce Dold of the Chicago Tribune (which ran the Geyer column), he replied:

Ms. Geyer does indeed cite the same sources you note [an Islamic Association for Palestine press release that claimed Kol Yisrael radio reported the Sharon statement] on the Sharon quote. If you have a statement or confirmation from Kol Yisrael, I’d like to see it. As for the second point [concerning the alleged television ads], that is not a direct quote from an ad, but Geyer’s own interpretation of the nature of the content.

Informed that the Kol Yisrael reporter assigned to cover the Israeli Cabinet [where the Sharon statement was alleged to have been made] denied Sharon had made the attributed comment, Dold responded with a different story from Geyer. She now claimed that her sources were two anonymous Israelis.

Finally, Geyer’s syndicate disseminated the following Editor’s Note which appeared on June 14 in the Chicago Tribune and Sarasota Herald Tribune and will likely be published by other papers that ran Geyer’s May 10 column.

Editor’s note: Georgie Anne Geyer’s May 10 column included a quote from Ariel Sharon, 'I control America.’ This quote was widely reported in the Palestinian press but cannot be confirmed in independent sources. Geyer and Universal Press Syndicate regret not having attributed the quote more specifically.

While the syndicate thus admitted that “This quote...cannot be confirmed in independent sources,” it failed to state unambiguously that Sharon never uttered the words and that the alleged quotation first appeared in a press release from the pro-Hamas IAP. Since IAP said that Kol Yisrael was their source and Kol Yisrael denies broadcasting any such report, there should be no question that IAP was attempting to perpetrate a hoax. The syndicate also should have written “alleged quote” whenever referring to the supposed statement by Sharon.

Furthermore, the Editor’s Note implies that the problem was one merely of mistaken attribution – that it would have been acceptable for Geyer to use the bogus quotation had she cited “Palestinian sources.” Obviously, since these sources have been proven false, the quote should not have been published at all.

Additionally, the Editor’s Note fails entirely to address the other baseless assertion in Geyer’s May 10 column, her outrageous statement: “Look at U.S. television: One minute, you see pro-Israeli ads saying the Arabs are all dogs...”

Repeated CAMERA requests for Geyer to identify the specific ad that led to her “interpretation” have gone unanswered. Clearly there is no way that her readers could have understood that she was “interpreting” rather than paraphrasing or quoting from a supposed ad. Since it is extremely unlikely that any “U.S. television” station would have broadcast any such ad, Geyer and her syndicate owe her readers another “Editor’s Note” or apology.

CAMERA: Syndicated Columnist Georgie Anne Geyer Uses Fabricated Sharon Quote

 

[pbel]

Let's take the US's views on Israel as posted in three separate surveys above. That's all that matters.

Sharon said "We Control America," he was correct! AIPAC rules, but things are changing with the young Internet generation, they will remove this Cancer with Campaign Finance reforms.

May 20, 2002 by Tamar Sternthal

Syndicated Columnist Georgie Anne Geyer Uses Fabricated Sharon Quote

In a May 10, 2002 column (“Now Isn’t the Time for Bush League Moves”), nationally-syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer included bogus and inflammatory allegations against Prime Minister Sharon and Israel’s supporters in America.

First, she wrote:

In fact, it [American support for Israel’s actions] led Prime Minister Sharon to tell his Cabinet recently, “I control America.”

CAMERA conducted extensive Nexis and Internet searches, and found that no mainstream news organization reported as true the fabricated quotation.
The hoax originated with an October 3, 2001 press release from the pro-Hamas group, the Islamic Association for Palestine. It said:

An acrimonious argument erupted during the Israeli cabinet weekly session last week between Ariel Sharon and his foreign Minister Shimon Peres during which Sharon reportedly yelled at Peres, saying “don’t worry about American pressure, we control America.”

Notably, in the same press release, the direct quotation “we control America” changed to “we the Jewish people control America.”
IAP wrote:

According [to] the Israeli Hebrew radio, Col [sic] Yisrael Wednesday, Peres warned Sharon that refusing to heed incessant American requests for a cease-fire with the Palestinians would endanger Israeli interests and turn the US against us. At this point, a furious Sharon reportedly turned toward Peres, saying “...I want to tell you something clear, don’t worry about American pressure on Israel, we the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it.”

According to the IAP press release, the statement was reported on Kol Yisrael. However, CAMERA’s calls to Kol Yisrael confirmed that no such broadcast occurred.

Geyer’s second problematic claim was:

Look at U.S. television: One minute, you see pro-Israeli ads saying the Arabs are all dogs...

However, here too investigation turned up no evidence that any such ad ever appeared on U.S. television.

Since the Sharon “quotation” and the “Arabs are dogs" ad are preposterous on their face, one would have expected Geyer (and editors who publish her column) to verify their accuracy before including such inflammatory statements in her column.

Geyer’s piece, which is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, is known to have appeared in the Chicago Tribune and the San Diego Union Tribune.

UPDATE (June 15, 2002): Geyer Expresses "Regrets"

CAMERA notified Geyer’s editors that the Sharon “quote” originated on a pro-Hamas website (the Islamic Association for Palestine), and that it had not been corroborated by any reputable media organization. CAMERA also pointed out that IAP’s alleged source, a report on Israel radio, is apparently fictional – Kol Yisrael denied to CAMERA that it had ever broadcast any such report.

When CAMERA requested substantiation from Geyer, the columnist first asserted that she was abroad and would have to check her notes when she got back home in June. After CAMERA contacted editor Bruce Dold of the Chicago Tribune (which ran the Geyer column), he replied:

Ms. Geyer does indeed cite the same sources you note [an Islamic Association for Palestine press release that claimed Kol Yisrael radio reported the Sharon statement] on the Sharon quote. If you have a statement or confirmation from Kol Yisrael, I’d like to see it. As for the second point [concerning the alleged television ads], that is not a direct quote from an ad, but Geyer’s own interpretation of the nature of the content.

Informed that the Kol Yisrael reporter assigned to cover the Israeli Cabinet [where the Sharon statement was alleged to have been made] denied Sharon had made the attributed comment, Dold responded with a different story from Geyer. She now claimed that her sources were two anonymous Israelis.

Finally, Geyer’s syndicate disseminated the following Editor’s Note which appeared on June 14 in the Chicago Tribune and Sarasota Herald Tribune and will likely be published by other papers that ran Geyer’s May 10 column.

Editor’s note: Georgie Anne Geyer’s May 10 column included a quote from Ariel Sharon, 'I control America.’ This quote was widely reported in the Palestinian press but cannot be confirmed in independent sources. Geyer and Universal Press Syndicate regret not having attributed the quote more specifically.

While the syndicate thus admitted that “This quote...cannot be confirmed in independent sources,” it failed to state unambiguously that Sharon never uttered the words and that the alleged quotation first appeared in a press release from the pro-Hamas IAP. Since IAP said that Kol Yisrael was their source and Kol Yisrael denies broadcasting any such report, there should be no question that IAP was attempting to perpetrate a hoax. The syndicate also should have written “alleged quote” whenever referring to the supposed statement by Sharon.

Furthermore, the Editor’s Note implies that the problem was one merely of mistaken attribution – that it would have been acceptable for Geyer to use the bogus quotation had she cited “Palestinian sources.” Obviously, since these sources have been proven false, the quote should not have been published at all.

Additionally, the Editor’s Note fails entirely to address the other baseless assertion in Geyer’s May 10 column, her outrageous statement: “Look at U.S. television: One minute, you see pro-Israeli ads saying the Arabs are all dogs...”

Repeated CAMERA requests for Geyer to identify the specific ad that led to her “interpretation” have gone unanswered. Clearly there is no way that her readers could have understood that she was “interpreting” rather than paraphrasing or quoting from a supposed ad. Since it is extremely unlikely that any “U.S. television” station would have broadcast any such ad, Geyer and her syndicate owe her readers another “Editor’s Note” or apology.

CAMERA: Syndicated Columnist Georgie Anne Geyer Uses Fabricated Sharon Quote

Struck a nerve, didn't I? You know he said it and it is still correct! Americans are not free but lackeys to political contributions focused by interest groups and led by AIPAC and its affiliates in money donations for the benefit of a foreign country that snubs its nose at International Laws.

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Sharon said "We Control America," he was correct! AIPAC rules, but things are changing with the young Internet generation, they will remove this Cancer with Campaign Finance reforms.

May 20, 2002 by Tamar Sternthal

Syndicated Columnist Georgie Anne Geyer Uses Fabricated Sharon Quote

In a May 10, 2002 column (“Now Isn’t the Time for Bush League Moves”), nationally-syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer included bogus and inflammatory allegations against Prime Minister Sharon and Israel’s supporters in America.

First, she wrote:

In fact, it [American support for Israel’s actions] led Prime Minister Sharon to tell his Cabinet recently, “I control America.”

CAMERA conducted extensive Nexis and Internet searches, and found that no mainstream news organization reported as true the fabricated quotation.
The hoax originated with an October 3, 2001 press release from the pro-Hamas group, the Islamic Association for Palestine. It said:

An acrimonious argument erupted during the Israeli cabinet weekly session last week between Ariel Sharon and his foreign Minister Shimon Peres during which Sharon reportedly yelled at Peres, saying “don’t worry about American pressure, we control America.”

Notably, in the same press release, the direct quotation “we control America” changed to “we the Jewish people control America.”
IAP wrote:

According [to] the Israeli Hebrew radio, Col [sic] Yisrael Wednesday, Peres warned Sharon that refusing to heed incessant American requests for a cease-fire with the Palestinians would endanger Israeli interests and turn the US against us. At this point, a furious Sharon reportedly turned toward Peres, saying “...I want to tell you something clear, don’t worry about American pressure on Israel, we the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it.”

According to the IAP press release, the statement was reported on Kol Yisrael. However, CAMERA’s calls to Kol Yisrael confirmed that no such broadcast occurred.

Geyer’s second problematic claim was:

Look at U.S. television: One minute, you see pro-Israeli ads saying the Arabs are all dogs...

However, here too investigation turned up no evidence that any such ad ever appeared on U.S. television.

Since the Sharon “quotation” and the “Arabs are dogs" ad are preposterous on their face, one would have expected Geyer (and editors who publish her column) to verify their accuracy before including such inflammatory statements in her column.

Geyer’s piece, which is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, is known to have appeared in the Chicago Tribune and the San Diego Union Tribune.

UPDATE (June 15, 2002): Geyer Expresses "Regrets"

CAMERA notified Geyer’s editors that the Sharon “quote” originated on a pro-Hamas website (the Islamic Association for Palestine), and that it had not been corroborated by any reputable media organization. CAMERA also pointed out that IAP’s alleged source, a report on Israel radio, is apparently fictional – Kol Yisrael denied to CAMERA that it had ever broadcast any such report.

When CAMERA requested substantiation from Geyer, the columnist first asserted that she was abroad and would have to check her notes when she got back home in June. After CAMERA contacted editor Bruce Dold of the Chicago Tribune (which ran the Geyer column), he replied:

Ms. Geyer does indeed cite the same sources you note [an Islamic Association for Palestine press release that claimed Kol Yisrael radio reported the Sharon statement] on the Sharon quote. If you have a statement or confirmation from Kol Yisrael, I’d like to see it. As for the second point [concerning the alleged television ads], that is not a direct quote from an ad, but Geyer’s own interpretation of the nature of the content.

Informed that the Kol Yisrael reporter assigned to cover the Israeli Cabinet [where the Sharon statement was alleged to have been made] denied Sharon had made the attributed comment, Dold responded with a different story from Geyer. She now claimed that her sources were two anonymous Israelis.

Finally, Geyer’s syndicate disseminated the following Editor’s Note which appeared on June 14 in the Chicago Tribune and Sarasota Herald Tribune and will likely be published by other papers that ran Geyer’s May 10 column.

Editor’s note: Georgie Anne Geyer’s May 10 column included a quote from Ariel Sharon, 'I control America.’ This quote was widely reported in the Palestinian press but cannot be confirmed in independent sources. Geyer and Universal Press Syndicate regret not having attributed the quote more specifically.

While the syndicate thus admitted that “This quote...cannot be confirmed in independent sources,” it failed to state unambiguously that Sharon never uttered the words and that the alleged quotation first appeared in a press release from the pro-Hamas IAP. Since IAP said that Kol Yisrael was their source and Kol Yisrael denies broadcasting any such report, there should be no question that IAP was attempting to perpetrate a hoax. The syndicate also should have written “alleged quote” whenever referring to the supposed statement by Sharon.

Furthermore, the Editor’s Note implies that the problem was one merely of mistaken attribution – that it would have been acceptable for Geyer to use the bogus quotation had she cited “Palestinian sources.” Obviously, since these sources have been proven false, the quote should not have been published at all.

Additionally, the Editor’s Note fails entirely to address the other baseless assertion in Geyer’s May 10 column, her outrageous statement: “Look at U.S. television: One minute, you see pro-Israeli ads saying the Arabs are all dogs...”

Repeated CAMERA requests for Geyer to identify the specific ad that led to her “interpretation” have gone unanswered. Clearly there is no way that her readers could have understood that she was “interpreting” rather than paraphrasing or quoting from a supposed ad. Since it is extremely unlikely that any “U.S. television” station would have broadcast any such ad, Geyer and her syndicate owe her readers another “Editor’s Note” or apology.

CAMERA: Syndicated Columnist Georgie Anne Geyer Uses Fabricated Sharon Quote

Struck a nerve, didn't I? You know he said it and it is still correct! Americans are not free but lackeys to political contributions focused by interest groups and led by AIPAC and its affiliates in money donations for the benefit of a foreign country that snubs its nose at International Laws.

Something he said was proven to be a hoax so no, you haven't struck any nerve. You are failing big time this morning. Have you had your coffee yet? Better make it extra strong.

 

[P F Tinmore]

Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly seven in 10 Americans believe it is likely that ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, says a poll out almost two years after the terrorists' strike against this country.

Sixty-nine percent in a Washington Post poll published Saturday said they believe it is likely the Iraqi leader was personally involved in the attacks carried out by al-Qaeda. A majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents believe it's likely Saddam was involved.

The belief in the connection persists even though there has been no proof of a link between the two.

USATODAY.com - Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

The support for Israel in the US is based on lies.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziSTY408h6k]Off the Charts - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly seven in 10 Americans believe it is likely that ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, says a poll out almost two years after the terrorists' strike against this country.

Sixty-nine percent in a Washington Post poll published Saturday said they believe it is likely the Iraqi leader was personally involved in the attacks carried out by al-Qaeda. A majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents believe it's likely Saddam was involved.

The belief in the connection persists even though there has been no proof of a link between the two.

USATODAY.com - Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

The support for Israel in the US is based on lies.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziSTY408h6k]Off the Charts - YouTube[/ame]

Another fail tinny. You just have to look at the various boards on here to see the support for Israel.

 

[P F Tinmore]

Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly seven in 10 Americans believe it is likely that ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, says a poll out almost two years after the terrorists' strike against this country.

Sixty-nine percent in a Washington Post poll published Saturday said they believe it is likely the Iraqi leader was personally involved in the attacks carried out by al-Qaeda. A majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents believe it's likely Saddam was involved.

The belief in the connection persists even though there has been no proof of a link between the two.

USATODAY.com - Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

The support for Israel in the US is based on lies.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziSTY408h6k]Off the Charts - YouTube[/ame]

Another fail tinny. You just have to look at the various boards on here to see the support for Israel.

Sure, those who are easily duped.