Just 32% think Israel and Arabs will ever live in peace
June 4, 2009President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo comes at a time when only 32% of Americans think Israel and the Arab nations will ever be able to settle their differences and live in peace; 66% disagree.
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June 4, 2009Sixty-six percent of Americans currently think that there will not come a time when Israel and the Arab nations will be able to settle their differences and live in peace, but 32% think that such a time will come.
Few believe Obama should announce his views before he’s president
January 9, 2009Only 33% of Americans say the Bush administration should step up its response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raging in the Gaza Strip. Also, 75% say Barack Obama should wait until he’s sworn in to voice his position on the matter.
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November 26, 2008Gallup's Steve Crabtree discusses Gallup Poll findings relating to the challenge facing President-elect Barack Obama in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Obama should consider ways to boost grassroots pressure for peace
November 26, 2008Though about two-thirds of Israelis and Palestinians say they support the Mideast peace process, fewer than one-third among either population believe lasting peace will ever be achieved. That may present opportunities for Obama’s foreign policy team.
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May 29, 2008As Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert comes under fire as a result of corruption allegations, Gallup reveals that in 2007 86% of Israelis said they believed corruption was widespread throughout their government.
May 22, 2008As Turkey mediates peace talks between Israel and Syria, a 2007 Gallup Poll reveals that just 9% of Israelis approve of Syria’s leadership, but 34% approve of Turkey’s leadership.
May 15, 2008Despite continued efforts by U.S. President George W. Bush to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians, Bush's favorability rating among both groups fell from 2005 to 2007.
March 25, 2008Despite recent efforts by the Bush administration, Gallup finds that 59% of Americans do not believe there will come a time when Israel and the Arab nations will settle their differences and live in peace.
Majority still sympathizes with the Israelis rather than the Palestinians
March 25, 2008Only 46% of Americans believe President Bush is “doing enough” to help bring about a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a figure similar to a year ago.
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