War
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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September 12, 2008In June 2008, 71% of Iraqis said they think of the coalition forces in Iraq mostly as occupiers and just 17% said they think of them mostly as liberators.
September 10, 2008As Egypt announces it will host an inter-Palestinian dialogue in October, Gallup reveals that 78% of Egyptians in May said they pay a great deal or some attention to news involving the Palestinian territories, up slightly from 74% in 2007.
August 19, 2008Data-driven insights into the U.S. political party conventions, the resignation of Pakistan's president, the religious vote in America, and the ongoing conflict in Georgia.
August 15, 2008Prior to the recent conflict, 64% of Georgians said they supported good relations with Russia by all means, up from 59% in 2007.
Two-thirds say U.S. involvement in Afghanistan not a mistake
July 30, 2008Americans are more likely to say the war in Afghanistan is more important to the United States than the war in Iraq, and less than a third (28%) call the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan a mistake.
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July 30, 2008Forty-four percent of Americans say the war in Afghanistan is the more important war for the United States than the war in Iraq, while 38% say the war in Iraq is more important.
July 7, 2008A large majority of Americans (79%) say the president should be required to get the approval of Congress before sending U.S. armed forces into action abroad.
As was case in 1973, Americans want president to get congressional approval
July 7, 2008An overwhelming 79% majority of Americans want the president to get the approval of Congress before sending U.S. armed forces into action outside the United States, and 70% believe congressional approval should be required before the president decides to bomb suspected terrorists.
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