Enquete in VS over erkening Israel en vredeskansen

 

Bij enquetes is altijd de vraag hoe de vragen geformuleerd zijn. De actuele kwestie is of de Palestijnen Israel expliciet als Joodse staat moeten erkennen. Bij onderstaande opiniepeiling lijkt dat niet zo geformuleerd te zijn. Het kennisniveau van Amerikanen betreffende internationale kwesties is zo mogelijk nog beroerder dan in Europa. Des te meer hangt af van een eventuele inleiding of toelichting bij de vragen door de enqueteurs.

 

Wouter

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Last update - 20:34 23/06/2009
Poll: Most Americans think Palestinians must recognize Israel's right to exist
By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095064.html

 

 

Eighty-one percent of American voters agree that Palestinian leaders must recognize Israel's right to exist as part of a Middle East peace agreement, according to a new survey by U.S. polling company Rasmussen Reports published Tuesday.

 

The national telephone survey found that just seven percent disagree that recognition of Israel should be a requirement for peace, while 12 percent are not sure.

 

But only 27 percent believe it is somewhat likely that Palestinian leaders will agree to recognize Israel's right to exist, the poll found.
 
There is less support from American voters for requiring Israel to accept the creation of a Palestinian state. Fifty-seven percent of voters say Israel should be required to do so as part of a regional peace agreement, and 20 percent oppose such a requirement.

 

Forty-eight percent of respondents to the Rasmussen poll said U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle Eastern policy is about right, but 35% said he is not supportive enough of Israel and 10% said he is too supportive.

 

Obama has called on Israel and the Palestinians to acknowledge each other's existence, while also pushing Israel to freeze settlement construction in the West Bank.

 

Following Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world in Cairo, 32% of American voters now think that relationship will improve in the next year, while 28% believe it will get worse, according to the poll.

 

Forty-nine percent of respondents said the United States should help Israel if it decides to attack Iran over the latter's nuclear weapon facilities.