Monday Dec 10, 2007

The American people are on our side

Posted by Abraham H. Foxman

The American-Israeli agenda these days is a very full one. The approaching Annapolis conference, the Iran nuclear issue, questions about US-Syrian relations, technological cooperation on speeding up anti-missile technology, and efforts to involve moderate Arabs in a more constructive way are among the many issues facing the two countries.

In light of this heavy agenda, as well as concerns over the impact of the books by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt and by Jimmy Carter attacking the American Jewish community, we at ADL thought it important to gauge American public opinion vis-à-vis Israel and Middle East issues. We've done so in a survey of 2,000 Americans conducted by our longtime pollster, The Marttila Communications Group.

The news overall, with some hiccups, is good and solid support for Israel, whether on questions of sympathy or on American interests. And, at least for now, the vast majority of Americans reject the notions about Jews and American Middle East policy purveyed by Mearsheimer and Walt.

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ahmed, Egypt: The total arab forces that fought against the jewish irregulars were 30,000 against more than 100,000 WWII veterans including 125 generals from superpowers, the outcome of the war was clear before the begining to anyone who has a mind to think! the Jews were the upper hand and still are. For me, an Egyptian, I can never understand how a people who suffered so much under the Nazis, inflict that much suffering on other people by killing and uprooting them from their land. There is a siginicant percentage of 800,000 refugees who were forced out by the Haganah, Sturn, and Argon.
Toby Schwartz, Queens, NY: Let's be clear - in the Balfour Declaration, the Palestinian state was JORDAN!!!! The world has a short memory and at the very least, WE should remember correctly. We should gather round our Israeli leaders and help them get out the truth. At the end of the day, the best solution for the future is cooperation and truth. Hashem should continue to bless us.
EGW: I forgot to say that the Arab "nakba" is the fact that they just "CAN'T" destroy the Jews, no matter how hard they try.

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