Only 6 percent of Jewish Israelis consider the views of American President Barack Obama's administration pro-Israel, according to a Smith Research poll sponsored by the Jerusalem Post, which reported the results. 50% of those sampled consider the policies of Obama's administration more pro-Palestinian than pro-Israeli, and 36% said the policies were neutral. 8% did not express an opinion.
The poll, with a margin of error of 4.5%, was conducted among a representative sample of 500 Israeli Jewish adults this week, following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech in which he expressed his support for a demilitarized Palestinian state and after Obama's Cairo speech. The results contrasted sharply to the previous poll published May 17, on the eve of the meeting between Netanyahu and Obama at the White House, in which 31% considered the Obama administration pro-Israel, 14% considered it pro-Palestinian and 40% said it was neutral.
A massive majority of Israeli support continued growth within large settlement blocs, a position that the Obama Administration has explicitly opposed. 69% of Israel want building to continue there, as opposed to 23%, who said it should be stopped.
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