Israel has been one of America’s strongest allies for decades, and now that Donald Trump will be our next president, the people of Israel have delivered him a powerful message.
A new poll conducted by the Dialog polling firm on behalf of the Ruderman Family Foundation found that the vast majority of Israelis believe Trump will be a “pro-Israel president.”
From Times of Israel:
Trump has said he will seek to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, while statements by him and advisers have painted him as supporting or being willing to tolerate settlement building and recognize a unified Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, two issues on which the Benjamin Netanyahu government often clashed with US President Barack Obama over the last six years.
The poll found that 48% of Israelis believe there is no chance that Trump’s election will lead to a peace deal with the Palestinians, while another 47% said there is a “possible chance.”
On Trump’s promise to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, only 22% said they believe that there is a high probability he will make the move, while 49% said there is a “possible chance” and another 26% said there is no chance.
The head of the organization that conducted the poll believes that “Israelis are optimistic that President-elect Trump will be a friend of Israel while at the same time they are concerned about the growing incidents of anti-Semitism in the United States and its impact on the American Jewish community.”
While most Israelis are optimistic about Trump’s pro-Israel presidency, Hillary Clinton won the Jewish vote in 2016, which Ruderman said is a result of President Clinton’s strong relationship and recognition within Israel.
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