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Donald Trump’s speech to America’s largest pro-Israel lobby did not help his standing among Israelis, a new poll shows.

The March Peace Index, a monthly poll of Israeli attitudes by the Israel Democracy Institute think tank, showed that 40 percent of Israeli Jews thought Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton would be “better for Israel,” versus 30 percent for Trump, the Republican front-runner.

In addition, 43 percent of Israeli Jews feel Clinton would better serve American interests, as opposed to 24 percent for Trump.

The poll was taken from March 28 to 30, about a week after Trump addressed the national conference of AIPAC. His speech, which struck traditional pro-Israel notes, drew an enthusiastic response from the crowd amid scattered protests. Previously, Trump had said he would be “neutral” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israelis also favored Clinton over Trump before the AIPAC conference. A survey in early March by the Israeli news website Walla found that Israelis preferred Clinton to Trump by a margin of 38 to 23 percent. IDI’s February poll, however, found that 60 percent of Israelis believed a Trump administration would be friendly to Israel.

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  1. Searched for it on their site and this was far more interesting

    http://en.idi.org.il/about-idi/news-and-updates/66-of-jewish-public-it-is-a-commandment-to-kill-a-terrorist-who-comes-at-you-with-a-knife/

    66% of Jewish Public: ‘It Is a Commandment to Kill a Terrorist Who Comes At You with a Knife’
    Latest Peace Index shows Jewish Israelis agree Europe lacks ability to combat terror, but favor collaborating with Turkey to fight terrorism
    April 4, 2016

    The majority (66.5 percent) of the Jewish public agree that “it is a commandment to kill a terrorist who comes at you with a knife,” according to the latest Peace Index, published today by the Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research of the Israel Democracy Institute and the Evens Program for Mediation and Conflict Resolution at Tel Aviv University.

    Respondents were asked if they agreed with the above statement, made in early March (and later qualified) by the Chief Sephardic Rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef. When segmented by level of religiosity: 94% of ultra-Orthodox, 89.5% of religious, 68% of religious-traditional, 72% of nonreligious traditional, and 52% of secular Jews said they agree with Rabbi Yosef.

    This month’s survey focused on questions of local and worldwide terror, including how to fight it and with whom to collaborate against it. It also asked more questions about Israelis’ perspective on the US election.

    Terror and Human Rights: The Jewish public is divided on the question of whether to fight terror effectively one can ignore human and civil rights. Forty-nine percent agree that it is permissible to do so and 46% do not agree. On this question, there were large disparities between the political camps. Among those who define themselves as right-wing, 61% thinks one can ignore human and civil rights under conditions of fighting terror. On the left, only a small minority (18%) agrees. Some 90% of Arab Israeli disagree that human and civil rights can be ignored while fighting terror.

    Jewish vs. Palestinian Resilience: We asked: “If the current situation of violence continues, which of the two societies—Israeli or Palestinian—will in your assessment be able to withstand it longer?” The answers show that, in the Jewish public, the rate of those who see Israeli society as more resilient (62%) is vastly higher than the rate who view Palestinian society’s resilience as greater (5%).

    When this question was asked in May 2001, at the height of the Second Intifada, the corresponding rates were Israeli society more resilient (62%), Palestinian society (12%), both to the same extent (12%) and neither of them (7%).

    The Arab public sees it differently, seeing Palestinian society as more resilient (38%), Jewish society (17%), both to the same extent (21%) and neither of them (8%). This is in sharp contrast to the 2001 index, when 56% of Arab Israelis saw Palestinian society’s resilience as greater than that of the Israelis.

    Palestinian vs. Worldwide Terror: We asked: “After the latest terror attacks, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that worldwide terror and Palestinian terror are the same phenomenon and are fed by the same sources. Others claim that they are two different phenomena: worldwide terror is fed by radical Islam while Palestinian terror is fed by the desire to get free of the Israeli occupation. With which position do you agree more?” A clear majority of the Jewish public (64%) agrees with Netanyahu’s assertion that worldwide terror and Palestinian terror are fed by the same sources. Less than one-third (30%) agrees with the claim that these are two different phenomena. In contrast, among the Israeli Arab public, the majority opinion is the opposite: 65% thinks international terror and Palestinian terror are different phenomena.

    Europe’s (in)Ability to Fight Terror: The majority (69%) of the Jewish public and a large minority (47%) of the Arab public feels that European countries have an inability to fight terror effectively, though a large minority (47%) of the Jewish public feels that these sentiments should not be expressed publically for diplomatic reasons.

    Turkish and Israeli Collaboration: A large majority (63%) of Jewish Israelis favors Israeli-Turkish cooperation in the fight on terror. The Arab public, too, shows great interest (62%) in security cooperation with Turkey.

    At the same time, the Jewish public is divided on the question of whether to fight terror effectively Israel can or cannot rely only on itself: 48.5% think it can while 47% believe that it also needs the help of international actors.

    So the 11th commandment is – Though shalt kill a Terrorist Who Comes At You with a Knife.

  2. Israeli Jews are Gentile America’s most vicious enemy — all the more dangerous because they come packaged as a “friend” and “ally” by the Zionist Occupied Media and the Zionist Occupied Government.

  3. The Jews think that Clinton “will better serve the American interest”, I would say the Jews think that Clinton will better serve Israel’s interest. The Zionist Judaic Mafia who will keep us in never ending wars for the Zio boys.

  4. Hillary Clinton is a Zionist Bitch, she has been a career criminal for long time, ever since Bill was the governor of Arkansas. That is the kind of people the Jews want, a real criminal and a servant who they can manipulate more easily.
    Watch: “HILLARY CLINTON A CAREER CRIMINAL” on You Tube.

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