DTN News: Israel TODAY June 20, 2009 - Jerusalem Post Poll Published Israelis View President Barack Obama As Pro-Palestinian
*Source: DTN News
(NSI News Source Info) JERUSALEM, Israel - June 20, 2009: West Bank Jewish settlement of Elazar, about 20 kms south of Jerusalem, on June 19, 2009. Israelis increasingly view US President Barack Obama as pro-Palestinian as Washington has begun ramping up pressure on the Jewish state to halt settlement growth, according to a poll published in the Jerusalem Post. Only six percent of Israelis view the newly elected president as pro-Israel, while 50 percent believe he is pro-Palestinian and 36 percent see him as neutral, according to the poll.
A couple walks next to sign hung by an extremist right wing group depicting US President Barack Obama wearing a traditional Arab headdress, next to the settlement of Efrat, seen in the background, in the West Bank, Friday, June 19, 2009. A new poll shows 50 percent of Israeli Jews see President Barack Obama's administration as pro-Palestinian and only 6 percent see it as pro-Israel.
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