About a third of Israelis (36%) think there is no significant change between the administrations, and 11% believe the Biden administration is better for Israel.
The Israelis polled gave the US-Israel relationship a score of 6.46 out of 10, with only 35% evaluating it as good. This year’s score is the lowest it has been since before Trump was elected president. Last year, the score was 8.05 out of 10, with 67% calling it good.
A third (34%) of Israelis think Israel should focus on coalitions with Middle-Eastern countries to counter the Iranian threat, while 31% think Israel should focus on military action. Only 17% think it is worth supporting efforts to renew the Iran nuclear deal.
Following the US, Israelis rank Russia as the most important country for Israel’s foreign relations, followed by Germany, Great Britain, China, Egypt, France and Jordan.
Among foreign policy priorities for Israel, the public ranked coping with the climate crisis in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean highest, with an average score of 7.5 out of 10; 30% of the public gave this issue a score of 10/10.
Promoting peace with the Palestinians came in last place out of the issues listed, at 5.64.
Israelis were evenly split on the question of whether the government should invest in improving relations with democracies (43%) or should not take the kind of government into consideration (42%).
However, 64% oppose selling technology to regimes that violate human rights, as opposed to 12% who think such sales should be allowed.
A year after the Abraham Accords were signed, 34% think the agreements are a turning point for Israel’s acceptance in the Middle East, while 31% think Israel’s status has not changed significantly. The rest did not know.
Almost half (46%) of Israelis view the EU as adversarial to Israel, while only 24% view it as a friend.
Only 9% of Israelis think the government is handling Gaza well; 31% think Israel should try to bring the Palestinian Authority back in control of the Gaza Strip, while 22% think the international community should be enlisted for…
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