Arab Spring failure colors perceptions of Gaza conflict As the conflict in Gaza enters its third week, polls show most Americans are still supportive of Israel — in part, analysts say, because of the Arab Spring’s failures to spread democracy, the New York Times reports: A CNN/ORC International poll found that a majority of Americans — 57 percent — believe that Israel’s military actions in Gaza are justified, with only four in 10 saying that Israel has used too much force. The poll, conducted Friday through Sunday, echoed a similar one conducted earlier during the latest conflict — July 8 to 14 — in which the Pew Research Center found that 51 percent of Americans sympathized with Israel, compared with 14 percent who sympathized with the Palestinians. Americans perceive Israelis “more or less the way they perceive themselves, as a democratic entity,” said Aaron David Miller, a former American Middle East adviser in Republican and Democratic administrations.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:18:33 +0000
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