[Peace-discuss] On Israeli Settlement Freeze, Public Has Obama's Back

[Robert Naiman]

There have been hints in the press that the Obama Administration has
been considering conditioning U.S. aid to Israel on a real freeze of
Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank. There's a conventional
wisdom that suggests that doing this would touch a "third rail of
politics." But the conventional wisdom might not have been accurate;
if it once was accurate, it might not be accurate any more.

WorldPublicOpinion.org has just released a poll showing that
three-quarters of Americans oppose Israeli settlement expansion in the
West Bank. This number is up 23 points from 2002.

Even among respondents who say they sympathize with Israel more than
the Palestinians, 64% say Israel should not build settlements in the
West Bank.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/on-israeli-settlement-fre_b_194751.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/1/16023/82798

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Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
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