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The Israel Factor 10.2012, Questionnaire

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October 29, 2012

As we near the end of the Obama-Romney campaign, please rank the supposed policies of the two prospective administrations on the following Israel-related matters from 1 (policies totally disadvantageous to Israel) to 10 (policies totally advantageous to Israel):

Topic / policy

Obama

Romney

Policy toward Iran

 

 

Policy toward Syria

 

 

Policy on Arab Spring

 

 

Approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace process

 

 

Relations with Israel

 

 

Policy toward Egypt

 

 

 

On a scale of 1 (poor candidate) to 10 (great candidate), please rank the following candidates for secretary of state in the next Obama (O) or Romney (R) administration:

Tom Donilon (O)

 

John Kerry (O)

 

Ambassador Susan Rice (O)

 

Ambassador William Burns (O)

 

Robert Zoellick (R)

 

Joe Lieberman (R)

 

David Petraeus (R)

 

Rob Portman (R)

 

Jon Huntsman (R)

 

 

Looking ahead for 2012, please rank the following presidential candidates on scale of 1 (bad for Israel) to 10 (good for Israel):

Barack Obama

 

Mitt Romney

 

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