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The Israel Factor 6.2013, Questionnaire

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June 4, 2013

1. Please rank the Obama administration’s policy on the following topics from 1 (terrible policy) to 10 (great policy):

 

Policy

Rank

Refraining from more intensive intervention in Syria

 

Attempting to actively promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

 

Dealing with developments in Egypt and handling relations with the Egyptian government

 

Advancing the effort to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons

 

Handling relations with Turkey

 

 

 

2. Exactly a year ago, we asked the panel to answer the following question. We would like to ask you to take a look at it again and answer: please rank the following institutions from 1 (very bad for Israel) to 10 (great for Israel):

 

Institution

Rank

AIPAC

 

J ‎Street

 

Democratic ‎Party

 

Republican ‎Party

 

Congress

 

The Obama ‎administration

 

 

 

3. Looking ahead to 2016, please rank the following presidential candidates on scale of 1 (very bad for Israel) to 10 (great for Israel)

 

Candidate

Rank

Hillary Clinton

 

Joe Biden

 

Chris Christie

 

Marco Rubio

 

Paul Ryan

 

Jeb Bush

 

Janet Napolitano

 

Andrew Cuomo

 

Martin O'Malley

 

Deval Patrick *

 

Cory Booker

 

Elizabeth Warren

 

Mark Warner *

 

Brian Schweitzer *

 

Kirsten Gillibrand

 

Rand Paul

 

Bobby Jindal *

 

Susana Martinez *

 

Amy Klobuschar *

 

Howard Dean

 

Antonio Villaraigosa

 

Mike Pence *

 

Eric Cantor

 

Ted Cruz *

 

Jon Huntsman *

 

Rick Santorum

 

John Thune *

 

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