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The Israel Factor 8.2013, Questionnaire

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September 3, 2013

Israel Factor 8.2013, Questionnaire

 

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

 

Trying to promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

 

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

 

Advancing the effort to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons

 

Handling relations with Turkey

 

 

 

2.

 

Thinking about Secretary of State John Kerry, and comparing him to some of his predecessors (Clinton, Rice, Powel, Albright), please rank the following statements from 1 (completely false) to 10 (completely true):

Statement

Rank

Kerry believes more than other Secretaries of State that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is strategically important for the US

 

Kerry seems like he knows what he is doing with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

 

Kerry has a good chance to succeed in getting Israel and the Palestinians closer to a peace agreement or even achieving one

 

Kerry is more naïve about the peace process than most of his predecessors

 

Kerry gets Israel better than his predecessors

 

Kerry is on a collision course with the Israeli government

 

Kerry is the most promising Secretary since James Baker

 

Kerry is the worst Secretary for Israel since James Baker

 

 

3.

 

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