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The Israel Factor 11.2013, Questionnaire

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November 24, 2013

1.

Please mark the answer closest to your view on the following statements:

The Israeli government is right to be angry with the US administration over the Iran negotiations:

 

Yes

No

Not sure

 

 

 

 

It is better for Israel to have a Republican majority in both houses after the 2014 elections:

 

Yes

No

Not sure

 

 

 

 

The PEW study on US Jews has proved that Israel can no longer build on Jewish American support as it did in the past:

 

Yes

No

Not sure

 

 

 

 

John Kerry was right to warn Israelis of a possible “third Intifada”:

 

Yes

No

Not sure

 

 

 

 

2.

 

Please rank the Obama administration's policy on each of the following subjects, from 1 (very bad) to 10 (great):

 

Subject

Rank

Peace talks with the Palestinians

 

Handling relations with Israel

 

Efforts concerning the Iranian nuclear threat

 

Syria strategy

 

Policy toward Egypt's government

 

 

 

3. Looking ahead for 2016, please rank the following presidential candidates on scale of 1 (bad for Israel) to 10 (good for Israel). You can skip the candidates you don't deem viable or don't have a way of ranking:

 

Candidate

 

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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