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The Israel Factor 02.2014, Questionnaire

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January 1, 2014

1.

 

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

Policy                                                                                         

Rank

The war in Syria

 

The advancement of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

 

Dealing with developments in Egypt

 

The Iran nuclear program

 

Handling relations with Turkey

 

Middle East policy in general

 

Foreign policy in general

 

 

 

2.

 

Thinking about the relations between the US and Israel, please rank the following statements from 1 (totally disagree) to 10 (totally agree):

‎

Statement

Rank

When it comes to the peace process, John Kerry is obsessive and messianic

 

Kerry manages to handle the peace process with sophistication and elegance

 

‎US-Israel differences on Iran are not as great as people might believe

 

American public opinion is showing highly troubling signs for Israel

 

Israel relies too much on Republican political support

 

‎Israel can no longer rely on Jewish American political support

 

Israelis' general dismal view of Obama’s Mideast policy has no good reason

 

 

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

 

Ted Cruz

 

Rick Santorum

 

John Thune

 

Scott Walker

 

Mike Huckabee

 

Rick Perry

 

John Kasich

 

John Hickenlooper

 

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