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The Israel Factor 1.2015, Questionnaire

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February 1, 2015

Please rank the performance of the US administration on the following issues from 1 (very bad) to 5 (very good). Explain in one or two sentences the main reason for the grade you gave:

 

Issue

 

Working with the Israeli government *

 

Working with the Palestinian Authority

 

Balancing US interests in the Middle East

 

Battling ISIS

 

Advancing nuclear negotiations with Iran

 

* This question was asked before the decision by Netanyahu to speak in Congress on March 2015 and the ensuing political crisis.

 

Please rank the likelihood of the following scenarios from 1 (unlikely) to 5 (very likely):

Scenario

 

The US is going to support a UN mandated evacuation date for the West Bank before the end of Obama’s term in office

 

A crisis in US-Israel relations is to be expected when the US completes its negotiations with Iran

 

The US and Israel are about to clash over the sensitive nuclear issue because of differences related to the NPT Review Conference

 

The Obama administration will renew its effort to advance Israel-Palestine negotiations after the elections in Israel

 

 

 

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

 

Candidate

 

Hillary Clinton

 

Joe Biden

 

Chris Christie

 

Marco Rubio

 

Jeb Bush

 

Mitt Romney

 

Andrew Cuomo

 

Martin O'Malley

 

Elizabeth Warren

 

Brian Schweitzer

 

Rand Paul

 

Bobby Jindal

 

Ben Carson

 

Mike Pence

 

Ted Cruz

 

Rick Santorum

 

Scott Walker

 

Mike Huckabee

 

Rick Perry

 

John Kasich

 

Jim Webb

 

Bernie Sanders

 

 

* Ranked by less than 5 panelists.

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