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A New Zogby Poll on Domestic Attitudes Toward Obama's Middle East Policy

By AAI
AAI
Posted on Thursday May 14, 2009

American Perceptions of an Arab-Israeli Peace:
A New Zogby Poll on Domestic Attitudes Toward Obama’s Middle East Policy

On Monday, President Obama sits down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, beginning an intense two week engagement with Middle East leaders. The new release of a Zogby Interactive survey offers critical insight to the undercurrents running through the political landscape here in the United States.

The poll indicates that majorities share the President’s goals and will support his efforts to press both parties for peace. But it also reveals a deep partisan divide, with voters who supported the President overwhelmingly supporting a “get tough” policy to stop settlements and achieve a two-state solution to the conflict.

Commentators
John Zogby
President and CEO, Zogby International
Author, The Way We’ll Be: The Transformation of the American Dream

James Zogby
President, Arab American Institute
Author, What Arabs Think: Values, Belief, and Concerns

Respondent
Amjad Atalllah
Director, Middle East Task Force, New America Foundation

Moderator
Farah Stockman
Foreign Affairs Reporter, Boston Globe

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