American don’t like people who blow up buses full of civilians… shocker.
Via Times of Israel:
With just two days left before US President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that seven in 10 Americans would prefer to leave peace negotiations to the Israelis and Palestinians rather than see the US take a lead role in trying to resolve the conflict.
According to the survey, while 55% of Americans sympathize with Israel — vs. 9% who support the Palestinians — the majority of Americans would like to let the main protagonists in the conflict come to an agreement without the US at the helm.
Support for Israel was at a record high (66%) among the 65 and over age group.
Preference for the US not to take a leading role increased by 15 percentage points compared to the previous time the poll was conducted 11 years ago, at the height of the Second Intifada. In 2002, 42% of Americans felt the US should lead talks.
The poll found that there was agreement along partisan, ideological, and religious lines that the two sides should be left to handle negotiations themselves.