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Poll: Support for Israel Sustained, Modest Sympathy for Arabs,
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
A survey of public opinion
in the United States finds
that while there has not
been "any substantial dam-
age" to the support of Israel
by Americans as a result of
Israel's invasion of Leba-
non, there has been "a mod-
est increase in sympathy"
for the Arabs and in particu-
lar for the Palestinians.
At the same time, the
study finds that Americans
view Premier Menahem
Begin much more unfavor-
ably than they do Israel.
The study, "American
Public Opinion and U.S.
Foreign Policy 1983," was
conducted by the Gallup
organization for the
Chicago Council on Foreign
Relations between Oct. 29
and Nov. 6, 1982. It is sum-
marized in the spring issue
of 'the quarterly, Foreign
Policy, by John Reilly,
president of the- Chicago
Council.
At a breakfast meeting
with reporters, Reilly
said he was "surprised"
that the report showed no
"erosion of support" for
Israel since the study was
made just after Israel's
invasion of Lebanon and
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after the massacre at the
Palestinian refugee
camps in Beirut. But he
said in all areas of U.S.
foreign policy, the survey
found Americans want a
"continuation" of past
policy.
The survey is based on a
nationwide sample of 1,547
adults plus personal and
telephone interviews with
341 prominent persons from
government, international
business, labor, academia,
religious institutions, pri-
vate foreign policy organ-
izations and special interest
groups.
When the poll asked the
question about "Israel's re-
cent actions in Lebanon," 55
percent of the public r-
sponded that they disap-
proved while 21 percent ap-
proved. Among the leader-
ship group, 68 percent dis-
approved, and 27 percent
approved.
The survey showed that
48 percent of the public ap-
proved of President
Reagan's peace initiative
while 21 percent did not.
Among the public, 17 per-
cent believe aid to Israel
should be decreased and 16
percent want it stopped al-
together. Among the lead-
ers, 25 percent want to de-
crease or stop aid.
Forty-eight percent of
the public said they sym-
pathize more with Israel
'
than they do with the
Arabs while 17 percent
said they sympathize
more with the Arabs.
Reilly, in the Council re-
port, noted that ' various
Gallup polls showed sym-
pathy for Israel dropped
after the Lebanese invasion
in June to an all time low of
32 percent in September.
But by the time the council
survey was taken, it was
back to where it had been
before the operation in
Lebanon.
Reilly also noted that
while sympathy for Arabs
rose to 28 percent last Sep-
tember, by the time the
council survey was taken in
November, it was 17 per-
cent, which was still higher
than the 10-14 percent it
had been before last June.
However, "while the pub-
lic syrhpathized with Israel
over the Arabs by 48 per-
cent to 17 percent, they sup-
ported Israel over the Pales-
tinians by a lesser margin,
40 percent to 17 percent,"
the Council report said.
"Opinion leaders were even
more sensitive to the dif-
ference in terminology.
Their support for Israel over
the Arabs (51-19 percent)
dropped to 42-26 for Israel
over the Palestinians."
The survey also asked
the public respondents to
give a thermometer
rating of how they felt
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about various countries,
with 50 degrees being
neutral and anything
above being warm and
below cool. Israel was
rated at 55 degrees, the
same as Italy. It had been
rated 61 degrees when
the council took its last
survey in 1978.
The countries rated above
Israel were West Germany,
59 degrees; Mexico and
France, 60; Great Britain,
68; and Canada, 74. Among-
the Arab countries, Egypt
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and Saudi Arabia were
Those rated above Begin
rated at 52 degrees; Jordan were Pope John II, 70 de-
at 47; and Syria at 42.
grees; British Prime Minis-
When the question was ter Margaret Thatcher, 61;
asked about political lead - Cand'dian Prime Minister
ers, Begin was rated at an Pierre Elliott Trudeau and
unfavorable 45 degrees; 12 Secretary of State George
degrees below the favorable Shultz both 55, President
rating he received in 1978. Reagan, former President
But he was above former Carter, former Secretary of
President Nixon, 38 de- State Henry Kissinger, and
grees; the late Soviet leader UN Ambassador Jeane
Leonid Brezhnev, 31 ; PLO Kirkpatrick, all at 45; Sen.
leader Yasir Arafat, 28; and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)
the Ayatollah Khomeini, and French President Fran-
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Israel's main friend
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because for the first time he
headed a list which included
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