Just 4% of Israelis believe Obama is pro-Israel according to the latest poll from the Jerusalem Post. A majority of Israelis think that Obama is pro-Palestinian (51%). Could 96% of Israelis being wrong? I doubt it, but the impact will be the same regardless of whether it's true or not. As Ben Smith says, "This is a substantive obstacle to peace, as it means that Israeli leaders already disinclined to deal could pay a price at home for working too closely with the American president."

Obama's treatment of Israel has considerably undermined his ability to push the peace process forward. Rather than focus on achieving results, the left wanted, and Obama delivered, a process that would make a big show of creating "daylight" between Washington and Jerusalem. They got daylight, but they only made a bad situation worse. Bibi still can't thumb his nose at the president, but Obama's made it much easier for him to stall, delay, and even defy American demands.

Source: Weekly Standard

is based on the wild success the US has had in the peace process by being pro-Israel. What has being pro-Israel gained for the US?

the only civilized democracy in the entire Mideast toilet-bowl.

1. Israel has remained free and hosts the most successful of the palestinian population relative to all palestines in the region. Have you seen how well those palestines are treated in the arab states surrounding Israel? Go figure!

2. Israel, with usa backing, has taken far more "risks" in offering actual concessions to the arabs/palestinians (ie giving back the gaza strip to hamas) in hopes of securing peace. All they earned for their concessions is increased missle attacks from the same area they gave back.

3. Name for us just one instance in world history where a country, other than Israel, has freely given back territory won in war when their aggressors used that same land to unilaterallly attack Israel, but those same aggressors while accepting back the lost land, still refuse to promise not to attack Israel yet again from that same land?

4. The Arab/islan mideast is composed of some of the richest countries in the world thanks to oil. Yet their palestinian "brothers", who these same countries use as the excuse to isolate and hate Isreal, live in absolute poverty. Why so?

Are you really this stupid to ask such a question???

What has the US gained by being pro-Israel?

A staunch ally and the only civilized democracy in the entire Mideast toilet-bowl.

respect for diversity, choice, opportunity, and tolerance (acceptance) of all civilized peoples. Unity will only come about when individuals are held accountable and encouraged to use their voices to demand better options from their leaders. Those who do not have any freedom or fair representation are at greatest risk.

and an extension of our military power

withdrawing our support for Israel has emboldened Islamic terrorists and the states that support them

Wonder what percentage of Americans think obama is pro-America?

Just a thought. And then there are those of us who didn't

There's a pretty good chunk of centrists that voted for him, but wouldn't if they could do it over again.

because o is still mouthing his ability to pass his agenda. They centrists need to speak up and call their Congressmen now before it is too late.

why does Washington not get that MOST of the people are not set in one party? those that are Dems did not elect Obama just like those that are Rep didn't elect Bush. the independents did. most of America is in the center. the far left and the far right do NOT represent what the majority of americans want or feels. when either party starts going too far to the left or right...we Americans get pissed. Obama does believe in what he says and feels that he was given the green light because he won the election. People wanted change. that change was to go away from Bush policies...not to go towards socialism. If he and Pelosi and Reid don't get their heads out of the sand...they will be fired. At that point...we will have a Rep domination and that is not good either. can we not get politicians in office who listen to US and do what WE want and not look to make a career out of being a politician?

"the far left and the far right do NOT represent what the majority of americans want or feels. when either party starts going too far to the left or right...we Americans get pissed."

While I agree, why then does each party seem to elect fringe people to leadership positions? Pelosi, Reed, DeLay, Armie and people like that? That has always puzzled me. If you think of the political spectrum as a number line, with 0% at the far left and 100% at the far right, think of how much good might get accomplished if the Dems elected leadership who were at say 35% and the Reps elected leadership at say 65%. But no, that does not happen. Dems elect leaders at 10% or 15%, and Reps elect leaders at 85% or 90%, and thus very little ever gets accomplished. One problem is that the "big middle" spends most of its time going about its business, and less time yelling and screaming.