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Saturday, February 8, 2014

61% of public thinks Kerry threatened Israel




"If you like your Israel you can keep your Israel."


After taking much criticism in Israel over past week, Secretary of State John Kerry receives public backing from Comrade Barack Obama

A majority of Jewish Israelis — 61 percent — think U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry threatened Israel last weekend when he said that Israel may face boycotts and further delegitimization if the current peace negotiations with the Palestinians fail, an Israel Hayom-New Wave Research poll found.


Kerry was widely criticized in Israel this past week for his statements.

In the poll, only 20.9% of respondents said Kerry’s comments were made out of concern for Israel. Some 18.1% of respondents said they did not know what Kerry’s intentions were.

The poll was conducted on Wednesday, and the respondents were a random pool of 500 Jewish Hebrew speaking Israelis over the age of 18. There was a margin of error of 4.4%.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beytenu) on Friday called on critics of Kerry to tone down their rhetoric.

"We do not want to turn our friends into enemies," Lieberman said. "We do not agree with Kerry on everything, but he is a true friend of Israel and he is leading the process correctly."

Lieberman also had harsh words for Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett (Habayit Hayehudi), who had to apologize last week for critical comments he made about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

See more at Israel Hayom


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