Tuesday, 02 March 2010 13:15
Written by John Hellein
You may have heard of the recent Gallup Poll that found that support for the nation of Israel among Americans is at a 20-year high right now. IsraelMatzav points out a Shmuel Rosner JPost blog on the topic. A comment by Igor at that blog (first comment) observes (my emphasis):
1.In foreign policy, Democrats have generally a more positive view towards other countries than Republicans. The only exception is Israel; and
2.Young generations generally view other countries more positive than the older ones. Again, the only exception is Israel.
Israel has been set apart by the God of Israel from the rest of the nations of the earth (Numbers 23.9) and they cause polarization among the nations between those who fear God and those who are the enemies of God. This is true for all political affiliations and I do not mean for you to infer from this post that Republicans are somehow the "party of God". If the poll accurately reflects reality, it would seem that there is more of a remnant of the fear of God among Republicans than is measured amond Democrats.
For me, the more potentiaqlly troubling fact is that the younger generation in the US rate Israel lower (but still 63% positive) than the older generations. Hopefully, this is not an ongoing trend that reflects a growing negative attitude toward Israel among the US population. As Igor notes in his comment, that poll result may have more to do with the tendancy of the younger generation to have misplaced sympathies. The Arabs in Judea and Samaria, after all, have done their best to portray themselves as Palestinian victims.
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