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WASHINGTON ( JTA)—The gap between how Republicans and Democrats view Israel is widening, a Pew Research Center poll found. The poll posted Tuesday, Jan. 23 showed 79 percent of Republicans sympathize with Israel over the Palestinians whereas 27 percent of Democrats sympathize with Israel over the Palestinians. Pew said this was the widest divide since 1978. The poll showed that 42 percent of Independents sympathize with Israel more than Palestinians. The drop among Democrats was especially sharp in recent years; in April 2016, 43 percent of Democrats said they were likelier to sympathize with Israel. The rise among Republicans has also been sharp since 2001: In that year, 50 percent of Republicans said they sympathize more with Israel. This year’s poll showed 6 percent of Republicans sympathize with Palestinians more and 25 percent of Democrats sympathize with the Palestinians more. Overall, 46 percent of Americans sympathize more with Israel, about the same amount it has been since 1978. Differences were also sharp in how the respondents view Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Among Republicans, 52 percent view the Israeli leader favorably and 15 percent view him unfavorably. Among Democrats, it was 18 percent favorable and 39 percent unfavorable. With Independents, it was 31 percent favorable and 28 percent unfavorable. Netanyahu openly clashed with President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and has warmly welcomed the presidency of Donald Trump, a Republican. The telephone poll reached 1,503 adults between Jan. 10 and 15. The margins of error were 2.9 percentage points overall, 5.7 points for Republicans, 5.1 points for Democrats and 5 points for Independents.
WASHINGTON (JTA)—If partner countries helped crack down on Iranian missile violations, it could persuade President Donald Trump to sustain the Iran nuclear deal, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said. Nikki Haley made her remarks on Monday, Jan. 29 after leading a White House meeting of the 15-member U.N. Security Council and Trump. “They’re starting to realize, ‘If we don’t start talking about the violations, if we don’t call them out, then the U.S. is going to say this whole thing is a sham,’” Haley told the Associated Press, speaking of the other council members. Haley said that were other countries to focus on Iranian violations of Security Council resolutions on missile development and use, it could sway Trump to stay in the deal. If true, that would represent a significant shift in Trump’s approach to the 2015 deal, which has been to insist that it must be changed or the United States will pull out. Violations of existing Security Council resolutions on ballistic missile development were not part of the original deal, which was negotiated under President Barack Obama. The deal swaps sanctions relief for rollbacks in Iran’s nuclear program. At least three of the parties to the deal—France, Britain and Germany—have said they are willing to toughen sanctions on Iran outside the framework of the deal, including those targeting its missile development. Among other changes to the agreement, Trump has said previously that he wants Iranian missile development to trigger new sanctions. He also has said he wants to remove “sunset” clauses that lift some of the restrictions on Iran enriching fissile material in 10-15 years. Trump has until April to decide whether to keep the United States in the deal. At that point he must decide whether to continue to waive nuclear sanctions, as required by the pact. The Security Council delegation also toured the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, focusing on its exhibit recounting the atrocities committed during the ongoing Syrian civil war.
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Quotable Israeli teens sue BDS activists. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Jewish in Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Arielle Di Porto brings stories of Aliyah to Tidewater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Netanyahu and Putin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What’s Happening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Which terrorist is more of a threat?. . . . . . . . 10
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Jewish journalist confronts Trumps immigration advisers on their histories. . . 12
Mazel Tov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Trump and Kushner and the Mideast deal. . . 14 Mazel Tov special section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Who Knew?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 In Memoriam: Aharon Appelfeld. . . . . . . . . . 38
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