On Thursday, December 10, 2009 the New America Foundation’s Middle East Task Force hosted an event centered on its new national survey of Israeli public opinion. The NAF survey, conducted by Gerstein | Agne Strategic Communications, took place November 8-15, 2009 and examined several aspects of Israeli public opinion and thedynamics underlying the first year of the Obama and Netanyahu Administrations, ranging from attitudes toward President Obama and the relationship with the United States to the aspirations and fears that people have about a peace agreement with the Palestinians to the overall national mood and political landscape that set the context in which policy decisions in Israel are received by its citizens.
Among the results of the survey are indications that Israelis both have a much more nuanced and supportive view of President Obama as well as an openness to an American-sponsored final status agreement along the lines of the 2001 Taba Summit.
The panelists discussed a variety of topics related to the survey, ranging from Israeli security strategy to the prospect of a U.S. incentives-disincentives structure for the parties of the Middle East peace process.
A full summary of the event is available here.
