International views of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are much more negative than positive, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 24 countries conducted this spring.

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    3 days ago

    No one in power cares what average people think … even if it is an overwhelming majority of the population

    All these people in power care about is what rich wealthy people think and what corporate leaders and investors think

    It’s a world run on money … not on democratic consensus.

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      Not completely.

      It’s also that this data is incomplete and it’s a bad idea to draw all your conclusions from it.

      For example, in the US, the Jewish voting bloc is very real, substantial, and influential. Compare that to the percentage of nonvoters or even just non political people who have a negative opinion of Israel.

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        And I’d bet that a significant portion of that voting block also does not have a favourable view of israel, so uh what? Someone being jewish doesn’t mean they automatically agree with israels actions, unlike what israeli propaganda would like you to believe.

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          I agree with you. I bet a portion of Jewish people also have an unfavorable view of Israel right now.

          But it’s not the same as saying those people would agree to a candidate that says they would cut support to Israel or pledge their support for Palestine. It’s a spectrum, not either or.

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        2.4% of the population.

        If the much larger black or Hispanic or Asian communities rallied behind something, you flouting voting bloc conspiracies then too?