A clear majority of Israelis favor the re-election of US President Donald Trump come November's presidential elections, a new poll conducted for i24NEWS showed Monday night.
The survey, conducted by Shlomo Filber and Tzuriel Sharon of Direct Polls, was held digitally on Oct. 6, among 519 adults aged 18 and over representing a cross-section of Israel society.
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Answering the question, "Which US presidential candidate do you think will be better for Israel?" 63.3% of respondents chose the Republican leader.
In contrast, Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden came up with a mere 18.8%.
Moreover, 53.2% said they think the Israeli right will be significantly harmed if Trump is not re-elected. A little over 21% replied that "Israel acts independently," therefore won't be influenced by a change in the White House.
Almost half of Israelis (48.2%) said they think that US Jews are "mistaken" to support the Democratic Party, versus 35.5% who thought they were "correct" in doing so.
On the question of whether a rift has grown between American Jewry and the State of Israel in recent years, 47% replied that it can be mended, 35.3% said there's "no rift, only debate," and 12.4% answered the rift cannot be mended.
Some 48% of Israeli said they are "extremely interested" in the events leading up to the US presidential elections with close to 40 % stressing they are "somewhat interested."
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In addition, a little over half of the respondents (50.9%) said they believe that US-Israel ties will be harmed if Biden is elected, versus 43.5% who said that relations won't be harmed.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
