Poll: Israelis concerned about world standing

Nearly one out of every two Israelis thinks the country’s international standing is poor following Israel’s most serious crisis with the United States in decades, according to a poll published March 29.

Asked to define Israel’s international standing, only 14 percent said it was good, 37 percent called it reasonable, and more than 48 percent called it bad. The TNS/Teleseker survey questioned 500 people and had a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.

The March 29 Ma’ariv poll showed that more than 46 percent of Israelis still support a peace deal with the Palestinians that includes the return of almost all of the war-won territory in the West Bank.

Just under 39 percent said they were opposed to such a deal, and 15 percent did not respond. — ap