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News Briefs

Greek Nazis Increase Power in Sunday's Vote

By Jewish Press News Desk

Greece's neo-Nazi party Chryssi Avghi (Golden Dawn) won between 6.0 and 7.5% of the vote in Sunday’s elections, according to exit polls, European Jewish Press reports. Last month, Golden Dawn, riding a wave of anti-immigrant anger, received 6.97% of the vote, winning 21 seats in the 300-member Parliament. The head of Golden Dawn, Nikos Mihaloliakos, […]

US

Romney Gaining Momentum As Obama Struggles

By Solomon Burke

A week of setbacks for President Obama has the GOP excited about Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's chances to emerge victorious in November. Rasmussen's most recent poll has Romney leading Obama by one percentage point, which represents a five point swing from May 20, when Obama led Romney, 47%-43%.

Politics

Gallup: Obama Jewish Support at 64 Percent

By JTA

Gallup has started tracking Jewish voters for the 2012 presidential elections, and its findings are commensurate with other polling, with President Obama enjoying a 35 point lead over Mitt Romney. The poll of 576 Jews culled from the pollster's daily tracking of registered U.S. voters from April 11-June 5, found that Jewish voters favored Obama […]

Op-Eds

Jews Are Still Liberal, But Obama’s Losing Ground

By Jonathan S. Tobin

A poll conducted by the liberal Workmen’s Circle and published last week should reassure liberals that their views still predominate in the Jewish community, but it provided little comfort to those hoping President Obama can come anywhere near his 2008 share of the Jewish vote.

Israel

New Poll: Israeli Arabs, Jews Pessimistic About Prospects for Peace

By Jewish Press Staff Writer

In poll conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute in conjunction with Tel Aviv University, 90% of Israeli Arab respondents said that it was unsuitable for 'Hatikvah' "to serve as the national anthem of the State of Israel," compared to 80% of Israeli Jews said that it was suitable.

IDF & Security / Religion

New Poll Shows Ultra-Orthodox Increasingly Interested in Integrating

By Jewish Press Staff Writer

On the issue of ultra-Orthodox military service, 41% of those surveyed said they would be moderately or very interested in joining the Haredi IDF program, while 59% said they had either little or no interest. Still, the percentage of interest is substantially higher than the current annual rate of Haredi enlistment in the IDF.

Rubin Reports

Rubin Reports: What Do Egyptians Want? A Democratically Elected Islamist Dictatorship

By Barry Rubin

When asked whether they preferred to model Egypt on Saudi Arabia or Turkey regarding religion’s role in government, thy chose Saudi Arabia by a 61 to 17 percent margin. Note that Western pundits and experts keep insisting that there is some kind of Turkish model of moderate Islamism. Aside from the fact that Turks aren’t Arabs, this is a sign of the base of support for a fully sharia state.

News Briefs

Poll: 44% Support Kadima Entering the Coalition, But Only 5% Support Mofaz

By Jewish Press News Desk

More Israelis support the unexpected pact between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima Chairman Shaul Mofaz than reject it, according to a News 10 poll. The poll, conducted by "Proyekt Ha'Midgam" ("Sample Project"), found that 44% of the public support Kadima's joining the broad coalition government. The move was rejected by 37% and 18% did […]

News Briefs

Survey: 48 Percent of Gazans Blame Hamas for Fuel Crisis

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian news agency Ma'an reports that residents of the Gaza Strip mostly blame the Hamas government for their ongoing fuel crisis, according to a poll released on Saturday. According to a study conducted by the Arab World for Research & Development, 48 percent of Gazans hold Hamas responsible for the cutoff in fuel supplies […]

US

Poll: 78% of Republicans Support Israel versus 53% of Democrats

By Solomon Burke

The Republican Jewish Coalition: "Over the last dozen years of Gallup polling on this question, there has been a clear trend: Republican support for Israel has risen steadily, moving from 60% to a high of 85%, while Democrat support has been relatively flat, at around 50%."

US

Reuters Poll: Majority of Americans Back Strike Against Iran, Even if Gas Prices Were to Rise

By Solomon Burke

In response to the question of whether they would back US military action if it meant an increase in gasoline prices, a majority -53%- still expressed support for military action, while 42% said they would not.

Knesset Corner

Nationalist Camp Grows to 76 seats in Recent Poll, Likud Opens Big Lead with 39 Seats

By Jeremy Saltan

According to the poll, PM Netanyahu could form a coalition of 62 seats with Yisrael Beitenu, National Union and Jewish Home without the need for any ultra-orthodox or center-left parties.

Jewish

Israel-American Knesset Caucus Established

By Jewish Press Staff

Recent poll found that almost 90% of Israeli Jews believe that the American Jewish community is crucial to Israel's security and continued existence.

News Briefs

Likud Tops Recent Poll

By Jewish Press Staff

According to the poll, Kadima would plummet 17 Knesset seats if elections were held today.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VI

By Ruchama Feuerman

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