Many Latinos see U.S. bias toward Israel, poll shows

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"Nearly half of Latinos believe that the United States is "too supportive" of Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a new poll shows.

That was among the findings of a poll released this week by the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding showing broad disparities between the American Jewish and Latino communities when it comes to U.S. involvement in the peace process.

The poll shows that 48.1 percent of Latinos believe the United States is "too supportive" of Israel, while only 14.8 percent of Jewish respondents believed that to be true.

Among Latinos, 18.6 percent described the United States as "not supportive enough" and 55.6 percent of Jews adopted that position. Those who answered the "right level" were 21.7 percent among Latinos and 26.5 percent among Jews.

Asked with which side they sympathized more, 34 percent of Latinos said Israel, as opposed to 77 percent of Jews, and 21.3 of Latinos said the Palestinians, as opposed to 10.9 percent of Jews.

Small percentages in both populations said "neither" or "both," and 28.2 percent of Latinos did not know or would not respond, as opposed to 3.3 percent of Jews."

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/03/30/3086626/disparities-between-jews-latinos-on-israel

As a Latino, while I agree with the majority in that poll, it still is of no political consequences as both parties are pro Israel and will always fashion American foreign policy in its favor.

A new national survey finds more than half of America’s Jews and Latinos believe anti-Semitism exists within the Latino community.

The study, commissioned by The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (www.ffeu.org) and conducted by Latin Insights, also finds nearly half of all Latinos believe US foreign policy is too supportive of Israel.

The survey, commissioned by the FFEU, found both American Jews and Latinos perceive anti-Semitism within the Latino community. Fifty-eight percent of Jews believe such bias exists, and 46% of the Latinos concur.

A strong majority of both groups support immigration-friendly legislation and positively view the role in US society of newcomers; however, 68% of the Latinos oppose the recent controversial immigration laws adopted in Arizona, while 54% of the Jews favor that legislation

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