Americans’ sympathy for Israel in the Middle East crisis has dropped 11 percentage points since the 1967 Six-Day War, while Arab support remains minimal and those taking neither side have increased 7 percentage points. These are the results of a new Gallup poll, based on Interviews with 1538 adults during February 27-March 2. Israeli support declined from 55 to 44 percent, Arab support slipped from 4 to 3 percent, and neutrality rose from 25 to 32 percent. Even with this last figure, far more–58 percent–wanted the United States to stay neutral in the crisis, against 41 percent in June 1967; 13 percent wanted non-military U.S. aid to Israel, down 3 points; 10 percent favored some kind of negotiations, down 4 percent; 2 percent recommended a United Nations decision, down 9 percent; 1 percent favored sending U.S. troops to Israel, down 4 percent; and 1 percent backed U.S. support of the Arabs, up from “less than one-half of 1 percent.”
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