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Source: http://www.adl.org/anti_semitism/european_attitudes_april_2004.pdf
Survey Finds Decrease in European Sympathy for Israel and Palestinians
(ADL) - A survey of Attitudes Toward Jews, Israel, and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict in Ten European Countries by the Anti-Defamation League was released Monday in Berlin on the eve of an international conference on anti-Semitism convened by the OSCE. Only 23% of those surveyed view Israel favorably, while 34% say they view Israel unfavorably. 15% say they sympathize with the Israelis in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while 24% sympathize with the Palestinians. 59% of European respondents view the current Israeli government unfavorably, while 52% view the PA unfavorably. Only in Italy and the Netherlands do respondents sympathize more with the Israelis than with the Palestinians. The data indicates that attitudes toward Israel have gotten progressively worse in the last two years. At the same time, sympathy for the Palestinians declined from 32% to 24% since 2002.