Donald Trump’s popularity has dropped markedly among Israelis since he assumed the presidency, according to a new poll.
On January 11 – nine days before his inauguration - 79 per cent of Israelis saw Donald Trump as being more pro-Israel than pro-Palestinian.
By contrast, in a new poll commissioned by the Jerusalem Post ahead of Mr Trump’s trip to Israel, that number dropped to 56 per cent. The Israeli paper has said it would commission another poll after the trip to ascertain how successful his visit was.
Although many Israeli right-wingers hailed Mr Trump’s election victory as a resounding win for the settlement enterprise, his noticeably lukewarm attitude towards further Israeli building in the West Bank has left many rethinking that view.