(Jewish Group) AJC Comparative Surveys of Israeli, U.S. Jews Show Some Serious Divisions

[MosheFeingold]

5. Well, they are literally my family

All but one of my brothers and sisters moved there, as did several of my children (and many of my grandchildren and great grandchildren are sabra).

To a person, they did not like Obama. The main complaint from the reasonable ones is he was seen as weak in the area. Note, being seen as weak is not the same as being weak, but seemingly weak people are bullied (even if they are not weak). To a degree this opinion is rational. The area is used to big-bully leaders. If you are not a big bully, you are seen as weak.

Obama was trying to be rational and even-tempered in a culture that speaks only in extremes.

The non-rational ones viewed him as "on the side" of Israel's enemies, particularly Iran.

Trump, they generally view as a buffoon, but a strong man with a temper and thus not to be trifled with. To a degree, this is also true. I'd be legitimately scared of Trump and would avoid sticking my head out, for fear he'd lash out irrationally.