Reader jeanll posted a link to a recent poll of American Jews about their views on Israel. The results were very interesting. I summarize them here:

1. A large majority of American Jews are not in favour of Israel's settlement policy in the West Bank. That majority includes secular Jews and practicing conservative Jews.

2. There is only one segment of America's Jews that is in favour of Israel's settlement policy: Jewish fundamentalists, ie Orthodox Jews. Interestingly, they are joined in their support for the policy by American Christian fundamentalists, who are even more in favour of the policy than Orthodox Jews! (There are about 600,000 Orthodox Jews in the US, and about 90 million Christian fundamentalists.)

3. Among American Jews as a whole, support for Israel matters but it's not a high priority in their lives.

4. No segment of the American Jewish population, including Orthodox Jews, believes the Israeli government is negotiating with the Palestinians in good faith.