Tel-Chai Nation

Here's why I'm always pleased to read Allahpundit's entries on Hot Air: as The Jerusalem Post reports, public opinion on what the Orwellian crowd insists on calling "palestinians" is now falling with a big thud in Europe:

New public opinion surveys conducted among "opinion elites" in Europe show that support for the Palestinians has fallen precipitously, according to a leading international pollster, Stan Greenberg, who has been briefing Israeli leaders on his findings in the past few days. There has not necessarily been "a rush to Israel" but there has been a "crash" in backing for the Palestinians, he noted.

Greenberg, a key pollster for president Clinton who also worked with former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, conducted the surveys for the Israel Project, a US-based non-profit organization devoted to educating the press and the public about Israel.

Greenberg told The Jerusalem Post that the shifts in attitudes reflected in the surveys were so dramatic that he "redid" some of the polls to ensure there had been no error.

He singled out France as the country where attitudes had changed most dramatically. Three years ago, 60 percent of French respondents said they took a side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and of that 60%, four out of five backed the Palestinians. Today, by contrast, 60% of French respondents did not take a side in the conflict, and support for the Palestinians had dropped by half among those who did express a preference.

Greenberg said the figures were still being finalized, and so did not go into further details. But shifts such as these, he said, represented "an incredible pace of change," with significant consequences.

Until recently, he said, "It was hard for Israel to communicate its interests in its own name" in Europe. "It was hard for Israel to be heard. Nowadays, it is heard on its own interests, such as Iran and Hamas." Much of the "old sense of hostility," had dissipated, he said.

Isn't that something! Even a leftist like Greenberg has to admit that Europeans are simply tired of the Arabs of Judea. Particularly in France, where they have the worst of the lot.

This may also be another sign on how Europe's citizenry would appreciate it very much if a Constitution similar to the US's could be gained for many of the countries there.

Others glad to read the news include Reality and Sanity, IRIS Blog, MaxConservative, Inoperable Terran.