Divided yet United: Israeli-jewish Attitudes Toward the Oslo Process

Hermann, Tamar; Yuchtman‐Yaar, Ephraim

doi:10.1177/0022343302039005006

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“…We also suggest that the mass public will be divided in its views of the foreign leader based on political orientation. Several studies extend the finding that mass foreign policy beliefs are well-structured to publics outside the United States (Hermann and Yuchtman-Yaar 2002;Hurwitz, Peffley, and Seligson 1993;Jenkins-Smith, Mitchell, and Heron 2004). Structure varies across countries, but in general, members of the public can be categorized as positively oriented towards the foreign leader, negatively oriented, or undecided.…”

Section: Conditional Effects Of Public Diplomacymentioning

confidence: 73%

Spinning the Globe? U.S. Public Diplomacy and Foreign Public Opinion

Goldsmith¹,

Horiuchi

2009

The Journal of Politics

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Global public opinion has emerged as a prominent issue in international relations. But have U.S. public diplomacy efforts during the post-9/11 period successfully improved foreign publics' appraisals of U.S. foreign policy? We examine this question by estimating the effects of U.S. high-level visits to foreign countries on public opinion in those countries. We base our theoretical arguments on the political communication literature, but extend them to consider transnational dynamics in international relations. Specifically, we argue that U.S. leaders' credibility in the eyes of foreign publics is critical in shaping attitudes toward U.S. foreign policy. Empirically, we show that the effects of such visits were initially significantly large and positive, but weakened once the war in Iraq began and international media started reporting negative aspects of the ''war on terror.'' Most interestingly, we find some evidence that high-level visits eventually exhibited a backlash effect.

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Section: Conditional Effects Of Public Diplomacymentioning

confidence: 73%

Spinning the Globe? U.S. Public Diplomacy and Foreign Public Opinion

Goldsmith¹,

Horiuchi

2009

The Journal of Politics

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“…Another question that might be raised regarding the use of ideological orientation as an independent variable in our study is whether this variable is distinct from our dependent variable of opinions regarding peace, given the strong relationship between the two that we and others (Arian, 1995;Hermann & Yuchtman-Yaar, 2002) have observed. As noted above, we believe that the hawkish-dovish dimension represents a stable core aspect of political ideology that parallels other societies, whereas opinions about peace represent a peripheral aspect that is unique to the Israeli context (Jost et al, 2003).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…An empirical study of Israelis' opinions about peace during the 1990s and up until 2001 found that while the gap between hawks and doves remained relatively stable over the years, there were also considerable changes over time in the opinions of each group, usually related to salient events and developments in the conflict (Hermann & Yuchtman-Yaar, 2002). This suggests that Israelis' opinions about peace are comprised of two components: one relatively stable that relates to core ideological orientations, and the other more variable and responsive to environmental events.…”

Section: Ideological Orientation Opinions About Peace and Terror Atmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All Peace Index polls include several fixed questions regarding support for and belief in the peace process between Israel and the Arab world in general and particularly support for the Oslo Accords, which are interim peace agreements between Israel and the Palestinians. Our aim in the current study was not to examine long-term changes in the Peace Index measures, which have been reported elsewhere (Hermann & Yuchtman-Yaar, 2002). Our focus is on the short term effects of terror attacks on the Peace Index measures, as compared to measures taken within the same period of time, but not in proximity to terror attacks.…”

Section: The Present Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ideological orientation and social context as moderators of the effect of terrorism: The case of Israeli‐Jewish public opinion regarding peace

Sharvit

Bar‐Tal

Raviv

et al. 2009

Euro J Social Psych

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The study investigated the effect of severe terror attacks on Israeli-Jewish public opinion regarding peace in a context of progress toward peace (1994)(1995)(1996)(1997) compared to a context of conflict escalation (2001)(2002). We hypothesized that ideological orientations supporting peace (doves) or opposing it (hawks), as well as the social context in which terror occurs, would moderate its effects. We used the database of Peace Index polls, administered monthly to representative samples of Israeli Jews. Polls pose three recurring questions regarding peace. We selected eight polls conducted within a week or less following a severe terror attack, and matched each to a ''control'' poll, taken at the nearest available time and not preceded by terror. Findings showed that during the 1990s, hawks' opinions regarding peace became less favorable following terror, whereas doves exhibited minimal opinion change. During 2001-2002, however, doves' opinions regarding peace became less favorable following terror, whereas hawks' support for peace increased while their belief in peace did not change. This suggests that the effect of terror on opinions regarding peace varies according to ideological orientations and the transitional context in which terror occurs, implying that contextual factors from multiple levels may interact to affect individuals' opinions.

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“…Very little work has been done in this area. Hermann and Yuchtman-Yaar (2002) introduce a time dimension to the study of Israeli public opinion, using a longitudinal survey. The authors make use of a peace index conducted by the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, which will also be used in this paper.…”

Section: Public Opinion Formation and Rationalitymentioning

confidence: 99%