The Scottish poet Andrew Lang once wrote, “Most people use statistics like a drunk man uses a lamppost, more support than illumination.” It is tempting to use Pew Research Center findings on U.S. public opinion toward Israel in a similar way — to buttress a preconceived view rather than utilizing them to shed light on an open question. The common reaction to such data, both in the media and among the general Jewish public, is to be relatively pessimistic and emphasize the surveys’ revelation of negative trends. Yet in truth, an objective examination of the last two Pew surveys shows...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
