The study starts with two basic facts: First, looking at the whole sample of about 14,000 American adults, 59 ‎percent answer that they have more sympathy for Israelis and 16 percent say they have more sympathy for ‎Palestinians, a ratio of almost 4-to-1. Second, Newport finds that “religious Americans are significantly more ‎likely than less religious Americans to be sympathetic to the Israelis,” confirming what common sense already ‎tells us. ‎MORE