Global Language Dictionary by Frank Luntz

Author:Frank Luntz
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: The Israel Project
Published: 2009-07-10T00:28:45+00:00

For instance, support for Israel’s right to defensible boarders drops from a heady 89% to under 60% when you talk about it in terms of 1967.

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Question A (blue bar)

Does Israel have a fundamental right to “defensible borders?”

Question B (red bar)

Does Israel have a right to “defensible borders” if it meant retaining control over some minimal territory captured in 1967?

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In fact, when you talk about land in terms of 1967, you can completely flip public sentiment against you. But if you call into question the danger of terrorists shooting down planes, you shore up support.

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Question A (blue bar) (Luntz National Survey, January 2009) Israel should return ALL of the land captured in 1967 regardless of security implications.

Question B (red bar) Israel should keep the hills around its airport so that terrorists can’t shoot rockets at its

airplanes.

A strong majority of Americans (58%) agree with the simple statement that Israel should give back the land it captured in 1967. And yet a similar majority (52%) would agree that Israel should keep some of that land in order to protect planes. Words matter.

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