Public Opinion Polls: International Opinion Toward Israel
Rate your feelings towards Israel, with 100 meaning very warm, favorable feeling, 0 meaning a very cold, unfavorable feeling, and 50 meaning not particularly warm or cold. (Transatlantic Trends, June 2008)
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
USA | 60 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 62 |
France | 42 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
Germany | 41 | 45 | 47 | 42 | 47 |
United Kingdom | 45 | 47 | 44 | 42 | 45 |
Italy | 42 | 45 | 46 | 44 | 47 |
The Netherlands | 44 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 47 |
Poland | 31 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 38 |
Portugal | 35 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 40 |
Spain | 34 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 39 |
Slovakia | 34 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 39 |
Turkey | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 8 |
Bulgaria | 38 | 30 | 36 | ||
Romania | 51 | 43 | 41 |
How do you view Israel's influence in the world? (BBC World Service Poll, November 2006 - January, 2007)
Mainly Negative (%) | Mainly Positive (%) | |
United States | 33 | 41 |
Canada | 56 | 27 |
Mexico | 31 | 25 |
Chile | 57 | 17 |
Argentina | 41 | 12 |
Brazil | 72 | 9 |
Russia | 40 | 19 |
Italy | 58 | 18 |
Great Britain | 65 | 17 |
France | 66 | 17 |
Portugal | 60 | 12 |
Greece | 68 | 11 |
Germany | 77 | 10 |
Poland | 49 | 7 |
Hungary | 45 | 6 |
UAE | 73 | 7 |
Lebanon | 85 | 6 |
Egypt | 78 | 5 |
Turkey | 76 | 2 |
Nigeria | 31 | 45 |
Kenya | 37 | 38 |
India | 22 | 24 |
Philippines | 40 | 22 |
South Korea | 62 | 22 |
Australia | 68 | 16 |
Indonesia | 71 | 15 |
China | 57 | 15 |
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? - Suicide bombings, which kill innocent civilians, can be a legitimate form of political action. (Angus Reid Strategies / Maclean’s, September 22-October 6, 2006)
Agree | Disagree | |
---|---|---|
World | 18% | 82% |
Lebanon | 31% | 69% |
Saudi Arabia | 29% | 71% |
Egypt | 27% | 73% |
Japan | 22% | 78% |
Turkey | 21% | 79% |
Australia | 18% | 82% |
France | 17% | 83% |
South Africa | 16% | 84% |
Mexico | 16% | 84% |
Germany | 15% | 85% |
Spain | 14% | 86% |
Italy | 13% | 87% |
China | 13% | 87% |
South Korea | 13% | 87% |
Britain | 11% | 89% |
Russia | 10% | 90% |
Canada | 9% | 91% |
United States | 9% | 91% |
Israel | 8% | 93% |
Which one of the following countries do you think is the greatest threat to global stability? (Angus Reid Strategies / Maclean’s, September 22-October 6, 2006)
United States | 33% |
Iran | 18% |
China | 12% |
Israel | 12% |
Iraq | 11% |
North Korea | 9% |
Other Country | 5% |
Russia | 1% |
Which one of the following issues is the greatest threat to global stability? (Angus Reid Strategies / Maclean’s, September 22-October 6, 2006)
American Foreign Policy | 26% |
International Terrorism | 25% |
Islamic Extremism | 18% |
Poverty/Unemployment | 8% |
Global Warming | 6% |
Fundamentalist Governments | 4% |
The Rise of China | 3% |
Israeli Foreign Policy | 3% |
Globalization | 2% |
Iranian Foreign Policy | 2% |
HIV/AIDS | 2% |
Mideast Sympathies (Pew Research Center, 2007)
Israel | Palestinians | |
United States | 48% | 13% |
Germany | 37% | 18% |
Great Britain | 24% | 29% |
France | 38% | 38% |
Spain | 9% | 32% |
Russia | 21% | 16% |
China | 7% | 23% |
Japan | 25% | 29% |
India | 20% | 22% |
Nigeria | 29% | 35% |
Indonesia | 4% | 72% |
Egypt | 2% | 97% |
Jordan | 1% | 97% |
Turkey | 5% | 63% |
Pakistan | 6% | 59% |
Do you sympathize more with the Israelis or Palestinians? (Pew Global Attitudes)
Response | France | Germany | Britain | United States |
| 5/04 | 5/04 | 5/04 | 5/04 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Israelis | 20% | 24% | 22% | 46% |
Palestinians | 28% | 24% | 28% | 12% |
Neither | 52% | 52% | 50% | 42% |