ISRAEL LOSES OUT IN ‘POPULARITY POLL’

March 7, 2011 at 10:52 (Israel)

(Just waiting for the ADL to call the voters ‘you know what’)  😉

The order of popularity of the 16 countries, based on 27 countries that were surveyed, was Germany, UK, Japan, Canada, France, U.S., Brazil, China, South Africa, India, South Korea, Russia, Israel, Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran.


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Israel grouped with Iran, North Korea as world’s least popular countries

BBC poll surveying 27 countries shows that Israel is viewed as having a negative influence in the world; negative opinions in U.S. and U.K. increased over past year.

A poll conducted by the BBC revealed Tuesday that Israel is one of the most negatively viewed countries in the world, ranking at the bottom of the chart along with Iran, North Korea and Pakistan.

In 2011, 22 out of 27 countries leaned toward a negative view of Israel, headed by Egypt, Turkey, and Indonesia. The countries which had the most positive view of Israel were the United States, Russia, Ghana, and China.

Participants were asked in a questionnaire, “Please tell me if you think each of the following countries is having a mainly positive or mainly negative influence in the world,” giving the options “mainly positive, mainly negative, depends” and “neutral.”

The order of popularity of the 16 countries, based on 27 countries that were surveyed, was Germany, UK, Japan, Canada, France, U.S., Brazil, China, South Africa, India, South Korea, Russia, Israel, Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran.

Despite Israel’s extremely low ranking, it has actually made a slight improvement in its world standing since 2010, and a more significant improvement since 2007. According to the poll, positive views of Israel increased by 2% while negative views remained mostly same as in 2010.

However, while positive ratings by the U.S. have remained stable in the poll since 2010 at about 43%, many more Americans chose to rate Israel negatively in 2011, marking an increase of 10% since 2010.

Moreover, negative perceptions of Israel grew stronger in Britain, Canada, Indonesia, Australia, Portugal, Spain, and Kenya.

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12 Comments

  1. spirittoo said,

    March 7, 2011 at 17:57

    The US should be down toward the bottom … the US government is just as dirty as Israeli government. Both should be at the very bottom. Makes me think the poll was rigged.

  2. Richard said,

    March 7, 2011 at 18:28

    In the US the answer will depend on whether the response must be given in public or in private. If only for business reasons most Americans cannot afford to be called anti-Semitic for disagreeing with Israeli government policies.

  3. Jay said,

    March 7, 2011 at 19:06

    Israel will just blame it on the “anti-semitics” and not on their apartheid actions as usually!

  4. StructuralEngineer said,

    March 7, 2011 at 20:06

    ahhhh, the people of the world have begun to get a clue.

    Peace

  5. josh said,

    March 7, 2011 at 20:16

    THe US government (and by proxy the people)is a puppet of ISrael. They need to be grouped together. They are the reason for all the worlds problems. THey are the main puppets of the Rothchild’s who own half of the worlds wealth or more.
    Reality and truth is useless when people are insane and distracted. The BBC could not publish the whole truth if it dared.

  6. Geltmeister said,

    March 7, 2011 at 20:41

    Whaaaaaahh Waahhhh waaahhhh waaaahhhh. Nobody loves genocidal, racist, thieves, liars and murderers anymore. Waaah Whaaaaaaa.

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  8. Tatiana Covington said,

    March 8, 2011 at 00:53

    What a tiresome bore Israel has become. Them and their ridiculous delusional system about being favored by god. One word: Holocaust.

    There are no chosen people. There is no promised land. There is no covenant.

  9. Luath said,

    March 8, 2011 at 03:47

    Well, then get a clue, Israel! Maybe if popularity is more important, you will stop killing Palestinians…..but I suspect being right is more important than being popular.

  10. Feroze Mithiborwala said,

    March 8, 2011 at 13:19

    The tide of global public opinion is growing & is now unstoppable. The Zionist Regime & the majortity of the racist population that support the Occupation & the daily wars & killings, need to see the writing on the Apartheid Wall now.

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