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%