Wednesday, 07 October 2020 _A new survey has revealed that Arab populations continue to overwhelmingly oppose the recognition of Israel and the establishment of ties with it, despite recent decisions by rulers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain to normalize with the Tel Aviv regime.
The 2019-2020 Arab Opinion Index was based on face-to-face interviews conducted with 28,000 individual respondents across 13 Arab countries, including Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt and Mauritania, between November 2019 and September 2020.
The result showed that the nations viewed Israel as the primary threat their country was facing.
When asked whether they would “support or oppose diplomatic recognition of Israel by your country” only respondents in Sudan and Saudi Arabia came in at less than 80 percent for “oppose,” at 79 percent and 65 percent respectively.
Even in the two countries that already recognize Israel – Jordan and Egypt – opposition was very high, at 93 percent and 85 percent, respectively.
Neither Emirati and Bahraini nationals nor citizens from Oman, whose country is believed to be next in line to normalize with Israel, were included in the survey.
Many respondents were also fearful of the United States, with the Sudanese ranking the country as the gravest threat to their own, at 37 percent.
Libya relinquishes presidency of Arab League
Meanwhile, Libya’s Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) has announced that it would not take over the current presidency of the Arab League.
The decision was made after the Palestinian Authority announced on September 22 that it had relinquished its right to hold the rotating presidency of the regional organization.
Palestine was protesting the League’s refusal to adopt a Palestinian-drafted resolution that would condemn the US-mediated normalization deals with Israel.
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