Posted on 12/23/2015 11:42:05 AM PST by SJackson
Obama is not popular in either country, but to put it in positive terms, the U.S. President is a tiny bit more popular with Iranians than with Israelis.
Israelis can't stand President Barack Obama even more than Iranians can do without him, but they like German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the most popular world leader, a new survey reveals.
The poll in Israel was part of an international survey of 65 world leaders by WIN/Gallup International. Ma'agar Mochot, headed by Prof. Yitzchak Katz, carried out the survey in Israel.
One of the questions posed was:
What is your opinion regarding each of the following global leaders: very favorable position, sympathetic to some extent, not sympathetic to some extent, or very unfavorable?
Each leader was ranked twice, once with a favorable ranking and once with an unfavorable ranking, and the final score was determined by subtracting the negative votes from the positive votes.
Obama was popular worldwide with a 30 percent rating on the plus side, much better than can be said for what Americans think of him.
In Israel, he scored a minus 22 percent, even worse than the minus 21 percent ranking by Iranians.
On the positive side, the most popular world leader for Israelis is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who scored a net 38 percent on the plus side, far ahead of the distant second place leader, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron.
Israelis also placed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President Francois Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of China Shi Tz'infing above Obama.
However, President Obama can console himself that Israelis don't dislike him as much as they do Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
On the other hand, Russians gave President Obama a disastrous minus 83 percent rating, the lowest of any country. However, he is popular in Kosovo with a plus 73 percent rating. Close behind is Vietnam
Putin is much more unpopular with Americans than with Israelis. He scored minus 44 in the United States, and only minus 20 in Israel.
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Like the Churchill bust, the administration can always send them back
Iranians don’t like Obama? Why not? He is quite friendly to their government.
On the other hand, when students and the political opposition rose up in the 2009 “Green Revolution” Obama did not say a single word in their defense.
Thank God the Israelis recognize an IslamoNazi Haman when they see one
Don’t forget Egypt.
Exactly!
Obama is the living embodiment of a modern day Haman.
God’s promises to Israel will never be interrupted by some gnat like Barack.
The Iranians and Obama both hate Jews and want to see Israel destroyed. The difference is that Obama rules over a much more powerful, wealthier, and more dangerous country. I pray that Israel will survive these final terrible thirteen months.
agree fully, but the gnat is bothersome nonetheless
[Zero] is... popular worldwide with a 30 percent rating on the plus side, much better than can be said for what Americans think of him. In Israel, he scored a minus 22 percent, even worse than the minus 21 percent ranking by Iranians... the most popular world leader for Israelis is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who scored a net 38 percent on the plus side, far ahead of the distant second place leader, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron. Israelis also placed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President Francois Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of China Shi Tz'infing above Obama... Israelis don't dislike him as much as they do Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff... Putin is much more unpopular with Americans than with Israelis. He scored minus 44 in the United States, and only minus 20 in Israel.
“Israelis Can’t Stand Obama even More than Iranians”.
The bastard child is not very well liked here in the U.S. either.
No they don’t. They like Merkel.
More likely, they don’t respect him, for good reason.
“Iranians don’t like Obama? Why not? He is quite friendly to their government.”
There you’ve the answer “he is quite friendly to their government”.
“However, President Obama can console himself that Israelis don’t dislike him as much as they do Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.”
Am a bit confused. Is this poll gauging various Leaders’ opinion about Obama, OR the people of various countries to Obama?
hmm, why doesn’t the poll extend to the (people) of the Arab world like Saudis, and Gulf states’ sentiments or views towards Obama? Or even the Turks?
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