Latest poll: Iran bigger threat than Israel

Thursday, December 10 2009

GULF ARABS BELIEVE IRAN IS A BIGGER THREAT THAN ISRAEL

Doha, Qatar,December 9, 2009: Eighty percent of Arabs disbelieve Iran's assurances that it will not build nuclear weapons, according to a new region-wide poll, commissioned by The Doha Debates.

Moreover, most Arabs in the Gulf see Iran as a bigger threat than Israel; nearly a third say Tehran is just as likely to target them as Israel.

The survey, conducted by YouGov, questioned more than 1000 people in 18 Arab countries between November 19 and 23.

The result significantly reinforces the vote at last month's Doha Debate where 52 percent of a mostly-Arab audience rejected the motion that Iran can be trusted not to build an atomic bomb.  