Poll: More Than Half of All Egyptians Want End to Peace Treaty With Israel
- Posted on April 26, 2011 at 1:40am by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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CAIRO (AP) — More than half of all Egyptians would like to see the 1979 peace treaty with Israel annulled, according to results of a poll conducted by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center released Monday.
The poll highlights the deep unpopularity of the three-decade-old treaty, which is central to U.S. policy in the region and was scrupulously adhered to by former President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted Feb. 11.
The poll also revealed that most Egyptians are optimistic about where the country is headed following the 18-day popular uprising, and they look forward to greater democracy in their country.
The fall of Egypt’s autocratic leader and the rise of a more democratic system, however, could threaten relations with neighbor Israel.
According to the poll results, only 36 percent of Egyptians are in favor of maintaining the treaty, compared with 54 percent who would like to see it scrapped.
Despite the decades of peace and limited trade between the two countries, most Egyptians view the Israelis poorly, largely because of perceptions that they mistreat the Palestinians.
Opinions varied according to income, with 60 percent of lower income Egyptians supporting the treaty’s cancellation while only 45 percent of the wealthier classes thinking it should be done away with.
Only 40 percent of Egyptians with a college education thought the treaty should be scrapped, as well.
The poll, based on interviews with 1,000 Egyptians around the country, was conducted between March 24 and April 7 as part of the Spring 2011 Pew Global Attitudes survey that was conducted in 22 countries.
The poll has a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.



















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AmeriCat
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 4:53amWhere is Mubarak when we need him?
Oops. That’s right. He was told to step down “NOW”
by some American President…
who was simply taking the necessary steps to enact his Israel agenda.
Now, “more than half of Egyptians want to end peace with Israel”…
Report Post »Looks like everything is going as planned…..
@ Coyote2
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:16pmThere will never be peace with the jews. They have never allowed peace and they never will. Look at how many little oil countries they are covertly agitating trouble in as we speak.Getting the USA in Iraq was only the beginning.
Report Post »“By Deception, Thou Shalt Make War” is what they practice.
Read what Jesus told them in John 8:44.He covered it very well.
konastephen
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:28pm@@Coyote2 – your perspective is poorly thought out. Examine the level of freedom and security of individuals living in all the countries in the Middle East. If you examine honestly, you’ll find that Israel ranks highest by far (even moslems are not second-class citizens there) and that other (moslem) nations nearby are abhorrent for their rampant injustice and lack of respect for basic human rights.
Report Post »daddy warbucks
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 4:44amThank GOD Glenn Beck is exposing Obama’s plan to set up Isreal. NATO is the NWO puppet, funded by NWO banks. PHYSICAL gold and silver are the banks worst nightmare because they can’t track, tax and control you.
Working citizens of the world; buy silver and crush the NWO banksters, defund the NWO military puppets and their regulatory police. Your silver will insure your prosperity.
Revolution in the most effective way and without bloody heads.
Report Post »justice
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 4:33amThis is no Surprise.
Report Post »bonnie00000
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:40amHave you noticed that the Muslims don’t let their women pray, when they kneel with their butt in the air, there are no women praying. What a misled bunch of humanity
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 4:58amWow! I never thought about that! It’s always men…men praying.
You’re right! …..I NEVER see Muslim women praying.
Report Post »bonnie00000
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:36amFolks there is one mightier than Obama, Its God. Isarael might get beat up , but ultimately Jesus Christ comes back with an army of Warrior angels , fights the battle of armageddon, all those nations will be in that war. There will be blood up to a horses bit….. 2.3 billion muslims killed. or one third of the earths population in world war three killed,, which is not Armageddon.Obama is most likely a tool of satan . but satan loses the battle in the end. Id hate to be in Obama shoes.if he dont protect isarael , he is headed straigjht to hell, along with the devil and the antii christ and the false prophet..
Report Post »Aikes
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:59amHow is this news? That religion called islam is a religion of violence. It always has been. After most religions have matured and become peaceful, islam still wallows in the blood bath of hate toward any and all that refuse to convert.
I am an atheist and even I don‘t understand how anyone puts one once of trust in people who profess peace yet don’t police their own violent hate-filled fascist thugs. Take notice, ever single time an abortion clinic was bomed or some murdering abortion doctor was killed, christians over the world spoke out. Christians as a majority do not believe in using violence to further their religious views and they police their own by condemning violence perpetrated by fellow christians. The muslims? Well you barely hear a whisper of discontent from any of them when their own kills, rapes, tortures… as a matter of fact…. they have entire nations of their own who fully side with the violent aspects of their religion. You don’t see in this day and age christian nations who will act in these ways. Well, to be honest, christians are so peaceful that they welcome all and so there really are no longer any christian-only nations. Not unless you wish to call the vatican a nation.
Report Post »This is no surprise, it isn’t a shocki9ng situation, it is just the typical environment found in muslim communities.
staggerlee32
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:10amSatan wants you, and even if you don’t believe in him, his job is to get you to turn from God. So Satan is winning with you.
Report Post »Tal25
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:21amIts two bad that you do not believe in God but i totally agree with you. Great points. I wish every atheist had you intelligence.
Report Post »bkfirvine
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:54amLet the people of Egypt put whoever they want into power. But if they start something with Israel, Israel should blow them off the map.
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:18amListen to April 19th it’s on The Book Of Revelation
Report Post »http://www.shepherdschapel.com/archive.htm
Ron_WA
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:53amSurprise! How come the media & progressives never listen to the warnings of intel, policy & regional experts on this stuff …
Yeah, we knew Mubarak was a tyrant who committed human rights violations against his political enemies (Brothers of Islam, Egyption Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda, al-Gamma’a al-Islamyyia, etc.) but he was OUR tyrant & his enemies were our enemies …
Way to go “peace prize” winner & like-minded libs!
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:02amThis is what they wanted…. don’t you get it? These guys want war with Israel…. they work for Satan. They lie….. they weren’t wrong… they just lied to you. If Obama is on Teleprompter he is lying, only sometimes when not on teleprompter he slips and gives you some truth. Satan is the great deciever and O and his friends all work for him.
Report Post »Kla2
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:51amMost Egyptians view the Israelis poorly, largely because they had their asses handed to them by the Israelis, twice! If Israel needs to do it again, it can and it will. Mubarak knew that – ergo 31 years of peace. It’s that simple.
Report Post »bkfirvine
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:45amHope And Change!
Report Post »starman70
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 11:50amYeah, and his (O’s) hope is to change America to an irrelevant world player – - – and Americans are letting him do it. My HOPE is that the presidency will CHANGE in 2012 along with removal of liberal Democrats and RINOs.
Report Post »bkfirvine
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:43amAin’t democracy grand?
Report Post »MississippiBlackMan
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:40amIt’s going to be very entertaining once all of those middle east countries try to attack Israel. The wrath of GOD is going to come down on all of them. In the bible Syria, Egypt and Iran are waste land where no one would be able to live anymore. America the Mystery Babylon in the book of revelations will also see the wrath of GOD put upon her.
Report Post »GadsdenPatriot
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:26amObama is setting the stage for an Israeli takeover. He only “helps” prominent Muslim nations that surround Israel and that HATE Israel and he knows it. Obozo supporting the satanic/Muslim agenda, surprise, surprise.
Report Post »MississippiBlackMan
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:43amGADSDENPATRIOT it sure makes king “O” seam like he’s the anti-christ with all of the things that he does towards any Christian nation
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:22amFinally a poll I believe.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 11:04amYou are seeing the events predicted in the book of Revelation developing before your eyes. Just wait till the Moslem brotherhood takes over Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisa, Lybia, Algeria and Iraq and then they all align themselves with Iran and the loony leader Ahmadinijad. It’s coming and coming quickly.
Report Post »sgallion1
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:08amPlease don’t tell me anyone is surprised about this. Of course this was Soros plan!
Report Post »Tal25
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:07amWhat a great democracy is being developed in egypt. Only like a month old and talking about ending peace. The only reason you would end a peace treaty was if you thought war was emminent. Lets hope that egypt is not that foolish. God has delivered his people from them once and he can do it just as easily again.
Report Post »REVENANT
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:06amWait! Obama saqid that peace with Israel would surely continue, and that the Muslim Brotherhood was a miniscule part of the picture. Now, the majority of the population is thirsty for Israeli blood, and the Muslim Brotherhood is poised to run the show. Thanks Obama. You consistently make me money by me betting the exact opposite of the outcome you predict. I’ve never had it easier taking sure thing bets. Whether it’s sports, foreign policy, or domestic politics. He says one thing, I bet the opposite, and win every time.
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:56amIt‘s not because he’s wrong though…. it’s because he works for Satan and lies.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:01amEvidently, more than half of Egyptians are morons. They choose the Muslim Brotherhood over the more stable system that’s served them fairly well for more than 30 years.
They must long for the old days, when the Israelis kicked their a$$es repeatedly.
Report Post »leftcoastslut
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 9:09ampolls tell nothing. i could do a poll right now in my community and the results would only show my beliefs. who took the pool? when was it taken, pre uprising? post uprising? what is the poll originators preference? who was polled? you can never forget the silent majority and when they get pushed up against the wall, look out
Report Post »anutter
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 1:59am“most Egyptians view the Israelis poorly, largely because of perceptions that they mistreat the Palestinians.”
So that’s where MSNBC gets their viewers!
Report Post »King David
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 8:09amLook at what the ersatz Pals charters say, Hamas & Fata, Kill the JEWS. In other words the Arabs want to Kill all the Jews.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 1:59amno culture in the middle east wants Isreal to survive…they truly need to get over that superior race crap!…as well as the superior gender crap too…maybe move into modern times and get out of the dark ages while your at it…
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:08amaparently we can’t type “crap” anymore…but it rhymes with strap!…the pc police have moved in on Glen!…
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:13amcr@p
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:22amI just read the comment policy…apparently no more venting…its hard not to make snide remarks about our president…his administration…libral, progressives in general…sometimes you get so pi$$ed off you just have to let a little steam go!…just more control…nice!
Report Post »RandWasRight
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 1:58amSo this is what democracy looks like…
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 9:47amIsrael is a racist state.Anyone with a sense of justice has to realize that.Arabs want Israel to return to the 67borders with Jesusalem as the capital of a newly formed palestinian state .Every Arab country has approved that .Israel allows a Jewish person born in brooklyn to take the home or land of an Arab who has lived there for hundreds or a thousand years.That is inherently unjust.And there is more then one way to skin a cat about who is a jew? perhaps the Muslims are the true Jews,practicing the primitive,original religion of Judaism .Perhaps European Jews are Jews in name only so don’t be so sure you Apocalyptic Christians who claim you can interpret the book of Revelations and are so full of hubris you want to manipulate policies to make Jesus return-don’t be so sure you know where Jesus stands regarding who the Jews are in the Mid East. You arrogant people might be in for a surprise. Of course Jesus loves everyone equally and people are saved as individuals not as members of a group[New Testament].But even your flawed apocalyptic interpretation could be at odds with the facts of “who is a Jew’?
Report Post »McKMN
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:25pmYes, democracy can be ugly sometimes too. But it would seem that some Egyptians would like their voices heard instead of former President Mubaraks. Very much like the tea party wants to be heard instead of President Obama’s. Yes that is EXACTLY what democracy looks like.
Report Post »anutter
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 1:56amHow’s that hope and change working out in Egypt?
Report Post »ManThong
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 1:54amThe Administrations agenda is moving along just fine.
Report Post »gman2012
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 1:54amOh great! That’s the solution we were looking for. This will end up so peaceful…
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:10amThe followers of religion of peace want to scrap a peace treaty ! How peacee of them !!
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:30amBut it’s true that all the Muslims seek is peace right? At least that is what the Obama administration and the fringe media try to push down our throats day after day.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:01amI don’t get it they got Sinai back from Israel including the luxury hotels in Sharm El Sheikh , so what now ?
Report Post »Are they gonna attack Israel ?
gman2012
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 1:53amOh great! That’s the solution we were ultimately looking for! This admin is clueless…
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:02amHow revealing — The poor want it abolished; less than half of the well-educted want it abolished. Could the fact that the Egyptian protesters are against the U.S., too, have anything to do with it?
I am sick of Islamic Muslims, and that includes Whatever-His-Name-Is-In-the-White-House usurper!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:04amSo Mobarek was the only person who stood between the Egyptians who want to vaporize Jews and Israel.
Report Post »Thanx for taking him out Sore@$$+Obama+Khalidi+Ayers+Dohrn+Evans+Madea+ Google+ FB+Trumka.
Can we call them anti-semitic now ? Or we need more proof ?
cheezwhiz
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:07ammost Egyptians view the Israelis poorly, largely because of perceptions that they mistreat the Palestinians.
Report Post »———-
I’m sure they all watch aljazeera too , just like Hussain and his courtiers
sissykatz
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:10amWell it looks as if Obama is finally getting what he wants. He wants Israel gone but as with everything he does he will put someone else in the position to do his bidding. I do hope things can be worked out so Israel is protected because Obama will not be there to help. I STAND WITH ISRAEL AND AGAINST OBAMA EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:21amCan‘t say I’m surprised about this at all. We sure are living in interesting times. We must continue to support and pray for Israel.
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:28amThis administration is clueless? My fellow Blaze member this is exactly what the Obama administration was hoping for. Of course it knew that the Muslim Brotherhood nor the majority of citizens in Egypt wanted peace with Egypt. Supporting the leave of Mubarak was the biggest mistake we made and will heaven forbid lead to a great war in the middle east that could spread across the globe.
Report Post »darkknight91
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:30amClueless? They know exactly what they’re doing.
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:34am*Edit:
“Of course it knew that the Muslim Brotherhood nor the majority of citizens in Egypt wanted peace with Israel.”
Is what I meant to say. Forgive my mistake it’s very late at night and I am dealing with 5 hours of sleep though there should be no excuse. It would be nice if the blaze would come with an edit tab though.
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:52am@ GMAN
Report Post »Not clueless…. very calculated. This is what they want. They are against Israel.
Ironmaan
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:23amThey are against Israel for the same reason the poor here are for taxing the rich……jealousy. Israel has created a wonderful economic oasis in the desert and they want to take it. Instead of changing their ways and adopting principles that create economic well being they would rather destroy them. Also with them gone, Israel ould no longer highlight the failure of (insert Arab county here).
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
AzDebi
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 4:33amhttp://www.al-rassooli.com
http://www.al-rassooli.com/blog/
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 5:39amWe must help defend Israel. If we don’t she will defend herself. I think everyone know how she will do that.
Amreica used to have her back and as you can tell this adminisration no longer does.
Israel, just so you know most Americans are with you. You must do what you must do to protect yourself.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 5:48amDouble whammy: Glenn leaves Fox, and The Blaze adds character limit to censorship. What a sad day. :((
Report Post »Koolaiders
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 5:57amHey Beck — we’ve had quite a few revolutions in the Arab world, and none of them are caliphates as you predicated so famously a while back.
Another one of your empty conspiracy theories exposed for the nonsense it is.
No wonder fox fired Beck — he’s nuts.
Report Post »Nobamazone
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:16amshowtime, I found the income/education information quite telling as well. Seems to me that they have some of the same propaganda policies that we have here. Convince the poor and uneducated that it is not their fault they are poor, it is ISRAELS (Fat Cat bankers, evil oil companies, heartless repubs, etc.substituted here) fault.
Report Post »AriBenTZion
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:30am90% of all Egyptian women that are in childbearing age have had their clitoris mutilated.
In other words, nothing coming out-of Egypt would surprise me.
Report Post »canuck44
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:34amUS dollars should dry up immediately if this policy changes and the treaty is discarded. Let them return to the Islamic hellhole that follows that religion. This can be done by the House by limiting the funds and will not depend on the ****** in Chief.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:47amYes- anyone who thinks that this Muslim sympathiser in the WH doesn’t know exactly what he is doing is very stupid. He is a racist, too. If you don’t see it by now, you just don’t want to see it.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:21amAP: “…only 45 percent of the wealthier classes thinking it should be done away with.”
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“Only” is a misleading term. Practically half of EDUCATED Egyptians want Israel wiped off the map. Make no mistake, that is what “ending the peace treaty” implies.
That stat complements the 62% who want to STRICTLY follow the Quran — Muslim Brotherhood or not.
Get rid of the spin, AP. Go to your WP. Under “Edit” click on:
Report Post »Find: democracy
Replace with: Sharia law
Then click on:
Replace All
decendentof56
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:22amNo way we all are wrong on this one. No way.
Report Post »Obama has always known what he was doing. His campaign words, his associations, past and present, all of it. Anyone who listened to him and researched his past knew he was poison once they heard him talk. He was the one true radical who would unapologetically pursue an agenda to ‘get back’ at an unjust America, even if it destroyed it.
This guy has got to be defeated in 2012.
grandmaof5
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:37amI wonder how much it cost Soros to pull off this survey. With all the turmoil in that country they were able to reach more than half the people? I find that hard to believe. Sounds like one of the MSM or government polls. Probably just the opposite.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:53amWhen will it sink in: Obama is a Muslim. He doesn’t practice Islam, because he is also a freaking commie (athiest), but that doen’t stop him from being a Muslim. In fact, nothing stops a Muslim from being a Muslim (short of execution). Islam is not a religion of choice. You are born a Muslim and you die a Muslim; and when you aren’t born a Muslim, they will try to force you into becoming one. Islam is the Tasmanian Devil. Listen to a real specimen and tell me I’m wrong:
Report Post »http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/webpages/bhan-5358kh
Eyore
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 8:10amThere not Clueless
Report Post »They just want to get rid of Israel
Secret Squirrel
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 9:31am……….
Report Post »Remember the seven day war?
Israel kicked your butts, and they’ll
do it again.
redsred
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 10:00amThese people shout “democracy” and I’ll bet 90% of them can’t define it. By all means, let’s trash treaties that avoid conflict and more death. They need an autocratic ruler because they lack the intelligemce to govern themselves.
And obama calls Americans stupid……………
Report Post »ltb
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 10:13amGman2012, this administration isn’t clueless, Obama knew exactly what was going to happen in Egypt and he knows exactly what he is doing. Obama hates America, which is why he allowed pro-American Iranian protestors to get slaughtered and why he backed anti-American/Israel protestors in Egypt and why he is forcing our troops to support Al Qaeda in Libya. The guy called peaceful pro-Constitution protestors, who gathered to pray in DC, “tea baggers” and he cheered on violent anti-Constitution thugs in WI while they trashed the WI capitol building. What does Obama have to do for Americans to stop thinking he’s clueless? I get the feeling that Obama could pee on the American flag and a lot of Americans would say, “Boy, he sure is stupid, doesn’t he realize that might anger us?”
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 10:47amHere is the link to the poll at PEW
http://pewglobal.org/files/2011/04/Pew-Global-Attitudes-Egypt-Report-FINAL-April-25-2011.pdf
Report Post »TheLascone
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 11:24amGlenn saw this coming … He was the best history teacher I ever had !
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LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 11:55amGod is using this administration, the only way America can stop total anniahlation is by repenting and giving God glory. Repent and submit as a NATION, this is the only way. Other wise there is no other outcome but for America to be defeated and taken prisoner and be slaves of our enimies.
Report Post »Community Agitator in Chief
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:02pmAll I can say is to read, re read and read again the Book of Revelations.
Report Post »Loubro2
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:36pmDid?you say something? What was it?
Report Post »whater39
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 4:41pmI’m sick of Christians thinking that they are the chosen religion. thinking that the USA is their country, not every American citizen’s country.
Sick of them burning the Quran and thinking that it won’t is off other religions.
How about we just have a godless world, then it will be a better place
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 5:27pmGMAN2012,
The children in muslim countries learn from their first days in school that Jews are subhuman. They learn that Jews are pigs. They learn that all of their problems , and I mean ALL, are because of the Jews and the evil Americans who back the Jews.
This is a deliberate brainwashing of the innocent that has allowed these Muslim Dictators to remain in power. It has all been done under the guise of religion.
Sadly..,we have an Administration that enables that lie.
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