“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,” reports Haaretz. “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….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. 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.”
HEADLINES TO TRACK:
- Second computer worm ‘hits Iran’
- Panic in Egypt over Muslim Brotherhood’s call for Islamic rule
- PLO: Serious talks or unilateral declaration
- Abbas: Obama led me on — In unusually blunt remarks to Newsweek, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas lashes out at US president over his handling of peace process with Israel, attitude to Egypt’s Mubarak
- Bloodshed continues in Syria — At least 39 said killed and dozens wounded by Syria troops in Daraa
- Iran’s Continuing Power Struggles