Survey: Virtually No Support for ISIS in Gulf States
The majority of Saudis, Kuwaitis, and Emiratis reject ISIS and support a peaceful resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict, according to a September 2014 poll by the Washington Institute.
The majority of Saudis, Kuwaitis, and Emiratis reject ISIS and support a peaceful resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict, according to a September 2014 poll by the Washington Institute.
The majority of Saudis, Kuwaitis, and Emiratis reject ISIS, according to a September 2014 poll by the Washington Institute. But while less than five percent of respondents in the three Gulf states support ISIS, sizeable minorities hold favorable views of the Muslim Brotherhood and its Palestinian offshoot, Hamas. Majorities in the countries surveyed also favor a peaceful resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and hold negative views on the governments of Syria, Iran, and the United States. The following slides depict the main findings of the survey and key data points.
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