Poll of European Opinion on Israel
November 1, 2003 22:37 by ManagingTeamWhat’s the result of years of European media coverage villifying Israel?
Almost 60 percent of Europeans say that Israel is a larger threat to world peace than North Korea, Iran or Afghanistan, according to a poll scheduled to be made public Monday by the European Commission…The result is from a survey of about 7,500 people across the European Union…
Israel was rated first when pollsters presented a list of 15 countries and asked: “Tell me if in your opinion it presents or not a threat to peace in the world.” Fifty-nine percent of Europeans chose Israel…El Pais, the Spanish daily newspaper, said in an article Thursday that the Dutch, Austrians and Luxembourgers were most likely to see Israel as a “threat in the world”.
Israel more dangerous than Iran! This article ran prominently in Friday’s International Herald Tribune. AFP reported the response of the head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center:
This poll is an indication that Europeans have bought in, ‘hook, line and sinker,’ to the vilification and demonization campaign directed against the State of Israel and her supporters by European leaders and media.
Absolutely. But why wouldn’t they? If your local paper has waiting for you every morning another front page account of inexplicable Israeli “atrocities” (and you don’t know any better), of course Israel would seem horribly threatening to world peace.
English-language activists must redouble our efforts against UK anti-Israel bias, and encourage local efforts on the Continent. It’s an uphill battle in Europe, but the truth demands to be heard.
UPDATE: The president of the European Commission, Roman Prodi, said the poll results “point to the continued existence of a bias that must be condemned out of hand,” and “to the extent that this may indicate a deeper, more general prejudice against the Jewish world, our repugnance is even more radical.”
J.Viagas
6:15 pm
Nov 14, 2003
European (as well as south american, african or asian) press and media is by far more objective and less biased than the US one.
Facts are always described more precisely than on the north american global media.
Simplification and clichés represent the main part of the news transmitted to the north american public. It is a way to control that public, a brainwash very useful in order to avoid “american goulags”.
The american press is finally the primary means of the finest dictatorship ever.
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F
8:07 pm
Apr 19, 2004
Europe is the brainwashed one. It gave in order to please its Muslim population. And Israel is not a bigger threat to the world than Great Britain, Spain, India, or Russia.
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John Major
7:23 am
Jul 19, 2011
I have been always telling my Israeli relatives and friends: DO NOT BE GREEDY ABOUT COUNTER-PROPAGANDA. On each occasion, when mass-media start tarnishing Israel, there should be letter of protest and threat of a lawsuit to each of a few hundred leading world newspapers, to each news cable channel, on behalf of the State of Israel. Why do the Israelis remain silent for so long? A loud demonstrations should be arranged near the foreign embassies in EACH case, no exclusions. The official video response from the Prime Minister should be translated into 100 languages and broadcasted as paid ad on each popular cable news channel. Yes, it is expensive! But your life and the life of your children is even more expensive. The hostile media slowly sqeezes you into the corner, like they did it to South Africa, until you are unable to defend yourselves. Fight them back every day!
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