| Possibly because ISIS has pretty much been destroyed, while Iran has not yet fired off any nukes. |
The poll, conducted by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi..., showed that above 75 percent of Arabs consider Israel and the US as the top two threats to their national security.
It also held that the Paleostinian cause was an Arab one, dealing a blow to efforts by some Arab leaders to relegate the issue to a standoff between the Paleostinians and Israelis.
Persian Gulf countries like Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, the UAE and Bahrain have recently begun to court Israel more overtly as they have tried to whip up a surge of animosity towards Iran.
The survey, however, showed that an overwhelming majority of respondents - 87 percent - disapproved of their home countries' recognizing Israel. Ninety percent called Israel a source of instability in the region.
Asked to elaborate, many cited "Israel's mistreatment of Paleostinians and its colonial policies," the Middle East Eye (MEE) news portal reported, citing the poll’s results.