The 2023 Arab Youth Survey shows that youth in Morocco and the United Arab Emirates significantly support the normalization with Israel.
The youth of these two nations, as well as the Young Arabs in Egypt, are in favor of normalizing relations with Israel. The home countries of the respondents have signed the Abraham Accords.
In Morocco, the UAE, and Egypt, 50%, 75%, and 73% of young Arabs “strongly support” or “somewhat support” relations with Israel.
“In Bahrain, 53% of respondents said they “strongly oppose” or “somewhat oppose” normalizing relations with Israel.”
The poll found that 100% of respondents in both Iraq and the Palestinian Territories were opposed to closer connections with Israel.
Regarding the perceptions of Israel among Arab youth, 86% of survey participants believe that the Jewish state is an enemy to their own countries.
Additionally, survey participants from Saudi Arabia and Algeria strongly oppose normalizing relations with Israel.
The poll’s sponsor, the international communications company ASDA’A BCW, predicted that “current tensions between Iran, Israel, and Western countries will eventually escalate to war.”
Nevertheless, young Arabs listed the US as one of the nations with “the most influence on the Arab world.”
Young Arabs, mainly in North Africa, do not believe that the Israeli-Palestinian problem will soon be settled. Only one-third of those surveyed think that the Arab world is giving the issue “adequate attention and focus”.
However, the majority of young Arabs believed that diplomatic efforts would finally result in a resolution regarding Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.
Between March 27 and April 12, ASDA’A BCW conducted 3,600 interviews with people ages 18 to 24 in 18 nations and 53 cities in the Middle East and North Africa.
The Arab Youth Survey for this year gives a general overview of the “largest demographic in the Arab world.” The margin of error for the poll is 1.6%.
The UAE was selected by Arab youth as both the country they would most like to live in and the one they would most like their own to resemble for the 12th consecutive year. The UAE’s expanding economy, business possibilities, and effective leadership were factors of these preferences.
Over four out of ten young Arabs relate the UAE to a “safe and secure environment.”
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