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BBC poll: Iran only country viewed more negatively than Israel
By Haaretz Staff
Tags: U.S., Iran, Israel, BBC poll

Israel is viewed as the country with the second most negative influence on the world, according to a poll released recently by the BBC World Service.

Iran was considered to have the most negative influence, ranked lowest in world opinion at 54 percent - the same ranking it was given in a poll taken last year.

Israel's negative rating dropped this year from 57 percent to 52 percent, moving it from having the worst influence in world opinion to second most negative.
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Pakistan was rated the country with the third most negative influence in the world.

The survey also found that world opinion of the United States has risen, with 35 percent of respondents finding it to have a positive influence, compared to 31 percent in the last poll.

According to the poll, Germany was considered to have the best influence on the world, with a positive score of 56 percent and a negative score of 18 percent.

Japan ranked closely behind Germany, with a positive score of 56 percent and a negative score of 21 percent - though respondents in neighboring Asian countries China and South Korea showed negative views.

The poll was conducted by the international agency GlobeScan along with the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland.

Respondents were asked to rate Brazil, Britain, China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the U.S. and the European Union as having positive or negative influence.
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  1.   The BBC is the center of Western Antijewishness 09:40  |  Haldrik 02/04/08
  2.   Nobody spins for Iran 09:45  |  Clickfool 02/04/08
  3.   For Haldrik, blaming the messenger # 1 09:47  |  Clickfool 02/04/08
  4.   #1, HALDRIK, typical response 09:48  |  VIPER 02/04/08
  5.   No Surprise here 09:48  |  Natallie Durson 02/04/08
  6.   BBC reporting on a situation they created 09:52  |  SickOfTheBBC 02/04/08
  7.   What a farse of a BBC poll! Where does Saudi Arabia rank??? 09:55  |  Haldrik 02/04/08
  8.   the UK is inhabited by more and more muslims... 09:58  |  Joey 02/04/08
  9.   The Major Difference is... 10:04  |  arabDRUZEmuslim 02/04/08
  10.   The poll results reflect the bias of the BBC and its influence 10:04  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 02/04/08
  11.   BBC has proven history of lying & manufacturing news on Israel 10:05  |  PETER SM 02/04/08
  12.   Congratulations, Israel, you have "improved" somewhat........ 10:05  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/04/08
  13.   The Poll -University of Maryland 10:05  |  Dangalil 02/04/08
  14.   Where was the Poll Conducted? Antisemitic countries? 10:07  |  Semsem 02/04/08
  15.   BRAVO ISRAELIS (THIRD TIME THIS YEAR ALONE FROM ME) 10:09  |  indrajaya 02/04/08
  16.   Natallie Durson 10:11  |  Phil 02/04/08
  17.   Anti-semitism, anti-semitism! 10:12  |  Dutch Dirk 02/04/08
  18.   An obvious result 10:13  |  van der werld 02/04/08
  19.   BBC 10:18  |  lola 02/04/08
  20.   Clickfool 10:19  |  David Nigel Braham 02/04/08
  21.   ISRAEL & POLITICAL ETHICS 10:21  |  Pestalozzi 02/04/08
  22.   New Poll 10:21  |  jon 02/04/08
  23.   #7, Haldrik 10:21  |  Anton 02/04/08
  24.   A fake survey 10:22  |  Atoo 02/04/08
  25.   #11, PETER SM 10:25  |  Anton 02/04/08
  26.   Who wants to be considered positively ... 10:30  |  ziggurat 02/04/08
  27.   When was the last time BBC was at yad V`shem 10:35  |  Dr Eric 02/04/08
  28.   Apart of the institutional antisemitism 10:35  |  Wolf 02/04/08
  29.   You`re a ridiculous person, Joey # 8 10:40  |  Clickfool 02/04/08
  30.   Oh and zionist Talkbackers...do some DD? 10:41  |  Dutch Dirk 02/04/08
  31.   Exposed - nobody spins for Iran by Clickfool 10:48  |  British academic 02/04/08
  32.   Discredited BBC Gains Discredited Durson As A Supporter 10:49  |  Lavi 02/04/08
  33.   Dr Eric gets his violin out and plays "Schindler`s List" for us 10:50  |  Clickfool 02/04/08
  34.   Yes, yet... 10:51  |  Esther 02/04/08
  35.   World Dis-Service 10:52  |  Joseph 02/04/08
  36.   Get This Into Proportion People ! 10:52  |  Phi 02/04/08
  37.   The anti-Semitic country "excuse" actually doesn`t make sense 10:55  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/04/08
  38.   Poll 10:56  |  SP 02/04/08
  39.   For so-called "British Academic" # 31 11:06  |  Clickfool 02/04/08
  40.   Germany first place also in viewing Israel as worst country 11:10  |  MR 02/04/08
  41.   Congratulations to Israel on 60 Years of Pariah Status 11:14  |  Johan Odin 02/04/08
  42.   My personal "sinner-list" would have been........ 11:17  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/04/08
  43.   Read the full report before commenting 11:19  |  spyguy 02/04/08
  44.   Who cares? 11:20  |  Conroy 02/04/08
  45.   For me it´s INDONESIA where Muslim terror 11:22  |  Karl 02/04/08
  46.   NEW POLL 11:23  |  Sheikh Rattle & Roll 02/04/08
  47.   AND I THOUGHT THE WORLD LOVE US 11:24  |  Disappointed 02/04/08
  48.   Anybody surprised? 11:27  |  Ulf 02/04/08
  49.   Just deserts: Apartheid land thieves pleading perpetual victimhod 11:28  |  Ivar 02/04/08
  50.   Why do you Israelis depend on the same rant? 11:30  |  Amused.... 02/04/08
  51.   # 42, SWISS (DINO) 11:33  |  indrajaya 02/04/08
  52.   The survey or BBC needs a basic course in stats 11:38  |  Shlomo 02/04/08
  53.   # 45, KARL 11:39  |  indrajaya 02/04/08
  54.   #41 Norway`s untouchable morality 11:40  |  Ulf 02/04/08
  55.   thank the settlers and occupation 11:42  |  Israeli4Peace 02/04/08
  56.   Margie #10 (you misrepresent the poll) 11:43  |  Guido 02/04/08
  57.   # 40 MR and German media...... 11:46  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/04/08
  58.   Ivar from the Apartheid Estland,shoo,you won`t 11:49  |  Absolute Sweden 02/04/08
  59.   #57 German media 11:55  |  SP 02/04/08
  60.   Hillarious! The Beeb and its "polls" 11:57  |  :-D 02/04/08
  61.   # 51 indrajaya 11:59  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/04/08
  62.   #41 Johan Odin, you`re about 40 years behind the times 11:59  |  Conroy 02/04/08
  63.   to #55.smug comment. u think youre not living on "occupied land"? 12:05  |  Israeli4realpeace 02/04/08
  64.   Is No Surprise With Such "Rape Israel" Dhimmedias Mob 12:07  |  Joseph . E 02/04/08
  65.   Germans continue to despise Israel 12:08  |  Jonathan S 02/04/08
  66.   Nobody accuse me... 12:15  |  Anne 02/04/08
  67.   It is very interesting 12:16  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/04/08
  68.   BBC spends years cultivating anti-Israel 12:20  |  SystemF 02/04/08
  69.   Pay no attention to the BBC 12:21  |  Steven A. 02/04/08
  70.   A poll With No Details 12:21  |  Moshe 02/04/08
  71.   ANTON which part of my posting is untrue?If the BBC had any input 12:24  |  PETER SM 02/04/08
  72.   # 61, SWISS (DINO) 12:24  |  indrajaya 02/04/08
  73.   #65 on the bright side