Israel has been described as the top threat to world peace, ahead of North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran, by an unpublished European Commission poll of 7,500 Europeans, sparking an international row. The survey, conducted in October, of 500 people from each of the EU's member nations included a list of 15 countries with the question, 'tell me if in your opinion it presents or not a threat to peace in the world'. Israel was reportedly picked by 59 per cent of those interviewed.Details of the survey results were leaked to the International Herald Tribune, which ran the story FridayThe Guardian seems to think that the results demonstrate “widespread disapproval in Europe of the tactics employed by the government of Ariel Sharon during the present intifada.”
I think that’s how a lot of people over here would like to portray it, but unfortunately most anti-Israel Europeans I have spoken to believe Israel is a threat to world peace simply because it exists.
