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Poll: Jordanians Prefer Ties with U.S., Wary of Iran
(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) David Pollock - 52% of Jordanians say good relations with the U.S. are important, according to a new public opinion poll commissioned by the Washington Institute and conducted in March. Only 17% say good ties with Tehran are important. Further, 60% agree that "Wherever Iran intervenes, it hurts the local Arabs and does not help the Palestinians." 43% picked the U.S. as "the country that can best help protect us against our foreign enemies," while 39% think the U.S. is "the country that will probably be most influential in our region ten years from now." However, only 10% have even a "somewhat" favorable opinion about the 2020 Abraham Accords between Israel and four Arab states. The same low percentage agree that "people who want to have business or sports contact with Israelis should be allowed to do so."