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(313 posts) Tue Jun 3, 2014, 03:33 PM Jun 2014

Arabs mostly give Obama negative 2014 report card

Source: AFP

Arabs believe the Obama administration has little commitment to a Palestinian state, should not intervene militarily in Syria and mostly failed to support Egypt's interim leaders, a new poll released Tuesday showed.

Five years after President Barack Obama's landmark speech in Cairo aimed at re-setting ties with the Arab world, the poll revealed that while support for Obama, which had fallen in recent years, is on the rise again among most Arabs it still remains below an average of 50 percent.

Just weeks after the latest US effort to broker a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians collapsed, the poll found most Arabs "believe that the United States is not even-handed in its approach to Israeli-Palestinian peace-making."

Despite the fierce debate in the US about arming the rebels, there was a marked lack of support for US intervention to help the rebels battling to oust President Bashar al-Assad, including giving weapons to the opposition or air strikes against the Syrian military.

Read more: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/102857/World/Region/Arabs-mostly-give-Obama-negative--report-card.aspx

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Arabs mostly give Obama negative 2014 report card (Original Post) cqo_000 Jun 2014 OP

TwilightGardener gives most Arab nations a negative report card. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #1

Otohara Agrees With TG otohara Jun 2014 #6

Ditto (n/t) leftynyc Jun 2014 #8

So both Israelis and Arabs don't like Obama Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #2

First sign of doing a GREAT job as President of the UNITED STATES! George II Jun 2014 #3

I am waiting for someone to post "It is sad that so does most of DU" corkhead Jun 2014 #4

which set of interim Egyptian leaders? geek tragedy Jun 2014 #5

But how can that be Robbins Jun 2014 #7

He must be doing something right. nt kelliekat44 Jun 2014 #9

TwilightGardener

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1. TwilightGardener gives most Arab nations a negative report card.

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Tue Jun 3, 2014, 03:42 PM

Jun 2014

For various and sundry reasons, including: gassing your own citizens, refusing to allow women to uncover their faces and drive a car, stoning...what have you...