Majority of Arab youth in UAE, Egypt and Morocco strongly support normalization with Israel, according to new poll

by Tori Bergel

“Arab youth in the United Arab Emirates and Morocco, two signatories to the Abraham Accords, strongly support the normalization of ties with Israel, according to the 2023 Arab Youth Survey. Young Arabs in Egypt also strongly favor normalization with Israel, while the majority of respondents in other Arab countries from Algeria to Iraq to Saudi Arabia, and including Bahrain, another signatory to the Accords, oppose warmer ties with the Jewish state by large margins.

"For this year’s Arab Youth Survey, the 15th to date, researchers conducted 3,600 interviews with individuals ages 18-24 between March 27 and April 12 in 18 countries and 53 cities across the Middle East and North Africa, to gauge the overall attitude of the 'Arab world’s largest demographic.'

"On the normalization question, 75% of young Arabs in the UAE, 73% in Egypt and 50% in Morocco 'strongly support' or 'somewhat support' ties with Israel. In Bahrain, the figure dropped to 30%, with 53% 'strongly opposing' or 'somewhat opposing' normalization with Israel. Of the other 14 countries included in the survey, most saw opposition percentages in the 80s and 90s, with respondents in Iraq and the Palestinian Territories both 100% against warmer ties."

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