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6 Countries that Dislike America The Most and Why

Posted byBy Barbara-Shae Jackson | Published on: | Updated on April 28, 2014 CommentsComments (7)
Photo: countrywatch.com

Photo: countrywatch.com

Palestinian territories

(U.S.GLP) Disapproval rating: 80.0 percent

A new Pew research center survey polled international perceptions of America and the results were similar to the U.S. GLP ratings. Palestinians grossly categorized America as the “enemy” (76 percent), while Israelis responded by calling America their “partner.”

America’s interference in Palestinian foreign affairs often includes providing monetary aid — total contribution to the Palestinian infrastructure program recently hit $100 million. Despite this, the country’s perception of America is not positively swayed.

“Elder of Ziyon,” which has been called one of the most influential pro-Israeli blogs, analyzes these findings.

“Notice that there is no correlation between the amount of money the U.S. gives to a nation and their opinion of the U.S. Egypt and Jordan hate Americans more than Pakistanis,” he says. “I bet if you would survey BDSers , (a term representing participants in boycotts, divestments and sanctions),  and the rest of the ‘hate Israel’ crowd, you will find that their opinions closely match the hate that Palestinian-Arabs have for the U.S. and Americans.”

 

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