A rare Israeli survey shows that Saudis consider Iran to be their greatest enemy, not the Jewish State.
The survey, conducted by the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, finds 53 percent of Saudis name Iran as their main adversary, 22 percent say the Islamic State group and only 18 percent say Israel.
The poll, published Thursday and conducted in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, surveyed 506 Saudis over the phone and had a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
Alex Mintz, who heads the IDC’s Institute for Policy and Strategy and oversaw the survey, says none of those polled questioned the source of the survey. Israel and Saudi Arabia are longtime foes with no diplomatic relations.
Last year, the institute carried out a similar survey of Iranians.
— AP
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