Press Release
10 most important world leaders in an international survey concluding 2015
By Prof. Yitzhak Katz, CEO of Maagar Mochot
[IMRA translation of Hebrew]
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A. introduction
An international survey concludes carried out in parallel in 65 countries
around the world, by the international organization of pollsters, WIN
(Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research) examined public attitudes
in relation to major world leaders. The survey covered about 64,000
worldwide. IN Israel, the survey was conducted by the Maagar Mochot, headed
by Prof. Yitzchak Katz.
The maximum sampling error for the results of the international survey is 5%
with a confidence level of 95%.

B. The main research question:
What is your opinion regarding each of the following global leaders: very
favorable position, sympathetic to some extent, not sympathetic to some
extent, or very unfavorable?

Israel survey results: sympathy for the 10 most important world leaders:

Leaders positive/negative/other gap[positive-negative]
1. German Chancellor Angela Merkel 64% 26% 11% + 38%
2. British Prime Minister David Cameron 50% 35% 15% + 15%
3. French President Francois Hollande 41% 45% 14% -4%
4. US President Barack Obama 38% 61% 1% -22%
5. Russian President Vladimir Putin 37% 57% 6% -20%
6. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi 32% 19% 49% + 13%
7. The President of China Shi Tz'infing 14% 35% 51% -21%
8. The President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff 12% 37% 51% -25%
9. King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdul Aziz 10% 61% 29%- 51%
10. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani 2% 91% 8% -89%
For this analysis:
positive= very favorable position and sympathetic to some extent
negative = not sympathetic to some extent and very unfavorable."

Israeli opinion of world leaders according to the gap between negative to
positive attitudes towards them;
1. German Chancellor Angela Merkel (a positive difference of + 38%)
2. British Prime Minister David Cameron (a positive difference of + 15%)
3. The Indian prime minister Narendra Modi (a positive difference of + 13%)
4. French President Francois Hollande (negative gap of 4%)
5. Russian President Vladimir Putin (negative gap of 20%)
6. The President of China Shi Tz'infing (negative gap of 21%)
7. US President Barack Obama (negative gap of 22%)
8. The President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff (negative gap of 25%)
9. King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdul Aziz (negative gap of 51%)
10. Iranian President Hassan Rohani (negative gap of 89%)

D. Comparing attitudes towards the important leaders: Israel vs. the rest of
the world:
(Compare the difference between the percentage of positive attitudes and the
rate of negative attitudes).

1. Attitudes towards US President Barack Obama:
The average gap for all countries surveyed is positive and large: 30% (59%
expressed a positive position, compared with 29% who expressed a negative
view).
Israel's negative gap: 22% -. Israel is ranked 61st out of 65 countries
sympathetic to US President Barack Obama.
Country gap
1. Kosovo 83%
2. Vietnam 80%
3. Portugal 76%
4. Sweden 75%
5. Colombia 73%
6. Finland 72%
7. Belgium 70%
8. Bangladesh 68%
9. India 65%
10. The Netherlands 65%
11. Panama 65%
.......
47. US 12%
.......
60. Iran - 21%
61. Israel -22%
62. Armenia -43%
63. Pakistan -45%-
64. 68% -PA-
65. Russia -83%-

2. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin:
The average gap for all countries surveyed is negative: 10% - 33% (a
positive, 43% negative position).
Israel's negative gap: 20% -. Israel is ranked 40th.
Position a gap between the positive attitudes Negative attitudes
1. Armenia 79%
2. Vietnam 76%
3. Mongolia 73%
4. Serbia 72%
5. Bangladesh 72%
6. Russia 72%
7. China 55%
8. India 39%
9. Ethiopia 35%
10. Lebanon 33%
.......
40. Israel -20%
.......
46. ​​US -44%
.......
63. Portugal -67%
64. Sweden -77%
65. Finland -83%

3. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:
The average gap for all countries surveyed is positive: 13% (42% a positive,
29% negative position).
Israel disparity positive. 38%, Israel is ranked 12th.
Position a gap between the positive attitudes Negative attitudes
1. Kosovo 80%
2. Sweden 59%
3. Finland 59%
4. Vietnam 59%
5. Iceland 58%
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina 48%
7. Colombia 46%
8. Netherlands 43%
9. Bangladesh 43%
10. Ethiopia 40%
11. China 38%
12. Israel 38%
.......
51. Germany -6%-
.......
63. Russia -47%
64. PA -47%
65. Greece - 72%

4. British Prime Minister David Cameron:
The average gap for all countries surveyed is positive: 10% (37% favorable
position, compared with 28% negative position).
Israel positive gap: 15%, Israel is ranked 30th.
Position a gap between the positive attitudes Negative attitudes
1. Vietnam 54%
2. Fiji 46%
3. Bangladesh 44%
4. Colombia 41%
5. Ukraine 40%
6. Kosovo 39%
7. India 39%
8. Ethiopia 38%
9. Nigeria 36%
10. South Africa 36%
.......
30. Israel 15%
.......
52. UK - 7%
.......
63. Greece -40%-
64. Russia -48%
65. PA -53%

5. The President of France Francois Hollande:
The average gap for all countries surveyed is positive: 6% (35% a positive,
29% negative position).
Israel's negative gap 4% -, Israel is ranked 47th.
Position a gap between the positive attitudes Negative attitudes
1. Vietnam 53%
2. Armenia 51%
3. Bangladesh 43%
4. Colombia 42%
5. Ukraine 36%
6. Netherlands 34%
7. India 31%
8. Congo 30%
9. Kosovo 30%
10. Finland 28%
.......
47. Israel -4%
.......
63. Russia -30%
64. France *- 47%
65. PA -48%
* The survey was carried out in France before the terrorist attacks in
Paris.

6. The President of Iran Hassan Rohani:
The average gap for all countries surveyed is negative: 13% - 19% (a
positive, compared with 32% negative position).
Israel's negative gap: 89% -, Israel is ranked 65th and last, a significant
gap from 64.
Position a gap between the positive attitudes Negative attitudes
1. Bangladesh 64%
2. Iran 56%
3. Pakistan 26%
4. Lebanon 23%
5. India 18%
6. Vietnam 16%
7. Afghanistan 11%
8. Morocco 10%
9. Bosnia and Herzegovina 8%
10 Russia 8%
.......
63. Czech Republic -44%-
64. In Spain -57%
65. Israel -89%