Wednesday June 29, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

67% of Egypt wants to continue the peace treaty with Israel. 67% is equal to two-thirds of the population. That's a lot.

That is the finding of a new survey of 1062 people conducted by the Cabinet Information Decision Support Center - the research arm of the Egyptian cabinet.

This is truly a remarkable number given the tensions and the rhetoric that has been abounding in Egypt since January.

According to the poll only 11% want to scrap the treaty and 2% of the Egyptian population wants to revise some aspects. 20% would not answer the question.

This is very good news for Egypt and for the region.
The poll also asked Egyptians if they were willing to vote in the upcoming election. An overwhelming 87% of those asked said they will vote - as opposed to the underwhelming 18% who voted in the last election.

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