Seventy-four percent of adult Americans have a favorable attitude toward Israel according to the latest Gallup Poll which asked a national sampling of 1,583 persons to indicate how much they like 28 nations of the world. This put Israel one percentage point below West Germany in the popularity rating but 35 points ahead of Egypt. The latter country, the only Arab nation on the list, was favored by only 39 percent of those polled. The three most popular countries among Americans according to the poll are Canada, Switzerland and Australia. The least popular are North Vietnam, Cuba and Communist China.
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