How the 'UK attitudes toward the Arab world' survey was conducted

Updated 25 September 2017
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How the 'UK attitudes toward the Arab world' survey was conducted

As part of a continued partnership between YouGov and Arab News, YouGov conducted an opinion poll among UK residents about their attitudes toward the Arab world.
The range of questions was designed to capture views across a variety of issues, including the current level of familiarity with the Arab world, interest in learning more about Arab culture, willingness to travel, associations with Arab societies, portrayal of Arab countries in the media, migration of refugees to Europe and Britain, the issue of Islamophobia, and Britain’s military involvement in war-torn countries.
The survey was conducted using an online interview administered among members of the YouGov Plc GB panel of close to 1.02 million individuals who have agreed to take part in surveys. An email was sent to panelists selected at random from the base sample, inviting them to take part in the survey and providing a link to the survey. All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc.
The figures have been weighted and are representative of all British adults aged 18 and over. YouGov weights UK political surveys by age interlocked with gender and education, political attention, social grade, 2017 recalled vote interlocked with region, and EU referendum recalled vote.
The total size was 2,142 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between Aug. 16-17, 2017.
Overall, respondents answered 25 close-ended questions. There was a near-even gender split among respondents, with 48 percent males and 52 percent females. Of the people in the sample group, 67 percent were between the ages of 25 and 64. The overall margin of error, at 2 percent, is considered to be low.

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Netanyahu ‘sought plan to evade responsibility for Oct. 7 attack

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Netanyahu ‘sought plan to evade responsibility for Oct. 7 attack

  • Critics have repeatedly accused Netanyahu of refusing to accept blame for the deadliest attack in Israel’s history

JERUSALEM: A former close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that immediately following the October 2023 Hamas attack that triggered Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, the Israeli leader instructed him to figure out how the premier could evade responsibility for the security breach.
Former Netanyahu spokesperson Eli Feldstein, who faces trial for allegedly leaking classified information to the press, made the explosive accusation during an extensive interview with Israel’s Kan news channel Monday night.

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Feldstein said Netanyahu looked ‘panicked’ when he made the request. He was later told to omit the word ‘responsibility’ from all statements.

Critics have repeatedly accused Netanyahu of refusing to accept blame for the deadliest attack in Israel’s history. But little is known about Netanyahu’s behavior in the days immediately following the attack, while the premier has consistently resisted an independent state inquiry.
Speaking to Kan, Feldstein said “the first task” he received from Netanyahu after Oct. 7, 2023, was to stifle calls for accountability. 

“He asked me, ‘What are they talking about in the news? Are they still talking about responsibility?’” Feldstein said. “He wanted me to think of something that could be said that would offset the media storm surrounding the question of whether the prime minister had taken responsibility or not.”
He added that Netanyahu looked “panicked” when he made the request. Feldstein said he was later told by people in Netanyahu’s close circle to omit the word “responsibility” from all statements.
Netanyahu’s office called the interview a “long series of mendacious and recycled allegations made by a man with clear personal interests who is trying to deflect responsibility from himself,” Hebrew media reported.