Despite signs of strengthening ties between Jerusalem and Riyadh, a new poll released on Friday shows the vast majority of the Saudi public remains generally opposed to establishing links with the Jewish state.
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According to the survey conducted for the Washington Institute for Near-East Policy think tank, only 30% of Saudis answered "somewhat" or "strongly" agree that "people who want to have business or sports contacts with Israelis should be allowed to do so."
However, the figure is on the rise and has tripled compared to the last survey carried out last June.
Conversely, 64% of those polled answered "somewhat against" or "totally against" the proposition, while the remaining 6% declared "not knowing" or refused to answer the question.
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Moreover, the poll also showed 40% of those questioned answered "strongly agree" or "somewhat agree" to the question, "Are the Abraham Accords signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain positive?"
The think tank noted that the survey was conducted between Oct. 17-Nov. 9, 2020 by "a highly reputable, independent, and apolitical regional commercial market research firm among a representative national sample of 1,000 Saudi citizens."
The statistical margin of error for the survey was approximately three percentage points, it added.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
