Seventy-one percent of Americans polled said they want the government to support a neutral stance with regards to the ongoing Israeli-Arab conflict, according to a University of Maryland poll released today.  The poll also included residents of China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, Mexico, Peru, the UK, France, Spain, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Thailand, South Korea, and the PA-controlled areas.  The polls supposedly represent a 59 percent sample of the world.

Those polled, in the United States and thirteen other countries prefer that their governments remain neutral with regards to the ongoing conflict. Three countries- Egypt, Iran, and Turkey-expressed a preference for government support of the Arabs.  None of the countries polled expressed a preference for a pro-Israel stance within the conflict.