(Gallup) Lydia Saad - Israel ranks 5th with 67% while the Palestinian Authority ranks 17th with 20% in the Gallup Poll's 2010 country favorability ratings of 20 nations that figure prominently in the news or U.S. foreign policy. The survey, released Friday, recorded a rise for the Palestinian Authority, where only 15% viewed it favorably in 2009. Looking just at those countries considered as "very favorable," Israel ranks 3rd (22%), behind Canada (39%) and Britain (30%), while only 3% list the Palestinian Authority in this category (along with North Korea and Cuba).
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