There has been an ongoing Iran-Israel proxy conflict known as the Shadow War. Real Research, an online survey app, revealed that 72.76% of the respondents were aware of the Iran-Israel Shadow War.

Highlights:

  • 70.28% of the respondents are extremely concerned about the Iran-Israel shadow war news.
  • 65.08% of respondents think there is potential that this war will spread across more countries in the Middle East.
  • 60.22% of respondents support Mona Yacoubian’s view that Iran and Israel could claim victory and de-escalate, given no Israeli civilian casualties.

Iran-Israel Shadow War

According to Arab News, Iran launched numerous drones and missiles, including from its own territory, directly at Israel on Saturday in retaliation for a deadly April 1 strike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus. 70.28% of the respondents are extremely concerned about the Iran-Israel shadow war news.

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Figure 1: How concerned respondents are about the Iran-Israel shadow war news

Survey on Iran-Israel Shadow War

Mona Yacoubian, vice president of the Middle East and North Africa Center, said both Iran and Israel are able at this point to claim victory and step down off the precipice, particularly since no Israeli civilians were killed. 60.22% of the respondents agree with this statement.

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Figure 2: Whether respondents agree with Mona Yacoubian’s statement

In addition, 59.40% of the respondents think Iran’s latest attack on Israel is justified.

Iran’s attack on Israel

65.08% of respondents think there is potential that this war will spread across more countries in the Middle East.

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Fig 3: Whether this war might spread across more countries in the Middle East

Furthermore, Israel’s military said it intercepted 99 percent of the aerial threats with the help of the United States and other allies. 51.90% of the respondents think the United States will be somewhat important to Israel in this war.

Methodology

Survey TitleSurvey on Iran-Israel Shadow War
DurationApril 18 – April 27, 2024
Number of Participants5,000
DemographicsMales and females, aged 21 to 99
Participating Countries Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia,… Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, China (Hong Kong) China (Macao), China (Taiwan), Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greanada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Maluritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar [Burma], Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.