I've taken a look at my media. And kept looking, from about since I could read. I've also taken some looks at American media, caught a few odd bits of some Arab news, and deduced the rest.

The conclusions stand. And pray tell what do *you* know about *our* media ? I do dare claim I'm rather better at reading news in English than you're in Finnish or Swedish, though feel free to prove me wrong...

That aside, individual statistical errors aren't worth a jack. We've pro-Israeli religious sects here in Finland, and I know for a fact there's a fair few activist groups in Israel opposed to the nation's policies. Heck, there's a small movement in the IDF where the soldiers refuse to enter the Occupied Territories on the grounds that there they're likely to receive orders that conflict with the Geneva Conventions and similar accords (which famously don't accept "just following orders" as a valid defense). No doubt you can also find pro-Israeli Arab Muslims and Jewish antisemites.

Doesn't mean much, though. I once had a right-winger American tell me on another forum he knew a couple of Swedes who didn't like the social-democrat policies the state almost typifies. I was all "yeah, and ?" I know people who don't like Finnish domestic politics one way or the other.

The opinions of scattered individuals don't really matter here, you see. What's relevant are the general opinions of sufficient masses of people to affect the whole tone and overall mentality of their reference level.