Israel threatens World Peace more than Syria: Global Peace Index

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Global Peace Index, issued by the American Australian Institute for Economics and Peace, ranked "Israel" in the forefront of countries that pose a threat to world peace and ranked 150 in the index. It is noteworthy that the Institute "GPI" is an international non-profit organization specialized in studying the security situation in the world through scientific tools and publishes an annual report since 2007.According to its report for year 2012, it has been shown that only eight countries, out of 158 countries are more threatening than "Israel" to world peace, including the countries of the Middle East; Lebanon ranked 136, and then Egypt 111, and Syria is ranked 147 in spite of the massacres being committed daily, as it has declined from rank 41 from last year, but "Israel" precedes it by three ranks.Countries were classified in descending order according to 23 examined negative fields that pose a threat to peace in general, i.e. the proportion of murders and crime, relations with neighboring countries, the power of the army, export of arms, number of soldiers, and the volume of heavy weapons owned by the state as well.The index classified Somalia in the last rank 158, as the most dangerous country for world peace for the third consecutive year, and then followed by Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia, North Korea, Republic of Central Africa, "Israel", and later in the list, Pakistan, Syria, Libya, Nigeria, Chad, Kuala Lumpur, Yemen, India, Georgia and Zimbabwe./129