Israeli Walla web portal decided to check popularity of regional leaders on Facebook social networking website.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan tops the standings with a list of 369107 friends. He became very popular after he openly adopted anti-Israeli position.  

The second is Jordan king Abdullah II. He does not have his own profile but his fan page unites about 87,000 people, while Lebanese President Michel Suleiman – 86,000.

President of Syria Bashar al-Assad (unlike his spouse Asma) also does not have his profile but fan page features 67,000 people. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has 43,077 friends on Facebook, whereas the leader of Iranian opposition Mir-Hossein Mousavi – 140,000.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has official profile on Facebook with 47,000 friends.