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| Poll: Majority of Palestinians support ceasefire |
| 2008-03-14 |
| (Xinhua) -- The result of a poll shows that a majority of surveyed Palestinians, in Gaza Strip and West Bank, support a ceasefire deal with Israel. The poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO), said that 73 percent of the 1,220 surveyed people agree Israeli-Palestinian calmness for the time being. The poll was carried out between February 22 and March 6, a period in which Israel killed more than 125 Palestinians during raids and incursion in Gaza Strip. Nabil Kukali, director of the PCPO, said in a statement that the survey also found out that nearly half of the people (49.4 percent) do not support suicide attacks into Israel at this time. The lull which prevailed in Gaza following March 3, when Israel ended the ground Operation Warm Winter, was broke on Thursday with armed groups firing rockets into Israel in response to the killing of four Palestinians by Israeli undercover forces in West Bank on Wednesday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 A "majority of Palestinians" belive in Free Lunch too! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-03-14 23:27 |
| #8 A "majority of Palestinians" ain't got shit to say about it. IJ, Fatah and Hamas don't care about their opinion. |
| Posted by: Chief Running Gag 2008-03-14 11:42 |
| #7 So only half of paleos are bloodthirsty terror supporters? Nice. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-03-14 10:13 |
| #6 #4. Dont make peace based on trust. Make peace, and retain strength and vigilance. Maintain security fences. Maybe a deal and accompanying withdrawl will raise that 49.4%. Maybe it wont. Even if it doesnt, you can be as safe after a withdrawl as you are now. And yes, Gaza doesnt show differently. No suicide bombers from Gaza. Rockets are bad, but Israel is surviving them. And the world is tolerating what Israel is doing to counter. I dont think the WB folks want to be like Gaza. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-03-14 10:03 |
| #5 Majority of Palestinians support Israeli Ceasefire. There, fixed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-03-14 09:33 |
| #4 nearly half of the people (49.4 percent) do not support suicide attacks into Israel at this time. Definitely these are trustworthy partners for peace. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-14 09:23 |
| #3 . . . support a ceasefire deal with Israel. defined as: "Israel stops retaliating" |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2008-03-14 09:10 |
| #2 The other 30% couldn't be reached for comment due to being engaged in "activism" at the time. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-03-14 07:53 |
| #1 So why don't they shoot or otherwise restrain the active perps? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-03-14 02:01 |