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| Poll: Most Palestinians Reject Two-State Solution - And Violence |
| 2014-06-27 |
| [Ynet] Washington Institute survey finds that while most Paleostinians want to 'reclaim all of historic Paleostine', they do not support violent measures to achieve their goal. Some 60 percent of Paleostinians reject the idea of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Arab conflict, according to a new poll, and instead support a five-year plan to "work toward reclaiming all of historic Paleostine, from the river to the sea." However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... a clear majority do not support the use of violence to achieve their goals. The survey, commissioned by The Washington Institute, found that only 31 percent of Paleostinians in the West Bank and 22 percent of those in Gazoo supported a two-state solution. Nonetheless, just 11 percent of West Bankers and 8 percent of Gazooks would be in favor of a one-state solution, in which Jews and Arabs "have equal rights in one country, from the river to the sea." Similarly, the survey found, only one third of Paleostinians believe that the two-state solution "should be the end of the conflict," while almost two-thirds said "resistance should continue until all of historic Paleostine is liberated." Only one third accepted that Paleostinians may have to "give up some of our claims so that our people and our children can have a better life." Nonetheless, most Paleostinians — and those in Gazoo in particular — do not support a return to violence to achieve their goals, the survey found. Fifty-six percent of West Bank respondents and 70 percent of those in Gazoo agreed that Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, "should maintain a ceasefire with Israel in both Gazoo and the West Bank". Furthermore, more Gazooks (57 percent) than West Bankers (50 percent) said that Hamas should accept Abbas' position that the new Paleostinian unity government must renounce violence against Israel. But a majority of the respondents did back non-violent protests to achieve their objectives, with 62 percent of those in the West Bank and 73 percent of those in Gazoo supporting action such as demonstrations and strikes. Furthermore, settlement construction and Jerusalem were deemed less important in terms of advancing peace than the release of prisoners in Israelis jails, with 45 percent of respondents citing freeing prisoners as the one step Israel could take "to convince Paleostinians that it really wants peace". Just 19.7 percent cited a settlement freeze and 17.3 percent listed the division of Jerusalem as the key issue in this instance. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 They don't want violence. They want Israelis to give up and die without a fight. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-06-27 15:03 |
| #1 apparently that survey was in English. The Arabic survey...not so much |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-06-27 14:09 |