Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The other side of the Poll story


Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Poll: Majority against PA Demand

More than three-quarters of Israelis oppose dividing Jerusalem and allowing the capital to be shared as the headquarters for a new Palestinian Authority state, according to a poll carried out for the left-wing OneVoice organization.Israeli media headlined the poll as showing support for a PA state, but the backing is in effect only in principle. The poll was carried out for OneVoice by the widely-known Dahaf Institute and Irish scholar Colin Irwin following the Operation Cast Lead counterterrorist campaign.

Although 78 percent of the Israeli respondents back the “two-state solution,” nearly the same amount – 77 percent – are against dividing Jerusalem and allowing the PA to use it is a capital for a new Arab nation.

The survey also shows wide gaps in priorities, with almost all of PA Arabs stating that a new state and the right of foreign Arabs to move to Israel are top priorities, while a new PA state is only the 11th most important priority for Israelis. In addition, virtually every Israeli political leader and a vast, majority of Israeli reject the demand for the immigration of Arabs who claim to be descendants of Arabs who used to live in Israel.

All of the PA Arabs who were polled think that all Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria should be destroyed while only 26 percent of Israelis agreed. Nearly two thirds of the Israelis also reject meeting the PA demand for returning to the 1949-1967 borders,

The only agreement between the Israelis and Arabs was on the shared opposition to a single bi-national state.
Thanks A7 news

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