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June 26, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/new-palestinian-poll-shows-hardline-views-but-some-pragmatism-too

60 Percent of Palestinians Say Goal Is Reclaiming All of Historic Palestine

(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) David Pollock - A new West Bank-Gaza public opinion survey conducted on June 15-17, 2014, shows that fewer than 30% of Palestinians now support a "two-state solution": a West Bank-Gaza Palestinian state in lasting peace with Israel. Moreover, 60% say that the five-year goal "should be to work toward reclaiming all of historic Palestine, from the river to the sea." Nearly two-thirds said "resistance should continue until all of historic Palestine is liberated," while only a third said that "it might be necessary to give up some of our claims so that our people and our children can have a better life." Moreover, almost two-thirds said a two-state solution would be "part of a 'program of stages,' to liberate all of historic Palestine later."

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