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Poll: 80 Percent of Palestinians Believe Arabs Have Abandoned Them
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - 80% of Palestinians believe that the participation of Arab countries in the economic workshop in Bahrain signifies Arab abandonment of the Palestinians, according to a poll by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research published on Thursday. The survey also showed that 90% of Palestinians do not trust the U.S. 57% said they want PA President Mahmoud Abbas to resign, while 35% want him to remain in office. 67% said they believe corruption is deeply rooted in the PA. Nearly half of respondents said they support a return to an armed intifada against Israel.