Poll: 6 in 10 Palestinians Reject Two-State Solution

(Jerusalem Post) Gil Hoffman - Only 34% of Palestinians accept, while 61% reject, two states for two peoples as the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a survey of 1,010 Palestinians completed this week by American pollster Stanley Greenberg. 66% said the Palestinians' real goal should be to start with a two-state solution but then move to it all being one Palestinian state. 92% said Jerusalem should be the capital of Palestine, while just 3% said it should be the capital of both Palestine and Israel. 72% backed denying the thousands of years of Jewish history in Jerusalem, 62% supported kidnapping IDF soldiers and holding them hostage, and 53% were in favor of teaching songs about hating Jews in Palestinian schools. The poll was conducted with the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion and sponsored by the Israel Project.


2011-07-15 00:00:00

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