These People Can Be Good Neighbors?
A poll of Palestinians, Israeli Jews, and Israeli Arabs released in Washington on Wednesday was conducted by two polling firms, the Public Opinion Research of Israel and The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion.
http://www.luntz.com/Survey_102103.pdf
59% percent of Palestinians believe that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad should continue their armed struggle against Israel even if Israel leaves all of the West Bank and Gaza, including East Jerusalem, and a Palestinian state is created.
80% of Palestinians say that, under those circumstances, the Palestinians should not give up the "right of return."
96% of Israeli Jews say the people who piloted the planes on September 11 were terrorists, while 37% of Palestinians share that view.
26% of Palestinians believe Israelis planned the 9-11 attacks.
42% of Palestinians and 61% of Israeli-Arabs stated that they support the people who are attacking Americans in Iraq. Zero percent of Israeli Jews said they did.
Which nation or people is the single greatest threat to world peace?
Israeli Jews: Iran-52%, Palestinians-8%, Iraq-7%.
Israeli Arabs: U.S.-40%, Israel-26%, Palestinians-5%.
Palestinians: Israel-51%, U.S.-36%, Other-1%.
In the war between the U.S. and Saddam Hussein, whom did you support?
Israeli Jews: U.S.-95%, Saddam-0%.
Israeli Arabs: U.S.-19%, Saddam-38%.
Palestinians: U.S.-10%, Saddam-74%.
Hamas is a terrorist group.
Israeli Jews: Agree-98%, Disagree-1%.
Israeli Arabs: Agree-27%, Disagree-59%.
Palestinians: Agree-13%, Disagree-81%.
Favor a future Palestinian state governed by Sha'ria (Muslim) law.
Israeli Jews: Favor-7%, Don't favor-82%.
Israeli Arabs: Favor-57%, Don't favor-37%.
Palestinians: Favor-69%, Don't favor-25%.
42% of Palestinians and 61% of Israeli-Arabs stated that they ‘support’ the people who are
attacking American troops in Iraq right now. Zero percent of Israeli Jews hold that view.
Fully 90% of Jews in Israel strongly agree that Hamas is “a terrorist group,” compared to
only 16% of Israeli-Arabs and 5% of Palestinians.
99% of Israelis consider bombings of Israeli buses and restaurants to be acts of terrorism,
while only 10% of Palestinians would agree.
46% of Palestinians characterize Israelis as the ‘enemy’ and 31% believe that Allah wants
Muslims to fight Jews. Moreover, 59% of Palestinians feel Hamas and Islamic Jihad should
NOT give up their armed struggle against Israel even if Israel were to leave all territories,
including East Jerusalem, and grant statehood to the Palestinians.
Palestinians, Israeli-Arabs and Jewish Israelis all overwhelmingly believe that democracy is the best form
of government. However, each group defines “democracy” differently. Nearly 8 in 10 Jews in Israel believe that
their political system should be a ‘democratic regime in which all the political ideas are represented.’ When asked
exactly the same question, only 33% of Palestinians agreed. In fact, one in five Palestinians support the
establishment of an Islamic single-party government.
[Last year the Tulkarm Shahids Memorial
Soccer Championship For Children was named
After Abd Al-Al Baset Odeh, who killed 30 Israelis
in a suicide bombing. Is this a good thing or a bad
thing?]
Israeli Jews Israeli Arabs Palestinians
A GOOD THING ------ [15%] [71%]
A BAD THING ------ [70%] [13%]
DON’T KNOW ------ [15%] [17%]
[Last year the Tulkarm Shahids Memorial
Soccer Championship For Children was named
After Abd Al-Al Baset Odeh, who killed 30 Israelis
in a suicide bombing. Is this a good thing or a bad
thing?]
Israeli Jews Israeli Arabs Palestinians
A GOOD THING ------ [15%] [71%]
A BAD THING ------ [70%] [13%]
DON’T KNOW ------ [15%] [17%]