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Israeli Opinion Regarding
|
| such a treaty would improve the Arab world's attitudes toward Israel | ~33% |
| the Arab world would remain hostile to Israel even if a treaty were signed | 63% |
What should Israel do? (Peace Index, December 14, 2011)
| Think that in the present state of affairs Israel should make special efforts to renew the negotiations with the Palestinians | 61% |
How is the Netanyahu government functioning vis-a-vis negotiations with the Palestinians? (Peace Index, December 14, 2011)
| moderately well | 40% |
| very well | 14% |
(Peace Index, December 14, 2011)
| Opposition leader Tzipi Livni did not act properly when she met recently with Mahmoud Abbas | 58% |
What is your position on holding peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority? (Peace Index, October 31, 2011)
General Public |
Jews |
Arabs |
|
| Strongly in favor | 31.6% |
30.5% |
37.8% |
| Moderately in favor | 39% |
39.8% |
34.4% |
| Moderately opposed | 15.4% |
15.5% |
14.4% |
| Strongly opposed | 10.1% |
9.5% |
13.3% |
| Don't know/refuse to answer | 3.9% |
4.7% |
37.8% |
Do you believe or not believe that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will lead to peace between Israel and the Palestinians in the coming years? (Peace Index, October 31, 2011)
General Public |
Jews |
Arabs |
|
| Strongly believe | 5.7% |
4.8% |
11.1% |
| Moderately believe | 26.5% |
26.6% |
25.6% |
| Moderately don't believe | 32.1% |
33.2% |
25.6% |
| Don't believe at all | 33.4% |
33% |
35.6% |
| Don't know/refuse to answer | 2.4% |
2.4% |
2.2% |
Are you for a withdrawal to the '67 borders while keeping settlement blocs? [note: the average Israeli does not realize that '67 border means without east Jerusalem] (Dahaf Poll, September 28, 2011)
| Yes | 40% |
| No | 55% |
Is there a chance to reach peace with the Palestinians? (Keilim Shluvim for Maariv newspaper, September 28, 2011)
| No | 54% |
| Small | 23% |
| Good | 23% |
In return for a peace agreement with the Palestinians should we return to the '67 lines? [Note: Not all Israelis know that this means giving up eastern Jerusalem unless specified in the question] (Keilim Shluvim for Maariv newspaper, September 28, 2011)
| Must not do it | 58.1% |
| Hold onto settlement blocks | 24.2% |
| On condition they forfeit right of return | 12.6% |
| the occupation is immoral | 5.2% |
Did the application of the Palestinians to the UN distance the chance for peace? (Keilim Shluvim for Maariv newspaper, September 28, 2011)
| Damaged chances for peace | 55% |
| Didn't hurt | 45% |
Do you support or oppose the formula of 1967 borders with land swaps as a basis for an agreement with the Palestinians? (Geocartographia Institute, May 2011)
| Support | 27% |
| Oppose | 61% |
What is your position on holding peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority? (Peace Index, May 2011)
General Public |
Israeli Jews |
Israeli Arabs |
|
| Strongly in favor | 32.2% |
27.5% |
59.0% |
| Moderately in favor | 34.9% |
36.7% |
24.5% |
| Moderately opposed | 16.7% |
17.6% |
12.1% |
| Strongly opposed | 13.5% |
15.2% |
3.3% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer | 2.7% |
3.0% |
4.4% |
What is your position on holding peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority? (Peace Index, June 2011)
General Public |
Jews |
Arabs |
|
| Strongly in favor | 32.2% |
32.5% |
31.1% |
| Moderately in favor | 39.0% |
39.2% |
37.8% |
| Moderately opposed | 12.8% |
11.9% |
17.8% |
| Strongly opposed | 13.2% |
13.1% |
13.3% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer | 2.7% |
3.2% |
Do you believe or not believe that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will lead to peace between Israel and the Palestinians in the coming years? (Peace Index, May 2011)
General Public |
Israeli Jews |
Israeli Arabs |
|
| Believe (strongly or moderately) | 30.4% |
26.5% |
52.3% |
| Don't believe (strongly or moderately) | 69.2% |
73.0% |
47.7% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer | 0.3% |
0.4% |
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Do you believe or not believe that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will lead to peace between Israel and the Palestinians in the coming years? (Peace Index, June 2011)
General Public |
Jews |
Arabs |
|
| Strongly believe | 7.6% |
4.6% |
20.0% |
| Moderately believe | 24.5% |
21.9% |
32.3% |
| Moderately don't believe | 31.7% |
29.4% |
17.8% |
| Don't believe at all | 34.4% |
43.6% |
29.9% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer | 1.7% |
0.4% |
To what extent to you believe that there is a real chance to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the next two or three years based on the principle of two states for two peoples? (Peace Index, June 2011)
General Public |
Jews |
Arabs |
|
| Strongly believe | 4.8% |
4.6% |
5.6% |
| Moderately believe | 21.3% |
20.7% |
24.4% |
| Moderately don't believe | 34.3% |
33.7% |
37.8% |
| Don't believe at all | 38.1% |
39.3% |
31.1% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer | 1.6% |
1.6% |
1.1% |
And in the next ten years, to what extent do you believe or not believe that there is a real chance to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the principle of two states for two peoples? (Peace Index, June 2011)
General Public |
Jews |
Arabs |
|
| Strongly believe | 8.0% |
7.5% |
11.1% |
| Moderately believe | 35.2% |
35.4% |
34.4% |
| Moderately don't believe | 27.1% |
25.4% |
36.7% |
| Don't believe at all | 23.7% |
25.5% |
13.3% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer | 5.9% |
6.2% |
4.4% |
Among the possibilities, what in your opinion is the main description that describes the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinians? (Peace Index, June 2011)
General Public |
Jews |
Arabs |
|
| Mainly a political conflict | 13.7% |
13.0% |
17.8% |
| Mainly a religious conflict | 13.0% |
14.1% |
6.7% |
| Mainly a territorial conflict | 22.4% |
20.1% |
35.6% |
| All three to the same extent | 45.1% |
47.4% |
32.2% |
| None of them | 2.6% |
1.9% |
6.7% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer | 3.2% |
3.5% |
1.1% |
It emerged from Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to the Knesset that Israel will insist on retaining the large settlement blocs in the West Bank and would be prepared to evacuate the rest of the settlements in the West Bank and Jordan Valley. What is your view of Netanyahu's position on this matter? (Peace Index, May 2011)
General Public |
Israeli Jews |
Israeli Arabs |
|
| This position is not sufficient to advance the peace process | 23.6% |
17.0% |
61.0% |
| The position is appropriate | 31.8% |
33.1% |
24.5% |
| The position is too conciliatory and dangerous to Israel | 36.5% |
41.3% |
8.9% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer | 8.0% |
8.5% |
5.6% |
In your opinion, will the Palestinian leadership try to prevent or, alternatively, encourage the outbreak of a third intifada in the event that an independent Palestinian state is declared? (Peace Index, May 2011)
General Public |
Israeli Jews |
Israeli Arabs |
|
| The Palestinian leadership will try to prevent it | 36.1% |
33.7% |
49.9% |
| The Palestinian leadership will encourage it | 56.1% |
58.2% |
44.5% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer | 7.7% |
8.1% |
5.6% |
Would you agree to international control of the holy places within the framework of a peace agreement? (Geocartography Knowledge Group, May 2011)
| Yes | 21% |
| No | 73% |
| Don't know | 6% |
Would you oppose or support having part of Jerusalem part of a Palestinian state? (Geocartography Knowledge Group, May 2011)
| Oppose any part | 66% |
| Support some Arab neighborhoods | 23% |
Should construction be frozen in Jerusalem neighborhoods beyond the 1967 lines? (Geocartography Knowledge Group, May 2011)
| Build | 67% |
| Freeze | 23% |
| Don't know | 10% |
Do you support or oppose a deal according to which hundreds of terrorists would be released in exchange for Gilad Shalit? (Dahaf, May 2011)
| Support | 58% |
| Oppose | 29% |
(Independent Media Review Analysis, September 2011)
| Think the Palestinians' aspirations in the long run are to conquer the State of Israel and destroy much of the Jewish population in Israel | 38% |
| Think the Palestinians' aspirations in the long run are to conquer the State of Israel | 20% |
| Think the aspirations of the Palestinians are to regain some or all of the territories conquered in 1967 | 37% |
Regarding the Palestinian United Nations bid for statehood (Independent Media Review Analysis, September 2011)
| Believe that if Palestinians appeal for the recognition of the UN, Israel should... | take diplomatic measures to prevent such a step | 57% |
| support such a step | 20% |
|
| threaten to annex the Palestinian Authority territories | 13% |
If indeed the UN recognizes a Palestinian state...(Independent Media Review Analysis, September 2011)
| Israel should accept the decision | 69% |
| --> and start negotiations with the Palestinians about its implementation | 34% |
| --> but not allow any change on the ground by the Palestinians | 35% |
| Israel should oppose the decision | 27% |
| --> and intensify the construction in the settlements | 16% |
| --> and annex the PA territory to Israel | 7% |
| --> and invade the PA and use force in order to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state | 4% |
What do you think the Palestinians will do if the UN recognizes a Palestinian state? (Independent Media Review Analysis, September 2011)
| resume the Intifada including armed confrontations | 46% |
| start non-violent resistance such as peaceful demonstrations | 31% |
| resume negotiations | 16% |
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Opinion Regarding Peace with the Palestinians Table of Contents
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Opinion Table of Contents
See also:
Joint Israeli-Palestinian
Poll on 2011 Palestinian UN Statehood Bid
Polls
on Unilateral Measures
