American Attitudes About Unilateral Declaration of a Palestinian State
Thinking about possible actions regarding the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians: (The Israel Project)
Some Palestinian leaders, like Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, have suggested that the Palestinians break the stalemate and unilaterally declare an independent Palestinian state without a signed peace treat with Israel. Would you support or oppose the Palestinians doing this?
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April 2011 |
June 2011 |
| Support |
31% |
25% |
| Oppose |
51% |
57% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer |
18% |
18% |
Some Palestinian leaders, like Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, have voiced an intention to seek recognition of a Palestinian state from the United Nations this September without a negotiated peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. If this issue is brought up in the UN, should the U.S. government support or oppose the UN resolution recognizing a unilaterally declared Palestinian state without a peace agreement between the parties?
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June 2011 |
| Support |
28% |
| Oppose |
61% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer |
11% |
If the Palestinians do not sign a peace treaty with Israel, do you think the United States should recognize a unilaterally-declared Palestinian state?
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April 2011 |
| Yes |
33% |
| No |
54% |
| Don't know/Refused to answer |
12% |
With regards to the possible United Nations General Assembly vote to recognize a Palestinian state, which of the following statements do you agree with more? (The Israel Project, June 2011)
If the United Nations General Assembly votes to recognize a Palestinian state it will help strengthen the position of the Palestinian Authority and make an agreement with Israel more likely. |
34% |
If the United Nations General Assembly votes to recognize a Palestinian state without any negotiations between Israel and Palestinians, it will make an agreement with Israel less likely. |
50% |
With regards to the possible United Nations General Assembly vote to recognize a Palestinian state, which of the following statements do you agree with more? (The Israel Project, June 2011)
If the United Nations General Assembly votes to recognize a Palestinian state it will help pressure Israel to make helpful concessions and make peace easier to achieve. |
31% |
If the United Nations General Assembly votes to recognize a Palestinian state it will only harden extremists on both sides and make peace much harder to achieve. |
57% |
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