Attitudes of East Jerusalem Palestinians

Note: We are presenting raw data. When available, we provide some or all of the crosstabs (i.e., breakdowns by various categories such as party ID). To analyze the data, we encourage users to read the entire study and the methodology used. Results and reliability can be affected by such things as sample size, question wording, and question order. Responses may also be influenced by context and timing; for example, if the survey is conducted during a war.

With states offering their citizens certain rights and requiring certain responsibilities, and supposing that there's an agreement on a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, which citizenship would you choose? (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

*In June 2022, among West Bankers, the comparable figures are Israel, 25%; Palestine, 65%; Jordan, 10%.

It would be better for us if we were part of Israel, rather than in Palestinian Authority or Hamas ruled lands. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

The Palestinians should push harder to replace their own political leaders with more effective and less corrupt ones. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

Right now, the Palestinians should focus on practical matters like jobs, health care, education, and everyday stability, not on big political plans or resistance options. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

Right now, the Palestinians need to pay much more attention to countering extremist Islamic trends in our own society. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is mostly just for politicians or old people, and I just don’t think about it very much. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

The Palestinians should move to a new intifadah and make armed struggle their top priority. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

Attacks on any Israeli civilians, including settlers, are bad. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

Why hasn't anew intifadah erupted? (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

I hope some day we can be friends with Israelis, since we are all human beings after all. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

Arab governments should take a more active role in Palestinian-Israeli peacemaking, offering incentives to both sides to take more moderate positions. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

The Palestinians should look more to other Arab governments, like Jordan or Egypt, to help improve our situation. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

Which of the following is the thing you would like the U.S. to do on the Palestinian issues these days? (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

I sincerely worry that Israel wants to destroy the al-Aqsa mosque and harm our religion. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

We should demand Palestinian rule over all of Jerusalem, east and west, rather than share or divide any part of it with Israel. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).

When I think about the occupation, I get so angry that I wish all Israelis would disappear. (Washington Institute, June 6-21, 2022).