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. The question wording is not exact in polls in Arabic translated to English).

 If a permanent, two state solution is arrived at, do you think that most people in your neighborhood would prefer to become citizens of Palestine, with all of the rights and privileges of other citizens of Palestine, or would they prefer to become citizens of Israel, with all of the rights and privileges of other citizens of Israel? (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

If a permanent, two state solution is arrived at, would you prefer to become a citizen of Palestine or would you prefer to become a citizen of Israel? (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

 If your current neighborhood became an internationally recognized part of Israel, and you were allowed to move to a different home inside the new state of Palestine, how likely are you to move to a different home inside of Palestine and to become a citizen of Palestine? (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

 If your current neighborhood became an internationally recognized part of Palestine, and you were allowed to move to a different home inside Israel, how likely are you to move to a different home in an Israeli neighborhood of Jerusalem, or elsewhere inside Israel, and to become a citizen of Israel? (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

In your view is there any discrimination in the services provided to Arab and Jews by the Jerusalem municipality? (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

 If the answer is certainly yes or yes, in which areas you see discrimination?  (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

Tell us to what extent does the following issue represent a problem in East Jerusalem? Is it a big, small, or no problem at all? [Answered a very big problem] (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

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 Did you participate in Israeli elections, like Jerusalem's municipal elections or Knesset elections? (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

If you did not participate, what was the main reason for not participating? (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

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(What if the Palestinian Authority were to ask you to participate in the Israeli municipal elections, would you in this case be willing or unwilling to participate? (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

When you have a problem or need a social assistance, where do you normally go for relief? (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

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 If the issue of sovereignty over East Jerusalem is resolved, do you support or oppose in this case making West and East Jerusalem one open city in which movement is free between the Israeli and Palestinian parts for Palestinians and Israelis alike? (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

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If your neighborhood becomes part of Israel in the permanent peace agreement and you wanted to become an Israeli citizen with the full rights and privileges of other Israelis, would you in this scenario worry or not worry about the following matters: [% concerned]  (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

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If your neighborhood becomes part of the new Palestinian state and you wanted to become a Palestinian citizen with the full rights and privileges of other Palestinians, would you in this scenario worry or not worry about the following matters: [% concerned]  (PSR, East Jerusalem Polls Comparing 2010 and 2022)

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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, June2%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).