Israeli Public Opinion Polls:
Views on the Establishment of a Palestinian State
(2019)
If the Trump administration announces support for Netanyahu's declarations about annexing Area C, will you support or oppose such an annexation? (Israel Democracy Institute, August 25-August 29, 2019)
Israeli Jews |
Israeli Arabs |
|
Sure they wouldn't support it |
23% |
5% |
Think they wouldn't support it |
25% |
6% |
Think they would support it |
16% |
16% |
Sure they would support it |
12% |
40% |
Don't know |
24% |
33% |
If Israel indeed annexes Area C, what should be done with the Palestinians who live there? (Israel Democracy Institute, August 25-August 29, 2019)
Israeli Jews |
Israeli Arabs |
|
Transfer them to the parts of the West Bank that are under the Palestinian Authority's control |
36% |
5% |
Allow those Palestinians who want to remain in the area to be annexed to do so, but without granting them rights (for ex ample, the right to buy land) |
11% |
8% |
Allow those Palestinians who want to remain in the area to be annexed to do so, while granting them residency rights but not full citizenship rights (for example, without the right to vote in Knesset elections) |
19% |
12% |
Grant the Palestinians who want to remain full citizenship rights, like those of the Jews who live there |
16% |
46% |
Don't know |
19% |
29% |
If Israel annexes Area C, will you support or oppose establishing a Palestinian state in the rest of the West Bank/Judea and Samaria? (Israel Democracy Institute, August 25-August 29, 2019)
Israeli Jews |
|
Support |
37% |
Oppose |
41% |
What's the preferred solution for the Israeli Palestinian conflict? (Haaretz, March 2019)
|
|
Two states |
34% |
One state |
19% |
Confederation |
9% |
DK |
20%
|
Other |
18%
|
Where do you stand on annexing the West Bank to Israel? (Haaretz, March 2019)
All Israelis |
Non-Jews |
|
Oppose annexation |
28% |
35% |
Support full annexation with political rights for Palestinians |
11% |
20% |
Support full annexation with no political rights for Palestinians |
16% |
7% |
Support annexation of Area C |
15%
|
4%
|
DK |
30%
|
34%
|
In your opinion, what is Israel's best option in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
(National Security Index, December 2017)
Israeli Jews
Strive towards a permanent arrangement
39%
Transitional arrangements separating from the Palestinians
17%
Annexation of all territories in Judea and Samaria to Israel
11%
Annexation of the settlement blocs in Judea and Samaria to Israel
18%
Maintain the status quo
15%Do you support or oppose the solution of two states for two peoples?
(National Security Index, December 2017)
Israeli Jews
Support
55%
Oppose
45%
What in your view are the chances for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state next to the state of Israel in the next five years?
(PCPSR, June 2016)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
Very Low 49.1%
31.6%
46.5%
Low 28.4%
41.8%
30.4%
Medium 13.3%
20%
14.3%
High 3.8%
2.7%
3.6%
Very High 1.3%
1.3%
1.3%
Don't know 4.1%
2.7%
3.9%
There is a proposal that after the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and the settlement of all issues in dispute, there will be a mutual recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people and Palestine as the state of the Palestinian people. Do you agree or disagree to this proposal?
(PCPSR, June 2016)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
Definitely Agree 11.3%
23.6%
13.1%
Agree 51.5%
44.4%
50.4%
Disagree 19.5%
15.1%
18.6%
Definitely Disagree 12.4%
14.2%
12.7%
Don't know 5.6%
2.7%
5.2%
Do you support or oppose the solution based on the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, known as the two-state solution?
(PCPSR, June 2016)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
Definitely Support 15%
32.9%
17.7%
Support 38.4%
54.2%
40.8%
Oppose 21.5%
9.8%
19.7%
Definitely Oppose 15.7%
1.8%
13.6%
Don't know 9.4%
1.3%
8.2%
In principle, do you support or not support the solution of two states for two peoples?
(Peace Index, January 2016)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
Don't support it at all 25.4%
8.5%
22.6%
Don't support it much 17.8%
10.3%
16.5%
Moderately support it 30.4%
48.4%
33.4%
Strongly support it 21.9%
31.5%
23.5%
Don't know 4.5%
1.3%
4.0%
What, in your opinion, are the chances that such a solution will be implemented in the next ten years?
(Peace Index, January 2016)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
Very high chances 2.5%
4.4%
2.8%
Moderately high chances 8.5%
10.7%
8.9%
Moderately low chances 41.9%
40.2%
41.6%
Very low chances 42.0%
35.3%
40.9%
Don't know 5.1%
9.3%
5.8%
If, despite the difficulties in recent years, the two-state solution were to reach the stage of implementation, would you then want to see a closed border between the two states with guarded passages and entry permits, or an open border so that people from both sides could pass freely from one state to the other?
(Peace Index, January 2016)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
Closed border 67.1%
18.9%
59.1%
Open border 25.1%
80.2%
34.3%
Don't know 7.8%
.9%
6.6%
Which of the following two possibilities will better ensure, in your opinion, the future of the state of Israel?
(Peace Index, September 2015)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
Annexing territories, one state 36.3%
22%
34%
Divide land, independent Palestinian state 46.3%
64%
49.2%
Don't know/decline to answer 17.5%
14%
16.8%
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement that the idea of two states for two peoples is dead?
(Peace Index, September 2015)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
Strongly agree 22.8%
34.3%
24.7%
Moderately agree 23.3%
22.8%
23.2%
Moderately disagree 29.4%
10.6%
26.3%
Strongly disagree 20.6%
24.5%
21.3%
Don't know/decline to answer 3.9%
7.7%
4.6%
In his recent speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu again expressed support for the idea of two states for two peoples. In your opinion, is Netanyahu genuinely committed and interested in the two-states-for-two-peoples solution?
(Peace Index, September 2015)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
It is a genuine commitment 29.9%
8%
26.3%
It is not a genuine commitment 59.2%
72.5%
61.5%
Don't know/decline to answer 10.8%
19.5%
12.3%
Do you support the establishment of an independent, viable Palestinian state alongside Israel, also known as the two state solution?
(PCPSR, June 2015)
June 2015 Israelis
June 2015 Palestinians
June 2014 Israelis
June 2014 Palestinians
Yes 51%
51%
62%
54%
No 43%
48%
34%
46%
Recently more and more European parliaments have been calling on their governments to officially recognize the Palestinian state. In your opinion, does recognition of a Palestinian state before a peace agreement has been signed contribute to Israel’s national interest or damage it?
(The Peace Index, December 2014)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
Contributes to the Israeli national interest 10.0%
21.1%
11.7%
Damages the Israeli national interest 69.8%
34.3%
63.9%
Does not effect the Israeli national interest 12.9%
23.2%
14.6%
Don't know/decline to answer 7.2%
22.4%
9.8%
Which of the following two possibilities would, in your opinion, better ensure the future of the state of Israel?
(The Peace Index, December 2014)
Israeli Jews
Israeli Arabs
General Public
Annexation of the territories and the establishment in the entire territory of one state under Israeli rule 41.0%
29.4%
39.1%
A division of the land and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state beside the state of Israel 43.1%
58.8%
45.7%
Don't know/decline to answer 15.9%
11.8%
15.2%
Do you support the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state?
(PCPSR, December 2014)
Yes, I support the establishment of a Palestinian state that would have no army, but a strong security force 59%
No, I do not support the establishment of a Palestinian state that would have no army, but a strong security force 33%
Do you support the Clinton parameters for the establishment of a Palestinian state?
(PCPSR, December 2014)
Yes, I think that a Palestinian state should exist in the entirety of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip, privy to the Clinton parameters presented in 2000 41%
No, I do not think that a Palestinian state should exist in the entirety of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip, privy to the Clinton parameters presented in 2000 47%
In your opinion, what is the end goal of an established Palestinian state?
(PCPSR, December 2014)
To conquer the state of Israel and destroy the Jewish population there 37%
To conquer the state of Israel 18%
Do you support or oppose the establishment of a Palestinian State on the 1967 lines<
(JCPA, October 2014)
Support 18.2%
Oppose 74.3%
Don't Know/No Answer 7.5%
Do you support or oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state if it means an Israeli withdrawal from the Jordan Valley?
(JCPA, October 2014)
Support 11.5%
Oppose 74.9%
Don't Know/No Answer 13.7%
Do you support or oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state if it means the division of Jerusalem?
(JCPA, October 2014)
Support 16.2%
Oppose 76.2%
Don't Know/No Answer 7.5%%