According to a very recent poll by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza now oppose a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Put more simply, they oppose Israel's existence, while demanding a state of their own.
Commissioned by The Washington Institute and conducted by a leading Palestinian pollster, the poll comprised face-to-face interviews with a standard random geographic probability sample of 1,200 adult Palestinians, yielding results with a 3% statistical margin of error. The responses indicate that fewer than 30% of Palestinians now support a "two-state solution": a West Bank/Gaza Palestinian state in lasting peace with Israel.
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The poll showed that 55% of Palestinians in the West Bank and 68% of Palestinians in the Gaza strip agreed that "the five-year goal 'should be to work toward reclaiming all of historic Palestine, from the river to the sea.'" Only 31% of West Bank respondents and 22% of Gazan respondents agreed that the goal should be a two-state solution.
Also troubling is the minuscule percentage that want a one-state solution but with equal rights for Jews and Palestinians. Only 11% in the West Bank and 8% in Gaza supported that proposition. Almost two-thirds of the respondents supported a multi-stage program of eliminating Israel's existence.
The only positive aspect of the poll results seems to be that respondents broadly preferred nonviolent resistance to Israel. Fifty-six percent of West Bank respondents and a whopping 70% of Gazans supported maintaining the cease-fire between Hamas and Israel. Of course, the Gazans bear the brunt of the consequences of breaches in the cease-fire. A slight majority of Gazans (57%) also agreed that Hamas should accept the position that the new unity government renounce violence against Israel.
And then, showing that logic has no place in the Middle East, we have this:
Over 80% said they would "definitely" or "probably" want Israel to allow more Palestinians to work there. Around half said they would personally take "a good, high-paying job" inside Israel.
Moreover, despite narrow majority support for boycotting Israel, a larger majority said they would also like Israeli firms to offer more jobs inside the West Bank and Gaza. Nearly half said they would take such a position if available. This kind of pragmatism was particularly pronounced among the younger generation of adult Palestinians, those in the 18-to-35-year-old cohort.
So they don't want Israel to exist, but they want jobs in Israel. And they support a boycott of Israel, but they want to work at Sodastream. Go figure.