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Poll: Two-thirds of Israelis support two states
Ma'an -- Sixty-four percent of Israelis support the creation of a Palestinian state, a new poll carried out by researchers at Tel Aviv university shows.The poll, which was reported on the Hebrew website of the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, shows that 33% of Israelis oppose the "two-state solution." The survey also showed that 60% of the Israelis believe that continued settlement expansion reducing the chances of a two-state solution or would lead to a bi-national state while 33% have the opposite view. However, the survey also showed that 79% of Israelis rejected the main conclusion of the UN-backed Goldstone report, that Israel committed war crimes during its war on Gaza last winter. Fully 93.5% share their government's view that the report was biased against Israel. The newspaper said that the survey was based on a sample of 514 Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel. Posted by: Fred 2009-10-19 |
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