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| Israeli Arabs prefer remaining Israeli citizens over PA citizenship | |
| 2007-12-26 | |
Poll Methodology: Representative sample 514 Israeli Arabs Over 18 years old Questions: 1. "There has been a lot of talk lately about the formation of a new Palestinian State. It has been suggested by some that Israeli Arabs could continue to live in Israel, but change their citizenship to the new Palestinian State. Given the choice, and continuing to live where you presently live today, would you prefer to be a citizen of Israel or of a new Palestinian State?" Remain Israeli citizens 62% Join a future Palestinian State 14% No opinion or refused to answer 24% The strongest support for remaining citizens of Israel was exhibited by members of the Druse community, 84% of whom would choose Israel. Lower income households also showed strong support with 71% of them choosing Israel. Men were more likely than women to choose to remain Israeli citizens (67% vs. 56%). The strongest support for becoming citizens of a future Palestinian State was among students with 21% as opposed to the average of 14%. The largest percentage of undecided citizens was among Christian Arab Israelis with 43% compared to the average of 24%. 2. Among Olmert, Barak or Netanyahu, who is more likely to make peace with the Palestinian Authority and Israel's neighbors. Barak 18% Olmert 8% Netanyahu 7% None of them 36% no opinion or refused to answer 28% Barak's greatest support is among the Druse with 29%. Netanyahu's greatest support is among residents of the Negev (22%) and 45-55 year olds (19%). 47% of Christian Arabs and students didn't know or refused to answer this question. | |
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| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-12-26 22:14 |
| #3 Israeli Arabs prefer remaining Israeli citizens There - fixed. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-12-26 21:53 |
| #2 Not even their arab "brothers" want anything to do with them. They prefer their zionist overlords. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-12-26 18:49 |
| #1 LOL! Duh. Who really wants to live in a theocratic kleptomaniac country? |
| Posted by: Brett 2007-12-26 17:37 |