Majority of Israelis oppose Palestinian state, even for Saudi normalization, survey finds
The Jerusalem Post reports: “Seventy percent of Israelis oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines in the wake of the October 7 attacks, a new survey by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA) found on Monday, ahead of a key UN Security Council vote on a US proposal that would open a pathway to Palestinian statehood. The poll, conducted on November 16–17 by Dr. Menachem Lazar of the Lazar Research Institute among a representative sample of 698 Jewish and Arab Israelis, has a margin of error of ±3.7%. The findings come as international momentum grows for recognizing a Palestinian state, even as multiple polls show Israeli public opinion moving in the opposite direction.
According to the JCFA, the level of opposition recorded in this latest survey is the highest in its ongoing series since the war began. Similar national polls earlier this year also found large majorities of Israelis rejecting the creation of a Palestinian state after October 7…”
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