Israel Matzav

Poll: Two thirds of 'Palestinians' want to withdraw from talks, more than half approve of murdering Jews

(1) Direct Negotiations after Resumption of Settlement Construction:

In light of the resumption of settlement construction, two thirds (66%) of
the public want the Palestinian side to pull out of the direct negotiations
while 30% say it should not pull out of the talks. The percentage of those
who demand a pull out of the talks reaches 62% in the Gaza Strip and 68% in
the West Bank.

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(7) Hamas's Armed Attack on Settlers:

49% believe that Hamas's motivation behind its latest attack on settlers
near Hebron was to derail the Washington launch of the direct
Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. 39% believe the motivation was to resist
occupation and settlers. The attack led to the death of four settlers. A
majority of 51% supported the Hamas attack and 44% opposed it. Support for
the attack is greater in the Gaza Strip (61%) than in the West Bank where
only a minority of 44% supported it. Public support for the PA security
crackdown on Hamas in the aftermath of the attack did not exceed 20% with
76% opposing it.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:26 AM