Most 'Palestinians' support UN bid; will it cause Israelis to throw in the towel?
A survey shows that most 'Palestinians' support - or at least say that they support - the unilateral bid for 'statehood' at the United Nations. Most Palestinians support the PA plan to seek statehood in the United Nations in September, according to a poll published on Tuesday by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in Ramallah.Israel Radio reported this morning that 'Palestinian Prime Minister' Salam Fayyad said that a UN vote would be a symbolic victory and would not change much on the ground. But unfortunately, the prospect of a UN defeat has a lot of Israelis ready to throw in the bag, at least if this poll is to be believed:
According to the report, "65% of the Palestinians (surveyed) believe they should go to the UN in September to obtain recognition for their state."
The poll, which asked Palestinians and Israelis about their expectations of the upcoming Palestinian statehood bid in September, also reported that "58% of the Palestinians support the Saudi (Arab peace) initiative and 38% oppose it, while 29% of the Israelis support (it) and 61% oppose it."
The Arab Peace Initiative calls for Israel to retreat to the pre-1967 lines, including Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, Gaza and the West Bank, in exchange for recognition of and normalization of relations with Israel by all Arab states, according to the PSR report.
Nearly two-thirds of Palestinians (57%) and half of Israelis (51%) believe that the United Nations General Assembly will vote to accept the Palestinian state in September. However, three-quarters of Palestinians (76%) and two-thirds (65%) of Israelis think that the United States will veto its acceptance.
Additionally, "almost 60% of Israelis think Israel should accept the decision if indeed the UN recognizes a Palestinian state, and either start negotiations with the Palestinians about its implementation or not allow any change on the ground by the Palestinians, (while) 20% believe Israel should oppose the decision and intensify the construction in the settlements," according to the report.Ouch.
Labels: Palestinian state RIGHT NOW syndrome, unilateral declaration of statehood, United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Security Council
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:28 PM
4 Comments:
"and either start negotiations with the Palestinians about its implementation or not allow any change on the ground by the Palestinians,"
The difference is critical, as the second means ignoring it and that's a de facto rejection.
For some reason (hmm), the poll doesn't unpack this question, or at least Jpost does not. I'd bet that once we add the ignore and reject percentages we get a majority is saying is to reject the resolution...
Pollsters based in Ramallah. Which Israelis did they call? Their relatives in Um El Fachem?
mmm, are they using the haaretz polls?
hahahaha
Shy Guy is right... they must have polled all the Meretz and Labor voters to get those numbers. I find it hard to believe 60% of Israelis just want to throw in the towel and surrender to the Palestinians. It just doesn't make sense.
A UN decision is just a recommendation and Israel not obliged to act against its own best interests. This needs to be fought regardless of many evil Jews want the country to give up and die.
What could go wrong indeed
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