Israel/Palestine

ericson00

(2,707 posts) Fri Oct 21, 2016, 06:15 PM Oct 2016

'46% of Palestinians support Jordanian-Palestinian confederation based on two states'

More Palestinians prefer the establishment of a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation than a traditional two-state or one-state solution, a new public opinion poll has found.

An-Najah National University in Nablus randomly surveyed 1362 Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip between October 13-15 on a variety of issues relevant to Palestinian politics and society.

If this is what will bring peace, so be it.

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'46% of Palestinians support Jordanian-Palestinian confederation based on two states' (Original Post) ericson00 Oct 2016 OP

Not surprised. King_David Oct 2016 #2

Jordan has been very hostile to the Palestinians mwrguy Oct 2016 #3

bc you're against this, I'm all the more for it; ericson00 Oct 2016 #4

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Actually, the poll deals mostly with the local PA elections. Little Tich Oct 2016 #8

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King_David

(14,851 posts)

2. Not surprised.

Reply to ericson00 (Original post)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 07:27 PM

Oct 2016

But the western armchair Palestinian "allies" here on DU and the disgusting bigoted BDS movement wish to speak for the Palestinians- binational state = dead in the water.

mwrguy

(3,245 posts)

3. Jordan has been very hostile to the Palestinians

Reply to ericson00 (Original post)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 08:06 PM

Oct 2016

They'd rather cozy up to the zionist occupiers.

ericson00

(2,707 posts)

4. bc you're against this, I'm all the more for it;

Reply to mwrguy (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 08:45 PM

Oct 2016

the Palestinian Authority/PLO keeps condoning/promoting terrorism, like suicide bombings, plane hijackings (no apologies from them for those), etc.

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Little Tich

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8. Actually, the poll deals mostly with the local PA elections.

Reply to ericson00 (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2016, 11:23 AM

Oct 2016

However, the part with a possible confederation with Jordan becomes much more nuanced in its proper context:

45.7% of respondents supported the rise of a peaceful, unarmed intifada in the Palestinian Territories; 48.7% rejected that

38% of respondents supported the rise of an armed intifada in the Palestinian Territories; 55.7% rejected that

22.5% of respondents saw that if a Palestinian intifada takes place, a peaceful and unarmed intifada will be the best form of resistance that would serve the Palestinian cause, 20.8% said that an armed intifada would serve the Palestinian cause better, 21.7% said that both forms are useful for the Palestinian cause; 28.9% said that both forms are useless.

46.1% of respondents supported the creation of a confederation with Jordan on the basis of two independent states with strong institutional relations.

33.4% of respondents believed that there is a possibility for the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders while 61.5% said that there is no such possibility.

36.3% of respondents supported the creation of a Palestinian state on the entire area of the 1967 borders as a final solution for the Palestinian cause while 59.4% said that there is no such possibility.

22% of respondents supported the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with some land exchange as a final solution for the Palestinian cause while 72.9% rejected.

18% of respondents supported the creation of a binational state for Arabs and Jews on historic Palestine as a final solution for the Palestinian cause while 78.6% rejected.

40.7% of respondents supported dissolving the PA and merging its institutions with the PLO institutions; 49.9% rejected.

Source: https://www.najah.edu/en/community/community-news/2016/10/17/results-of-palestinian-public-opinion-poll-no-53/

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