Friday, 8 July, 2022 -
Women on the balcony of a house in the West Bank village of Al-Ja’ba attend the funeral of a Palestinian youth who was shot by Israeli forces on July 3 (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Tel Aviv - Asharq Al-Awsat
An opinion poll published by the Israel Democracy Institute showed that only 32% of Jews say they will support a peace agreement, if reached, between Israel and the Palestinians.
US President Joe Biden is due to visit Israel and the occupied West Bank from July 13 to 15. He is expected to try and mobilize the political track between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute Tamar Hermann, who had supervised the survey, said that the questions posed by her team were aimed at finding out the extent to which the public supports the government's move away from peaceful negotiations.
The poll confirmed that most of the public does not believe in the existence of real opportunities for peace.
According to the survey, 87% percent of Israelis, both Jews and Arabs, said there was no prospect of a peace agreement with the Palestinians in the foreseeable future.
A majority of Israelis said they would vote against any potential comprehensive peace agreement based on the principle of a two-state solution in a public referendum.
However, 71% of Arab Israelis and 32% of Jewish Israelis said they would support such a solution.
Diving deeper into the poll, it shows that 80% of leftist Jews, 55% of liberals, and 18% of right-wingers would vote yes on a peace solution.
This rejection of peace comes despite 57% of Jews acknowledging that the absence of a peace agreement will trigger a third Intifada among the Palestinians.
The poll also touched on early Israeli elections that will be held at the beginning of next November.
Most respondents, 57.5%, predicted that the two main competing camps will have a tie in upcoming elections.
A small majority said they think that there is a low likelihood of a stable government being formed.
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