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ericson00

(2,707 posts)
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 05:15 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
This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Oct 2016 #5
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.
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 06:27 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.

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
4. bc you're against this, I'm all the more for it;
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 07:45 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

(6,171 posts)
8. Actually, the poll deals mostly with the local PA elections.
Sat Oct 22, 2016, 10:23 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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