Major Findings
Israelis
- Less than 2/3 (65%) of the Israeli Jewish adult public
voiced full support for exclusive Israeli sovereignty over all of Jerusalem.
- Only 8% of the Israeli Jewish adult public believe
that the Palestinians will accept the solution of exclusive Israeli
sovereignty over all of Jerusalem.
- 28% of the Israeli Jewish adult public is ready to
accept the solution of divided sovereignty whereby Israel will have
sovereignty over all of West Jerusalem and the Jewish neighborhoods
in East Jerusalem, while the Palestinians will have sovereignty over
the Arab parts of East Jerusalem.
- 25% of the Israeli Jewish adult public believe that
the Palestinians will accept the option of Israeli sovereignty over
all of West Jerusalem and the Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem,
while the Palestinians will have sovereignty over the Arab parts of
East Jerusalem.
- 56% of the Israeli Jewish adult public believe that
the Palestinians will only settle for exclusive Palestinian sovereignty
over East Jerusalem on the basis of the June 4, 1967 lines.
- 3% of the Israeli Jewish adult public support joint
Israeli-Palestinian undivided sovereignty over all of Jerusalem.
- 3% of the Israeli Jewish adult public support the internationalization
of the city under the United Nations
Palestinians
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The Palestinian adult public is more
clearly unified in the proposals it rejects rather than what it supports.
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90.8% of the Palestinian adult public
rejects exclusive Israeli sovereignty over all of Jerusalem, however
72.6% of the Palestinian adult public believe that this is the proposal
most supported by Israeli.
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The proposal which received the most
Palestinian support was divided sovereignty on the June 4, 1967 lines,
however, only 47.8% of the Palestinian adult population supported this
to a very large extent or to a large extent.
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The proposal for joint undivided sovereignty
received the support of 25.0% of the Palestinians adult population.
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The proposal which the Palestinians believe
to be the least popular with Israelis is the UN solution with 95.6%
of the Palestinians adult population expressing this.
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The Palestinians also are quite strong
in their belief that the Israelis will reject divided sovereignty with
84.6% expressing so.
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Only 9% of the Palestinians support the
proposal for internationalization of Jerusalem.
Analysis
- The so-called consensus amongst Israelis in which 95%+
of the public support the status quo is not true. Just less than 2/3
of the Israeli public supports the present situation and only 8% of
them believe that the Palestinians would agree to keeping the status
quo.
- The Israeli public has not yet been exposed to the
possibility of other real options and already a surprisingly large sector
of the public is ready to consider options which involve dividing or
sharing sovereignty in some way.
- The Israeli public is also quite aware of which options
the Palestinian public is more likely to support, those which involve
giving the Palestinians some form of sovereignty.
- The Palestinian public is quite divided in the options
which it supports. There are much stronger feelings with regard to the
options which it rejects. This indicates that there is a lot of possibility
for examining new and creative options which involve some form of sharing
or dividing sovereignty.
- The internationalization of Jerusalem is the proposal
which is clearly rejected by both publics.
The Sample
Israelis
| Option |
Support to a very Large Extent |
Support to a large extent |
Moderately Support |
Do Not Support |
Absolutely Do Not Support |
Don't Know |
| Israeli Sov. Is Supp |
41% |
24% |
11% |
7% |
12% |
4% |
| Pal. Sup |
4% |
4% |
7% |
11% |
61% |
13% |
| Split Sov. Is Supp |
12% |
16% |
16% |
12% |
39% |
5% |
| Pal. Sup |
7% |
18% |
26% |
11% |
24% |
14% |
| Joint Sov. Is Supp |
3% |
3% |
7% |
11% |
71% |
5% |
| Pal. Sup |
11% |
18% |
25% |
12% |
20% |
14% |
| Div Sov. Is Supp |
2% |
3% |
5% |
7% |
77% |
6% |
| Pal. Sup |
36% |
20% |
12% |
4% |
12% |
16% |
| UN Sov. Is Supp |
1% |
2% |
4% |
5% |
84% |
4% |
| Pal. Sup |
6% |
8% |
18% |
11% |
42% |
15% |
Palestinians
| Option |
Support to a very Large Extent |
Support to a large extent |
Moderately Support |
Do Not Support |
Absolutely Do Not Support |
| Pal. Sov. Is Supp |
2% |
1.2% |
6.0% |
26.2% |
64.6% |
| Israeli Sup |
28.2% |
44.4% |
11.0% |
9.6% |
6.8% |
| Split Sov. Pal. Sup |
12% |
16% |
16% |
12% |
39% |
| Is Supp |
6.0% |
16.8% |
23.8% |
19.2% |
34.2% |
| Joint Sov. Pal. Sup |
7.8% |
17.2% |
21.0% |
24.2% |
29.8% |
| Is Supp |
1.8% |
3.8% |
18.2% |
41.6% |
34.6% |
| Div Sov. Pal. Sup |
31.2% |
16.6% |
19.2% |
9.4% |
23.6% |
| Is Supp |
1.4% |
2.6% |
11.4% |
41.6% |
43.0% |
| UN Sov. Pal. Sup |
2.8% |
6.2% |
21.0% |
31.6% |
37.8% |
| Is Supp |
1.6% |
1.0% |
1.8% |
27.6% |
68.0% |
Israel:
Gallop Israel conducted a survey with a representative
sample of 594 participants from all over Israel. The sample included only
Jewish adults above the age of 18. The interviews were conducted over the
telephone and the margin of error is 3.4%.
The West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza:
DATA Studies and Consultation distributed
500 questionnaires in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. The sample
was selected in accordance with the population distributions as documented
y the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics. A well trained group of researchers
carried out the survey during the week of May 22-28, 1995. The population
sample included cities, refugee camps and villages.
The Questions
Each person was read 5 suggested solutions
for the resolution of the Jerusalem questions. Following each suggestion
the person was asked to respond to the solution on a scale of 1-5 with 1
being: I support this a lot and 5 being I donšt support this at all. Following
this, a second question was asked: To what extent do you believe that the
Palestinians will support this option, again on a scale from 1-5.
The first question in each survey was aimed
to ascertain the views of the questioned public. The second question was
aimed to assess to what extent each sides believes that the other side will
accept or reject the given proposals.
The Options
1. Undivided exclusive Israeli sovereignty
over all of Jerusalem
2. Israeli sovereignty over all of West Jerusalem
and the Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, while the Palestinians will
have sovereignty over the Arab parts of East Jerusalem.
3. Joint undivided Israeli-Palestinian sovereignty
over all of Jerusalem
4. Divided sovereignty along the June 4 1967
borders with Israel having sovereignty over West Jerusalem and the Palestinians
having sovereignty over East Jerusalem.
5. The internationalization of Jerusalem under
the United Nations.