Majority of Palestinians Seek Destruction of Israel, Poll Says
Melanie Hunter, CNSNews.com
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
More than half of Palestinians not only want the end of Israeli occupation of the West Bank, but the destruction of the nation itself, according to a new poll.
In a poll of 1,179 people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip conducted by Palestinian Jerusalem Media and Communication Center, 51 percent said the goal of the 20-month-old uprisings should extend to "liberating all of historic Palestine," the territory that includes present-day Israel. Only 43 percent said they would be satisfied with the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank.
Furthermore, 79 percent expressed support for the revolt in some way, and 68 percent endorsed suicide-homicide bombings against Israelis.
These figures demonstrate an increase in Palestinian hostility to Israel, as a similar poll taken in December revealed that only 48 percent of Palestinians wanted the liberation of all historic Palestine, and 44 percent wanted only the creation of an independent West Bank state. The poll had a margin of error of 3 percent.
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