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Opinion Poll: American Arabs And Jews |
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by gehrig
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21 Nov 2002
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Results of October opinion poll of American Arabs and Jews, sponsored jointly by the Arab American Institute and Americans for Peace Now. "The AAI/APN joint survey reveals that our communities are much more moderate on Middle East-related issues than people are often led to believe," said Debra DeLee, President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now. |
Excerpt from the press release (full text at the URL below):
When asked if they agree or disagree that Palestinians have a right to live in a secure and independent state of their own, 85.5% of Jewish Americans said they agreed, as did 95.6% of Arab Americans. Similarly, 96.6% of Jewish Americans agreed that Israelis have a right to live in a secure and independent state of their own, and 95.4% of Arab Americans agreed with them. When asked if they agreed or disagreed that Israelis and Palestinians each have the right to live in secure and independent states of their own, 86.9% of Jewish Americans and 96.8% of Arab Americans agreed.
The communities also agreed about whom they generally blame for the breakdown of the Middle East peace process, with 42.1% of Jewish Americans and 49.6% of Arab Americans blaming both sides. There were differences, however, about the second most preferred answer from each community, with 41.3% of American Jews blaming Palestinians and 31.2% of Arab Americans saying Israelis.
There was a remarkable level of agreement about support for a peace proposal crafted along the lines of the Taba negotiations. The communities were asked if they would support a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians that included the establishment of an independent, secure Palestinian state alongside an independent, secure Israeli state, the evacuation of most settlements from the West Bank and Gaza, the establishment of a border roughly along the June 4, 1967 border, a Palestinian right of return only to inside a new Palestinian state, and establishing Jerusalem as the shared capital of both countries. Among Jewish Americans, 51.7% supported and 30.3% did not support such a plan, while 78.9% of Arab Americans supported and 10.9% did not support it. |
See also:
http://www.peacenow.org/nia/pr/11212002.html
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