MIDDLE EAST: IF A TWO-STATE SOLUTION FAILS, WHAT NEXT?

  When asked about two options in the event the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict was no longer on the table, 65 percent of U.S. citizens said they preferred a democratic state where Jews and Arabs are equal, against only 24 percent who supported "the continuation of Israel�...

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Published inGlobal Information Network
Main Author Mitchell Plitnick
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Global Information Network 04.03.2014
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Abbas, Mahmoud
Kerry, John F
Obama, Barack
Telhami, Shibley
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Summary:  When asked about two options in the event the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict was no longer on the table, 65 percent of U.S. citizens said they preferred a democratic state where Jews and Arabs are equal, against only 24 percent who supported "the continuation of Israel's Jewish majority even if it means that Palestinians will not have citizenship and full rights." "We asked if you want the U.S. to lean toward Israel, towards the Palestinians or to stay neutral. As usual, two-thirds want the United States to be neutral and among the rest, most want it to lean toward Israel. So we asked that segment what they would do if the two-state solution was no longer an option. And we still got 52 percent of that segment who would support one state with equal citizenship. "Americans still have a generally favorable view of Israel and think it ought to live in peace and security," Stephen Walt, professor of international affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and co-author of "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy", told IPS.