• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    the Palestinian population has been radicalized for some time now by their education system and their media

    Wow, that’s messed up. I honestly can’t fathom how living with that would impact me long term.

    As for the questions, I found this quite interesting:

    34% support and 64% oppose the idea of a two-state solution, which was presented to the public without providing details of the solution. Three months ago, support for this solution in a similar question stood at 32%

    43% believe that the first most vital Palestinian goal should be to end Israeli occupation in the areas occupied in 1967 and build a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital

    That ~9% gap between “two state solution” and essentially a description of the two state solution seems too large for a polling gap.

    My take is that while they may be radicalized, it sounds like the public could be reasoned with. I would expect that an actual offer by Israel (unlikely) could improve those polling numbers quite a bit. That said, they seem to want Barghouti, which isn’t going to work for Israel.

    Thanks for the nudge to dig deeper, I have some research to do to better understand the conflict.