PUBLIC OPINION, FINAL STATUS ISSUES
Most Israelis believe a divided capital is already a foregone conclusion
Daniel K. Eisenbud / The Jerusalem Post (March 8, 2016)
Israeli Democracy Institute poll shows that a clear majority of Israelis (61%) believe Jerusalem is already a divided city. Read More >
Palestinian Public Opinion Poll No. 48
Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (June, 2013)
Includes statistics on Palestinian refugee public opinion, as well as Palestinian public opinion on questions related to the refugee issue. Read More >
The Voice of the People: Israeli Public Opinion on National Security 2012
The Institute for National Security Studies (April 2013)
Finds that support among Israelis for a two-state solution remains high despite skepticism regarding prospects for peace, while "support for the ideal of Greater Israel" has dropped. Concludes that "it seems certain that a 'package deal' on a complete and permanent agreement with the Palestinians presented by the government would be approved in a public referendum." PDF >
Most rightist Israelis would support Palestinian state, dividing Jerusalem
The S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace (2012)
Ha'aretz article on two opinion surveys conducted by different Israeli pollsters that show most Likud-Beiteinu and Habayit Hayehudi voters would support a peace agreement establishing a demilitarized Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, Israel's retention of major settlement blocs and a division of Jerusalem. The two polls also revealed that two thirds of all Israelis support such an agreement. Read More >
Public Poll Findings: Peace with the Palestinians
S. Daniel Abraham Center / Dahaf (December, 2012)
Finds that roughly two thirds of Israelis would support a peace agreement establishing a demilitarized Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, Israel's retention of major settlement blocs and a division of Jerusalem. Also finds support for this position from majorities of voters in the right-wing parties of Likud-Beiteinu and Habayit Hayehudi PDF >
Israeli Public Opinion after the November 2012 Gaza War
The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development / PIPA / CISSM (2012)
Authoritative survey of the Israeli public that includes findings regarding the Palestinian issue (page 12). Finds that a majority of Israelis say that they are ready to accept the Arab Peace Initiative as the basis for negotiation, whereby Israel withdraws to the 1967 borders and a peace agreement is established with all Arab states. PDF >
The Perils of Polling in East Jerusalem
Daniel Seidemann / Foreign Policy (February 23, 2012)
Expert analysis of recent polling that purports to show plurality support among East Jerusalem Palestinians for becoming Israeli citizens. Provides detailed explanation of the challenges involved in this polling and the reasons behind its likely inaccuracy. Read More >
What do Israelis think of 1967 borders with swaps?
+972 (2011)
Summary of various polls from 2002 to 2010 demonstrating that, while the Jewish Israeli public tends to be divided over a return to the 1967 borders with land swaps, there tends to be clear majority support for the concept when presented as part of a larger package or agreement. Read More >
53% of Palestinians support mutual recognition of Israel as state of Jewish people and Palestine as the state of Palestinian people
The Geneva Initiative (2009)
Among other findings, shows that 68% of Palestinians support the Arab Peace Initiative calling for Arab recognition of and normalization of relations with Israel after it ends its occupation of Arab territories occupied in 1967 and after the establishment of a Palestinian state. Read More >
Refugees' Preferences and Behavior in a Palestinian-Israeli Permanent Refugee Agreement
Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (January - June, 2003)
Poll conducted in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, and Lebanon showing Palestinian public opinion on refugees' socio-economic conditions, peace settlement issues, and expected refugee behavior under a specific peace solution and under various conditions of re-settlement. Read More >
Democratizing the Refugee Issue - Survey Results
IPCRI (August 16, 2001)
Opinions and views of Palestinian refugee issues from surveys conducted in refugee camps in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Read More >