Israeli Peace Initiative / Al-Monitor (2013)
Includes results of a poll showing that 55% of the Israelis interviewed would support the Arab Peace Initiative to
at least some degree. Only 27% ''strongly oppose'' the initiative, while 17.5% of them answered ''don't know".
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B'Tselem (2005 - 2013)
Video footage collected by volunteers as part of B'Tselem's camera distribution project. The organization
distributes video cameras and provides training to Palestinians living in areas in the West Bank, East Jerusalem
and the Gaza Strip where tensions are high and clashes are commonplace. Watch >
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.
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What is a settlement?
"Settlement" is the term used to denote Israeli civilian communities built in territory conquered by Israel in the Six Day War (June 1967). This territory is comprised of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula. These neighborhoods have been a major issue in the peace process since 1967 and remain highly controversial.
Settlements in the Sinai were evacuated and destroyed in 1979, following Israel's historic peace agreement with Egypt and the return of the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt.
Settlements in the Gaza Strip were evacuated and destroyed as part of Israel's unilateral "disengagement" from Gaza in 2005.
Therefore, today settlements only exist in the Golan Heights and the West Bank (including East Jerusalem).
Americans for Peace Now (December 2012)
APN and Peace Now provide all the information you need to know about the highly controversial E-1 settlement
project near Jerusalem. Read More >
PBS Newshour (December 2012)
American Task Force on Palestine's Ghaith al-Omari and Washington Institute for Near East Policy's David Makovsky
are interviewed about Israeli settlements and whether a two-state solution is possible when both sides assume the
worst of the other's actions. (8:02) Watch >
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 >
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 >
Council on Foreign Relations (November 2012)
Features basic information about Hamas, including its origins, beliefs, leaders, operations, terrorist attacks,
goals, and perception among Palestinians. Read More >
November 21, 2012
Text of the agreement between Israel and Hamas negotiated by Egypt that brought an end to the 2012 Israeli military
campaign in Gaza. Outlines the parameters of the ceasefire as well as its implementation mechanism. Read Document >