Almost Half of East Jerusalem’s Arabs Would Rather Be Citizens of Israel Than of Palestine
And other surprising findings.
July 12, 2022
Almost Half of East Jerusalem’s Arabs Would Rather Be Citizens of Israel Than of Palestine
And other surprising findings.
The 400,000 Arabs leaving in eastern Jerusalem have a unique status, which allows them to apply for—and usually obtain—Israeli citizenship if they so desire. According to a recent survey, 48 percent say they would rather be citizens of Israel than of a Palestinian state. Moreover, 63 percent agree at least “somewhat” with the assertion that they would be better off under Israel than under either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority. David Pollock analyzes these and other data from the poll, which show surprisingly moderate attitudes toward the Jewish state and the Abraham Accords:
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