What Middle Easterners Really Think about the Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Yesterday, Benjamin Netanyahu appeared at a conference in Warsaw alongside representatives of several Arab states—a clear sign of the improving relations between Israel and its former enemies. But do Arab citizens approve of their governments’ increasing cooperation with Jerusalem? David Pollock shows, based on a extensive polling data, that a surprising number do. In the same discussion, the pollsters Nader Said and Tamar Hermann comment on, respectively, Palestinian and Israeli public opinion. Said notes that a majority of Palestinians in Gaza oppose the March of Return riots, while nearly half of those in the West Bank oppose terrorist attacks on Israelis. For Hermann, the big news is the collapse of the Israeli left. (Video, 91 minutes. Written summaries are available at the link below.)