58% Of Jews Willing To Divide Jerusalem

More Than Half Of Jews Willing To Divide Jerusalem

Poll for 40-year anniversary of capital's unification shows 58 of Israeli Jews willing to make concessions in Jerusalem in exchange for peace with Palestinians

By Lilach Shoval
Published: 05.13.07, 02:25 / Israel News
YNet

Fifty-eight percent of the Jewish public in Israel is willing to make concessions in Jerusalem in the frame of a peace agreement with the Palestinians, a poll conducted by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies revealed on Sunday.

...A drop in the Israeli Jews' faith that real peace could be reached was also revealed in the poll.

Only 16 percent of the public believes that peace with the Palestinians can be reached, as opposed to 20 percent in 2006.

The shift in opinion was noted among the secular public, where 21 percent said they believed peace could be reached as opposed to 31 percent last year.

Some 92 percent of the respondents said they felt it was important to have a significant Jewish majority in the capital, and 81 percent said agreed that Jerusalem, with a Jewish majority, contributed to Israel's national strength.