Only 17% of Israelis, 21% of Palestinians believe peaceful coexistence is possible, poll finds
Among Jewish Israelis, 16% said peaceful coexistence was possible, and 64% said it was not. Among Arab Israelis, 23% said it was possible, and 26% said it was not.
A Pew Research Center poll has found that only 17% of Israelis and 21% of Palestinians surveyed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem believe that peaceful coexistence between Israel and an independent Palestinian state is possible. A majority of Israelis, 56%, said such coexistence was not possible, while 68% of respondents in the West Bank and east Jerusalem gave the same answer.
The survey, which did not include Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marks the first time since Pew began asking Israelis the question in 2013 that more than half have explicitly said peaceful coexistence is impossible.
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