Sunday, November 21, 2010
11/21/2010 01:05:00 AM | 
Posted by
JoeSettler
What do the Palestinians want?
It's fair question. After all, if and when we negotiate with them (and not with the Obama administration) it would be good to know what it is they really want and see as their endgame.
The Israel Project ran a comprehensive poll that tried to understand exactly what they want.
Some of the answers were seemingly contradictory (at first), while most answers were quite clear and consistent. A statement left open and undefined ("peace") received a positive answer, but when the actual terms of what "peace" included was defined (see last graph on this post), it was then overwhelmingly rejected.
To begin with, most Palestinians want to live under Sharia law.
Surprising at first, most Palestinians want a 2 state solution.
But not so surprising when asked to explain that position.
Most Palestinians see a 2-state solution as a stepping stone to replacing Israel with one Palestinian state.
To achieve that 1 state of Palestine solution, most Palestinians approve the use of violence against Israel.
Most Palestinians do not accept the existence of a Jewish state and believe it must be actively destroyed.
And finally, most Palestinians do not expect there to be a Jewish state in 25 years.
In short, the Palestinian position seems to be that Israel should be destroyed and replaced with a single Palestinian state, and the means to do so should be through both negotiations and violence.
Now here is the kicker. When "peace" was defined with the maximalist (peace) terms Israel already offered, and terms that Israel would/could never offer more than, and in fact, presumably the minimum that Obama is trying to get Israel to agree to now (in his secret plan), "peace", now defined, was overwhelmingly rejected.
Ultimately, what this means is that "Palestinian" society is not looking for an end to the conflict or for peace, but rather sees negotiations as another means to destroy Israel.
When Palestinian leaders speak of peace and negotiations, they (and their leaders) apparently believe they are talking about weapons for destroying Israel. They actually believe that they will ultimately succeed in destroying Israel.
Food for thought.
It's fair question. After all, if and when we negotiate with them (and not with the Obama administration) it would be good to know what it is they really want and see as their endgame.
The Israel Project ran a comprehensive poll that tried to understand exactly what they want.
Some of the answers were seemingly contradictory (at first), while most answers were quite clear and consistent. A statement left open and undefined ("peace") received a positive answer, but when the actual terms of what "peace" included was defined (see last graph on this post), it was then overwhelmingly rejected.
To begin with, most Palestinians want to live under Sharia law.
Surprising at first, most Palestinians want a 2 state solution.
But not so surprising when asked to explain that position.
Most Palestinians see a 2-state solution as a stepping stone to replacing Israel with one Palestinian state.
To achieve that 1 state of Palestine solution, most Palestinians approve the use of violence against Israel.
Most Palestinians do not accept the existence of a Jewish state and believe it must be actively destroyed.
And finally, most Palestinians do not expect there to be a Jewish state in 25 years.
In short, the Palestinian position seems to be that Israel should be destroyed and replaced with a single Palestinian state, and the means to do so should be through both negotiations and violence.
Now here is the kicker. When "peace" was defined with the maximalist (peace) terms Israel already offered, and terms that Israel would/could never offer more than, and in fact, presumably the minimum that Obama is trying to get Israel to agree to now (in his secret plan), "peace", now defined, was overwhelmingly rejected.
Ultimately, what this means is that "Palestinian" society is not looking for an end to the conflict or for peace, but rather sees negotiations as another means to destroy Israel.
When Palestinian leaders speak of peace and negotiations, they (and their leaders) apparently believe they are talking about weapons for destroying Israel. They actually believe that they will ultimately succeed in destroying Israel.
Food for thought.
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