63 percent of Israeli Jews oppose Palestinian statehood

(JNS) — Sixty-three percent of Israeli Jews oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state, and most believe terrorism will either stay the same (27.5 percent) or increase (44 percent) should one be created, according to the Israel Democracy Institute’s eleventh War in Gaza survey, published on Wednesday.

The survey puts the majority of Israeli Jews at odds with the Biden administration, the European Union and other international players pushing Palestinian statehood in the aftermath of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre.

It also underscores the differences between Israel’s Arab and Jewish populations;...