91% of Israeli Jews won't give up Western Wall for peace
By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent
Some 91 percent of the Jewish public in Israel would be unwilling to give up Israeli control of the Western Wall in exchange for peace, according to the results of a surveyed published Wednesday.
A representative sample of the Jewish population was polled on whether, in exchange for a final real peace agreement, Israel should transfer a number of sacred sites to the Palestinians, be prepared for joint control, or keep the sites under sole Israeli hegemony.
None of those polled said they would agree to Palestinian control over the Western Wall, although six percent were willing to see joint control.
With regard to the Temple Mount, 46 percent would agree to joint Israeli-Palestinian control, or sole Palestinian control, according to the survey conducted by the Dahaf Institute. Nine percent of the public were in favor of transferring control to the Palestinians, 36 percent favored joint control, 51 percent favored Israeli control only. With regard to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, 13 percent were in favor of giving control to the Palestinians, 33 percent for joint control, and 49 percent for sole Israeli control.
Thirteen percent of those questioned said the would agree for the Tomb of Rachel to be in Palestinian hands, 30 percent would opt for joint control, and 53 percent wanted to see Israeli control only.
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