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To: goldsnow who wrote (4670)	9/25/2001 11:55:27 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 23908

From today's Haaretz: Poll shows Palestinian public opinion even more extreme By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz Palestinian Affairs Correspondent Almost half of the Palestinian public believes the purpose of the Al-Aqsa Intifada is to "liberate all of Palestine" - pre-1967 Israel as well as the West Bank and Gaza - according to a new poll conducted by the Jerusalem Media and Communication Center. The East Jerusalem-based institute found that in general, Palestinian attitudes have become more extreme over the past few months. The poll surveyed 1,198 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza between September 11 and 17 (before Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat declared a cease-fire). Of those polled 85.3 percent supported continuing the intifada, while only 29.2 percent continued to support the Oslo accords - down from 38.1 percent in June. In addition 48.6 percent said the goal of the intifada was "the liberation of all Palestine," up from 41.2 percent in June. Only 40.1 percent saw the goal as a state in the West Bank and Gaza, down from 45.2 percent in June - and 72.7 percent said they opposed ceding Palestinian claims to land on which Israel was founded in 1948 in exchange for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. However, in response to another question, 42.9 percent said the two-state solution was the best solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, while 31.8 percent favored a single binational state. Asked about their support for "armed operations," 84.6 percent approved, while only 9.9 percent thought such operations harmed Palestinian interests. In addition, only 7.6 percent thought such "military action" should be confined to Israeli targets in the territories. A much larger group - 32 percent - thought attacks should only be carried out inside Israel, while the largest group, 49.7 percent, thought attacks should be carried out in both Israel and the territories. The poll also found that support for Arafat's Fatah faction fell to 29.2 percent in September, from 34.9 percent in June. Over the same period, support for Hamas rose from 18.6 percent to 20.7 percent. And though Arafat himself still has more support than any other Palestinian figure, this support encompassed only 23.5 percent of the population, down from 27.8 percent in June. Regarding the performance of the Israeli peace camp, 50 percent called it "bad," 36 percent labeled it "unacceptable," 11 percent found it "acceptable," and 2 percent found it "good."