PALESTINIANS WHO PREFER ISRAEL

Palestinians Who Prefer Israel - Daniel Pipes (JPost)
Two polls released last week, from Keevoon Research and the Arabic-language newspaper As-Sennara, survey representative samples of adult Israeli Arabs on the issue of joining the PA. Asked, "Would you prefer to be a citizen of Israel or of a new Palestinian state?" 62% want to remain Israeli citizens and 14% want to join a future Palestinian state. Asked, "Do you support transferring the Triangle [an Arab-dominated area in northern Israel] to the Palestinian Authority?" 78% oppose the idea and 18% support it.

These earnest views do not repudiate the vicious anti-Zionism that reigns in the Middle East, but they reveal that four-fifths of those Palestinians who know Israel first-hand understand the attractions of a decent life in a decent country, a fact with important and positive implications.