Hopeful indications that Palestinians want peace

Jan 13, 2011 Published under Israel, Middle East, Mideast Negotiations, OneVoice Movement, Palestine

Samer Makhlouf, director of OneVoice Palestine just shared a very hopeful bit of information with me, in the form of a survey. The survey, found on Maan Network asked the following:

The Palestinian society is capable of changing the Israeli political map through:

1. explaining the suffering under occupation to Israelis

2. non-violent resistance

3. intensifying meetings of Palestinians figures with Israeli media

Two good indicators here are that Palestinians acknowledge the importance of addressing Israeli society, and that more than 80% believe in non-violence as a mean to end the conflict.

Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, redacted by Adeena Schlussel

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