Some 51% of Palestinians and 53% of Jews living in Israel still believe in a two-state solution. This was indicated by a joint Israeli-Palestinian poll that was conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research headed by Doctor Kahlil Shikaki among approximately 1,000 Palestinians from the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem and about 1,000 Israelis. The poll revealed, however, that only 46% of Israelis and 39% of Palestinians expressed support for an “arrangement package” based on previous rounds of negotiations, which includes the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state, and Israeli withdrawal to the Green line, which was the border between Israel and Jordan before the 1967 war, including land swaps, family unification of some 100 thousand Palestinian refugees and dividing Jerusalem, among others.
The poll also found that support for this package was high among secular Israeli Jews, 56%, in contrast with observant Jews 35% and only 19% of ultra-orthodox Jews. Similarly, there was higher support for the package among Palestinians who described themselves as “non-religious”, 63%, or “fairly religious” 41%, compared to only 35% among those who described themselves as “religious”. It should be pointed out that one-quarter of the Palestinians and the Israelis who opposed the arrangement package said that they would change their mind if the arrangement included a more comprehensive Israeli-Arab peace agreement or a regional agreement