Further evidence of the deep political/spiritual crisis that Israel is in. Israel's biggest newspaper did a poll showing that 58 percent of Israeli Jews are for the two state solution, but the populace is sharply divided; and the young are agin it.
The poll further revealed that 70% of Israel's religious population, including the ultra-Orthodox, is opposed to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, while 73% of the country's secular Jews support it.
Additionally, some 53% of Israeli Jews up to the age of 30 are against the two-state solution, while 46% of them are in favor of it; 63% of Israeli Jews over the age of 50 also support the establishment of a Palestinian state, while only 32% oppose the US-backed solution.
Thanks to Ali Gharib for the tip. He writes:
In a conflict where semantics play such an important role, I think it's
worth noting that the YNet article was careful to say, again and again,
that the poll was of Israeli Jews — not just Israelis. Sort of leaves
you wondering what Palestinian Citizens of Israel
(PCOI) think of the two state solution. At 20 percent of the
population, one might imagine that their overwhelming support of
two-states might push the total number above the two-thirds marker.
Similarly, with this Arab birthrate we keep hearing so much about, one
also must wonder whether the number of those under 30 would be more in
favor of two-states were the PCOI included.
(Also: my bad for describing the polled as Israelis in first iteration; it's Israeli Jews.)
