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American Support for a Palestinian State

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November 11, 2016

Americans have been asked about their support for Palestinian statehood for many years, more often since the early Nineties, when the Oslo Accords made this option more of an issue and, at least for a while, seemingly more realistic. Naturally, circumstances have changed – from a peace process, to an Intifada, from a Clinton administration, to Bush, to Obama, and now to Trump. Israeli and Palestinian opinions have changed with time. The expectations of a coming peace have changed. The expectations of American involvement in the Middle East increased and then decreased.

American support and opposition to a Palestinian State went up and down, but not much up and not much down. If there is any surprise as we look at the numbers of support and opposition from 1990 until today, it is the stability of public opinion (there are a few outliers).

One note of caution: not all polls use the exact same language, but most use a version similar to Gallup’s: “Do you favor or oppose the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip?”

Here is our tracker:

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* Gallup, ** Quinnipiac, *** AJC, **** Zogby, ***** Newsweek, + McClatchy, ++ CBS, +++ ABC

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