Israel Matzav: Americans and Israelis reject land for peace premise

Americans and Israelis reject land for peace premise

A poll of Israelis I ran in an earlier post had the following result:

Some claim that if Israel were to withdraw to the '67 lines - including leave the Golan - it would enjoy peace for generations since the Arabs would no longer have any claims against Israel. Do you think that this is a naive or simplistic view or a reasonable and correct assessment?

82% Naive and simplistic
08% Reasonable and correct
10% Don't know/Other replies

Well, it seems that the Americans have figured out the same thing. Well, the Americans who aren't part of the Obama administration anyway.

And, thinking again about the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians...which statement do you agree with MOST?

18.7% THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS IS REALLY ABOUT LAND. ONCE AGREEMENTS ARE REACHED ON DIVIDING JERUSALEM AND ESTABLISHING BORDERS, THE TWO SIDES WILL LIVE SIDE-BY-SIDE IN PEACE.

72.8% THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS IS ABOUT IDEOLOGY AND RELIGION. THE TWO SIDES WILL LIVE IN PEACE ONLY WHEN THEY ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER'S RIGHT TO EXIST.

08.5% KNOW/REFUSED (DO NOT READ)

Telephone poll conducted by Frank Luntz, Ph.D. of The Word Doctors, March 19-20, 2010 with 811 registered American voters (margin of error: +/- 3.5 percent) for The Israel Project

So how come all those 'smart' people in the Obama administration can't figure this out?

Israel Matzav: Americans and Israelis reject land for peace premise