Majority of Israelis back two-state idea

05 January 2013

JERUSALEM — A slender majority of Israelis support the creation of a separate Palestinian state, but did not have high hopes for a peace deal, a survey said yesterday. The survey by daily Israel Hayom asked more than 800 Israelis “do you support or oppose the idea of two states for two peoples, i.e the creation of a Palestinian state independent from Israel?” Almost 54 per cent said they favoured the idea, and 38 per cent rejected it, with the rest refusing to answer. The survey’s margin of error was 3.4 percentage points.