Most Israelis willing to cede E. Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods

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Most Israelis willing to cede E. Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods
By Nadav Shragai

More than half of Israeli Jews would be willing to give up East Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods and effectively redivide the city as part of a genuine peace agreement, but the overwhelming majority (75 percent of those willing to make these concessions) do not believe it is possible to achieve genuine peace with the Palestinians. Only a small percentage are willing, even as part of a genuine peace agreement, to give up the Old City, the Western Wall and the Temple Mount.

The figures are derived from a comprehensive public opinion poll on Jerusalem, carried out by Dr. Aharon Fein and the Tazpit Research Institute for the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (JIIS).

...According to the research, the willingness to concede the capital's Arab neighborhoods can be understood in light of the huge majority (95.3 percent) of respondents who believe it is very important for Jerusalem to have a significant Jewish majority.

Among the adult population, 63 percent are willing to make concessions in Jerusalem as part of a genuine peace agreement. Some 3.2 percent are willing to give up the Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives and the Western Wall; and 5.4 percent are willing to give up the Arab neighborhoods, the Jewish Quarter of the Old City and the Mount of Olives, but not the Wall. More than half the respondents, 54.4 percent, would give up the East Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods alone, while 36 percent are unwilling to make any territorial concessions in Jerusalem, including the Arab neighborhoods.

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