Committed, concerned and conciliatory: The attitudes of Jews in Britain towards Israel:

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Conclusion

Israel resonates in the thoughts, feelings and
identities of a wide cross-section of the Jewish
population in Britain. Jews in Britain are both
worried about, and protective of Israel. Yet,
notwithstanding these concerns and the significant
mobilization of material and human resources on
Israel’s behalf, they hold a wide range of opinions
about Israel’s politics, civil society and conduct.
As a consequence, the topic of Israel has the
potential to both unite and divide Jews.

As monolithic as Jews in Britain are in their caring
and concern for Israel and its long-term survival,
respondents have highly divergent views on the
controversial issues.

Strong support tinged with concern

The vast majority of respondents exhibit strong
personal support for, and affinity with Israel: 95%
have visited the country; 90% consider it their
“ancestral homeland”; 87% feel responsible for
its survival; and 82% say it plays a “central” or
“important” role in their Jewish identities.


On the other hand, this strong level of personal
attachment to Israel does not prevent respondents
from expressing criticism about Israeli society:
74% think that Orthodox Judaism has too much
influence there; 67% consider there to be too
much corruption in Israel’s political system; and
56% feel that non-Jewish minority groups suffer
from discrimination.

much more...
http://www.jpr.org.uk/downloads/JPR%20Israel%20survey%20report%2015.pdf

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1. cont'd

Desire for peace and security

In terms of the peace process, it is clear that a
majority of respondents both desires peace and
is prepared to see Israel make concessions in
order to achieve it. However, respondents are
equally clear that Israel’s security is of great
importance, although they differ on which
security measures are necessary, and the extent to
which security considerations should influence
government policy.

On a number of issues there is strong and clear
agreement across the sample: 77% favour a two-
state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians;
74% believe that it is wrong for existing
settlements in the West Bank to be expanded; and
67% favour exchanging land for peace. However,
on security, 72% believe that the security fence is
“vital” for Israel; and 72% feel that the Gaza War
was justified in terms of self-defence.

On other key issues, a majority of the sample is
also in agreement, but to a lesser extent: 55% see
Israel as an occupying power in the West Bank;
and 52% support the idea of Israel negotiating
with Hamas.

[DesertFlower]

2. interesting.

i am surprised that 52% would negotiate with hamas.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

3. Read the section on methodology... N.T.

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4. Margin of error for poll is plus/minus 1.5% given all factors

[Donald Ian Rankin]

7. No, claimed margin of error is 1.5%...

This was a self-selected internet poll that they've attempted to give some legitimacy to by weighting.

[shira]

5. Latest Palestinian poll: 82% are against dropping RoR in peace deal

14) Do you think that the Palestinians must renounce their right of home return, which Israel will never accept, in exchange for having an independent Palestinian state and the conclusion of a peace deal with Israel?

Response

Percentage

1. Yes, the Palestinians must do that

14.0

2. No, they shouldn’t do that even if the price would be the non- conclusion of a peace deal with Israel

81.7

3. I have no opinion

4.3

15) If the Palestinian leadership would waive the right of home return in exchange for a financial compensation, would you accept or refuse that?

Response

Percentage

1. I would accept that

13.1

2. I would refuse that

81.8

3. Don’t know

5.1

http://www.pcpo.ps/polls.htm

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6. American support for Israel near record high, Gallup Poll shows

http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/support_for_israel_near_record_high_gallup_poll_shows_20100715/