Poll: Majority of U.S. Jews Support Mideast Peace Plan Based On 1967 Borders

[Purveyor]

A J Street poll published Thursday shows that 57% of U.S. Jews back a Middle East peace plan based on 1967 borders with mutually agreed-upon land swaps, while 43% opposed such a move.

According to the poll, 83% of the American Jews support a U.S.-brokered solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while 70% want the administration to offer a peace plan that proposes set borders and security arrangements.

J Street’s poll, which was conducted in mid-July among 800 American Jews, showed nearly 47% of those polled want the U.S. to vote against recognizing a Palestinian state in the UN, as opposed to 34% who support recognition, and 18% which are hesitant of American recognition.

The Palestinian public is similarly cautious about the upcoming vote. In a recent poll administered by The Israel Project, only 37% of the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank said they believe the UN action will bring an independent state closer to fruition, while 16% believed it will set it back, and 44% said it will make no difference.

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/poll-majority-of-u-s-jews-support-mideast-peace-plan-based-on-1967-borders-1.374554

[King_David]

1. Anybody know if Jerusalem was mentioned at all in the poll ? nt

[Violet_Crumble]

2. Links to the poll

http://2011poll.s3.amazonaws.com/J_Street_Survey_July%202011_Final_Results.pdf
http://2011poll.s3.amazonaws.com/J_STREET_NATIONAL_SURVEY_OF_AMERICAN_JEWS_JULY_2011.pdf