No injuries were reported on either side.
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The results of the joint poll may provide signs of encouragement when peace prospects appear bleak.
Since October, Palestinians, many of them acting alone and with rudimentary weapons, have killed at least 33 Israelis and two visiting Americans. There were 1,270 Palestinians and 1,184 Israelis who were surveyed in the poll, according to Algemeiner. Hermann says there’s still some basis for optimism “with the right leadership”. “But it’s not impossible”. The poll of 2,000 Israelis and PA Arabs selected as a demographically representative group shows that only 51 percent of PA Arabs support the two-state solution, while 59 percent of Israelis support it. Among PA Arabs, 62 percent blame Israel, while 52 percent blame the Arabs. Since September, Palestinians have killed 34 Israelis in shootings, stabbings and vehicular attacks. There is frequent friction between the sides, and the city has been a flashpoint of violence during almost a year of fighting. He added that his Russian counterpart has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the Kremlin for talks.
Scuffles erupted when several Palestinian youths hurled stones at Israeli troopers, who fired rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades to disperse the crowd. In contrast, just 45 percent of Palestinians fear Israelis.
According to the Israeli army, forces uncovered over the past eight months 29 factories, seized 49 weapon manufacturing machines and over 300 firearms, and arrested 140 Palestinians suspected of trafficking and manufacturing weapons. In addition, she said Israeli leaders by painting the Palestinians as “utterly hostile” and Israeli media reports had contributed to the atmosphere.
“The only images the average Israeli, and I suppose the average Palestinian, gets are the negative ones”, she said.
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The poll, which surveyed 1,270 Palestinians and 1,184 Israelis, focused on the public’s views on a permanent peace agreement, ability to trust and compromise with the other side, and mistrust and fear of the other.
