An Israeli army statement said the regime’s forces had been chasing a group of rock throwers in a auto, but one of the Palestinians took off the vehicle and stabbed an Israeli soldier.
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The recent survey follows almost a year of low-level violence between Palestinians and Israelis: at least 34 Israelis have been killed in shootings, stabbings, and vehicular attacks since September, and at least 206 Palestinians by Israeli fire.
Support for the two-state solution has been on a general downward trend over the last 10 years, said Tamar Hermann, the IDI researcher who measured Israeli attitudes.
In a statement released on Monday, the agency said it was “gravely concerned” about the killing of Muhammad Abu Hashhash – who was reportedly unarmed when he was shot in the chest by a sniper stationed some 100 meters away – and the numerous other injuries from Israeli live ammunition that lead to the hospitalization of dozens of Palestinian civilians.
On the Palestinian side, one notable finding is that more Palestinians in Gaza support a “permanent status package” for a two-state solution than Palestinians in the West Bank. Israel says most of the dead were attackers, though the Palestinians have challenged numerous Israeli accounts. Hermann says there’s still some basis for optimism “with the right leadership”.
The poll comes amid almost a year of low-level violence between Palestinians and Israelis. There is frequent friction between the sides, and the city has been a flashpoint of violence during almost a year of fighting. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to strengthen and expand Israeli settlements there following the stabbing death in June of a 13-year-old Israeli girl in her bed by a Palestinian assailant in Kiryat Arba, an Israeli settlement adjacent to the city.
Among Jewish Israelis, 53 percent support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
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This report contains material from the Associated Press.
