6 Percent of Israeli, Palestinian Citizen Negotiators Affirm Two- State Solution; Citizens Vote in Extra-Political Public Negotiations
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Specifically, 75.6 percent of Israelis and 75.8 percent of Palestinians unconditionally accepted the proposal that "there will be two viable states: Israel will be the state of the Jewish people and Palestine the state of the Palestinian people, each recognizing the other as such, both democratic and respecting human rights, including minority rights."
"It is remarkable that citizens on both sides are so clearly speaking up against extremism and for a concrete solution to the conflict even during these trying times," said OneVoice Mideast Director Mohammad Darawshe. "Palestinian outreach workers were canvassing and engaging Palestinian citizens everywhere from refugee camps to universities days after assassinations of the Hamas leadership that inflamed a lot of them, and while they encountered enormous anger and frustration, the people chose to speak up to the other side with a solution."See the full content of this document
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6 Percent of Israeli, Palestinian Citizen Negotiators Affirm Two- State Solution; Citizens Vote in Extra-Political Public Negotiations
Over 45 percent of citizen negotiators that participated in this round of voting were between the ages of 15 (the minimum age to participate) a...
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