Nearly 70 percent of young adult local Arabs believe the use of violence to resolve the conflict with Israel is not very helpful, according to a United Nations Development Program study released Tuesday. The study, based on interviews with 1,200 local Arabs over the age of 17 in the West Bank and Gaza, found that 8 percent saw violence as an important tool,.
The study also found out that more than 80 percent of young Arabs are depressed, and 47 percent identify themselves as Muslim rather than Palestinian Authority members.