A new poll indicates that 71% of Americans oppose the creation of a Palestinian state. The survey of 1,000 Americans, conducted by John McLaughlin and Associates for the Zionist Organization of American, also shows that U.S. residents are widely opposed to giving aid to the Palestinian Authority.
The ZOA reports that the poll respondents were Protestants (53%), Catholic (28), and Jews (2), as well as white (76%), black (11), and Hispanic (10).
The results show that 71% of Americans believe that the Palestinian Arabs "should not be given a state" because the Palestinians had not fulfilled President Bush's conditions for creating a state, "such as fighting terrorism, stopping the promotion of hatred in its media, ending the encouragement of murder in its schools, becoming a democracy, and respecting human rights." 77% said that "the U.S. should stop giving the Palestinian Arabs $150 million" in aid each year, and 61% said they believe that "the goal of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority is the eventual destruction of Israel."
The ZOA reports that the poll respondents were Protestants (53%), Catholic (28), and Jews (2), as well as white (76%), black (11), and Hispanic (10).
The results show that 71% of Americans believe that the Palestinian Arabs "should not be given a state" because the Palestinians had not fulfilled President Bush's conditions for creating a state, "such as fighting terrorism, stopping the promotion of hatred in its media, ending the encouragement of murder in its schools, becoming a democracy, and respecting human rights." 77% said that "the U.S. should stop giving the Palestinian Arabs $150 million" in aid each year, and 61% said they believe that "the goal of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority is the eventual destruction of Israel."