Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

Poll: 93 percent of eastern Jerusalem Arabs prefer Israeli rule

Of those who answered the “Palestine News Network” survey on the transfer of rule to the Palestinian Authority, even supporters of the option said that they wouldn’t give up their Israeli ID cards.

Women shopping in the Muslim Quarter market in Jerusalem's Old City on Feb. 9, 2015. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Women shopping in the Muslim Quarter market in Jerusalem’s Old City on Feb. 9, 2015. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Some 93 percent of the Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem prefer living under Israeli rule, according to a new poll by the Palestine News Network.

The survey offered the choice between ongoing Israeli rule of the city or a transfer of rule to the Palestinian Authority.

Of the 1,200 Arab residents queried, 1,116 said that they preferred the former. A total of 84 respondents answered that they would prefer the latter, although they also noted that they would refuse to give up their Israeli identity cards.

Only five answered that they would prefer to carry P.A. identity cards.

The NGO says it is being punished for pursuing legal action against illegal construction in Judea and Samaria and denies any connection to violence.
Anti-Israel lawmaker Sébastien Delogu faces charges over publication of documents taken from former Marseille CRIF president Isidore Aragones.
The Foreign Ministry accused the U.N. chief of failing to mention the Iranian regime and its terror proxies in his Middle East escalation post.
“The land of the boot has become the land of the flip-flop,” said Israel’s national security minister.
“The details of the incident are under review,” the military said.
Officials said the move could accelerate joint infrastructure projects and deepen regional cooperation on energy security and innovation.