Israelis, by a margin of 51.8 to 46.4 percent, would be prepared to make territorial concessions in exchange for peace with Jordan, according to a poll by the Modi’in Ezrachi Research Institute published in Maariv Tuesday.
The responses were to the question, “Are you in favor of a peace agreement with Jordan under which Israel undertakes to give up territories in Judaca and Samaria?” (West Bank). Only 4.4 percent replied affirmatively with respect to the entire West Bank and East Jerusalem.
By a margin of 59.1 to 37.9 percent they would agree to curbs on Jewish settlements in the West Bank as part of a peace treaty with Jordan, the poll found.
But 15.4 percent were ready to give up the West Bank apart from East Jerusalem and 32 percent would relinquish only “certain parts” of the West Bank. Less than half of the respondents, 46.4 percent, would give up no territory. In a poll taken six months ago, the margin in favor of territorial concessions was 49.3 to 47.7 percent.
According to the latest poll, 9.2 percent of the respondents were willing to abandon all Jewish settlements in the West Bank; 26 percent would give up some settlements; and 23.9 percent would agree only to freeze settlements at their present level in return for peace.
A bloc of 37.9 percent of the respondents would make no concessions with respect to settlements, up from 36.6 percent six months ago.
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