Shfa News, a Palestinian news network, conducted an opinion poll of Arabs in Jerusalem.
The sample included 1,200 Arab residents of Jerusalem who have an Israeli ID card.
Of the 1,200, 1,116 (93%) say they prefer that Israel retains control over the entire city. Only 84 people answered that they prefer to transfer political control to the Palestinian Authority.
When those 84 people were asked about their willingness to give up their IDs in favor of a Palestinian Authority ID, they suddenly became more Zionist. 79 of them answered that they would refuse to give up the Israeli identity card they now hold and replace it with a Palestinian Authority ID.
Only 5 people answered that they are willing to give up their current Israeli ID.
That’s 99.6% that prefer Israeli residence IDs over Palestinian citizenship.
This would be a surprising result for those who claim that Israel engages in ethnic cleansing of these very Arabs. Apparently they prefer “apartheid” to living in a Palestinian state.
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