A common claim is that there is a clear trend of public opinion according to which there is a Jewish and Arab majority for this solution. This, for example, is shown by the “Referendum” survey – the joint Israeli-Palestinian survey conducted in 2016 in cooperation with the Israel Democracy Institute and funded by the European Union.
However, it must be remembered that in each survey the question is asked in different formulations and from other angles. Therefore, when a general question is asked about the desire to reach peace without stating the exact price and the details of the agreement – there is a small majority. For example: the question asked in the survey in question is “Do you support or oppose a solution based on the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel”. Well, 52% of Israeli Jews support such a solution. But it should be noted that it is not specified what is meant by “based“.
Further on in the survey, it is detailed what such an arrangement includes: the dismemberment of the Palestinian state, the exchange of equal territories, the reunification of families and the return of 100,000 Palestinian refugees to the territory of Israel, the definition of East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine and West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and the end of the conflict. Such an arrangement is supported by a minority of 38% of Jews and 39% of Palestinians.
On top of that, other polls show other opinions. For example, a survey conducted in 2013 by the Group of Professors for Political and Economic Resilience in collaboration with “Maagar Mohot” shows that only 11% of the Jewish public wants the land to be divided while establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza.
In any case, there is no proof that there is a Jewish majority that supports a situation in which the State of Israel chooses to withdraw from Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, and it is very difficult to determine public opinion on this issue.