(JNS.org) Israelis are more optimistic about the establishment of an independent Palestinian state than Palestinians, and Palestinians favor armed struggle as their means of achieving statehood, a new Pew Research Center survey found.

4 50% of Israelis believe “there is a way for Israel and an independent Palestinian state to coexist peacefully.”

4 14% of Palestinians support that same statement.

4 45% of Palestinians believe the best way to achieve statehood is through an armed struggle.

4 15% of Palestinians support negotiations.

4 15% of Palestinians support nonviolent resistance.