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Most respondents are shocked when discovering that the other craves peace and that just about all misconstrue each other’s intentions. It gets worse. Most everyone wants peace, but few agree on the route to getting there. Even if I invite only the ‘peace makers’ to partake on a feast of culinary delights buffet-style, I would have to separate them into two rooms. Why? One group, a small majority, wants a two-state solution (Israeli Jews 53.4%, Israeli Palestinians 87.1%, Palestinians West bank 50.9%, Palestinians Gaza 52.1%). The other group, a minority, wants a one state solution (Israeli Jews 20.4%, Israeli Palestinians 52.4%, Palestinians West bank 32.8%, Gaza 37%).

But then you might think that each respective group would break bread together in their separate rooms. Wrong! Instead, they’d probably be breaking each other’s heads (figuratively speaking) arguing who’s right and who’s wrong, some still claiming, “what’s mine is mine, what’s yours is mine also” and not even going forward with what Martin Luther King Jr. beckons as ‘the Urgency of Now’:

“What can we do to steer our children and theirs out of the quagmire, a quagmire of history and a quagmire prolonged by today’s deep traumas and collective hysteria?”

The bigger issue is: will they want to come, assuming they are permitted to freely cross borders? Most might be willing. But they want protection. These peace-loving people fear each other. Sixty-five percent of the Israeli Jews fear the Palestinians more than the Palestinians fear the Israelis. Three-quarters of the Israeli Palestinians fear neither.