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Conclusion: On both sides, less than 20 percent of the people cannot come to terms with the other. The minority strongholds, incessantly fanning the winds of war, rule the majority on ALL sides. But what is it that the majority of Israel - Palestine really want, sooner than later?

“Among Israeli Jews, a Jewish majority is seen as the most important value (35%), followed by peace (32%), democracy (20%) and a Greater Israel (10%).

Among the Palestinians, Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders and the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital is seen as the most important value (45%), followed by obtaining the right of return to refugees to their 1948 towns and villages (32%), and building a pious or moral individual and a religious society (13%).”

BOTTOM LINE, as extrapolated from the Pulse: "Most Israelis and Palestinians want to be safe from ‘terrorist’ attacks especially from state terror. Most Palestinians worry more about jobs than about territory or borders. Most people on all sides want little more than for the other side to leave them alone." Before they are willing to break bread together, they would first want to put bread on their own tables to take care of their families and to raise their children.

And finally, the people of Israel - Palestine crave honor, respect and dignity from the other; a more pliable and palatable peace process with built-in expandability, flexibility and versatility; in short, fluidity predicated on ‘We’ Sight not just ‘I’ Sight. Two States (Zones) Within One Borderless Homeland With Freedom of Movement For All open the possibilities toward reaching an accord to sustainable peace.