The Palestinian people are mostly indifferent to Ramallah's threats that if Israel pushes ahead with its plan to apply sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, the Palestinian Authority will be dissolved, a new survey published on Wednesday has found.
The poll, conducted by Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research Director Dr. Khalil Shikaki in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, concluded that 66% of the Palestinians expect Israel to go ahead with its plans despite any protests on the ground or any sanctions by the Palestinian leadership, Arab leaders, or the EU against Israel.
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Some 60% of those polled said they do no believe that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will follow through on his threat to disband the governing body in charge of the West Bank.
The Palestinians' indifference to the statement made by its leaders was also evident in a protest held in Jericho on Monday.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, UN envoy to the Middle East Nikolai Mladnov, foreign dignitaries, and a host of other Palestinian officials attended the rally, but despite Ramallah's urging the Palestinians to take to the streets en masse, only a few thousands heeded the call.
The poll further found that 59% of the Palestinians think that the Egyptians-brokered talks between Israel and Hamas, the terrorist group controlling Gaza, are failing, and fresh hostilities between Israel and the terrorist groups in the Strip is only a matter of time.
The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research Director noted that the poll was conducted via personal interviews in lights of the drop in coronavirus cases in the Palestinian territories.
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