Americans are divided on the establishment of a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza Strip with 45 percent supporting it and 42 percent opposed, a new Gallup poll reveals.
Here are the survey highlights:
- 25 percent of Republicans favor a Palestinian state, compared to 61 percent of Democrats and 50 percent of independents.
- 49 percent of all those polled have a favorable view of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while 30 percent do not.
- 62 percent of Americans say they sympathize more with the Israelis, while 19 percent sympathize with the Palestinians.
"Americans continue to sympathize more with Israel than the Palestinians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and are now split over the merits of an independent Palestinian state," Gallup said in a report accompanying the results.
"But much of this is driven by Republicans, who show extraordinarily high support for Israel and — in contrast to Democrats — lean against Palestinian statehood."