Palestinian Public Opinion Polls No. 52

Abstract

The Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu rejected the French ‎Initiative that calls for holding a ‎peace conference in the Middle ‎East. The French Initiative suggests principles for ending the ‎‎conflict on the basis of a recognition of the 1967 borders with some ‎land exchange between the ‎two sides and making Jerusalem a ‎shared capital between the two states. It also suggests a ‎definite ‎timetable that leads to the end of the Israeli occupation and calls for ‎an international ‎peace conference. ‎ The UNESCO adopted a group of decisions relating to Jerusalem ‎and Al-Aqsa Mosque. Among ‎these decisions is rejecting the use of ‎the term “Temple Mount” when referring to Al-Aqsa. ‎UNESCO ‎now adopts the Islamic Arabic name: Al-Masjed Al-Aqsa Al-‎Mubarak. UNESCO also called ‎for restoring the status quo to its ‎realities as they were in September 2000 when the Jordanian ‎‎Ministry of Waqf had complete dominance over the site.‎ After the signed agreement between Fateh and Hamas to end the ‎Palestinian split, nothing was ‎carried out of the agreement other ‎than the formation of a Palestinian coalition government; the ‎other ‎items have not been implemented. ‎