18 june 2014
Over two hundred children have gathered in front the International Committee of the Red Cross office, in Gaza, in demand of the release of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.
Since the hunger strike began, the ICRC has been called to publicly condemn Israel's use of administrative detention, highlight the Palestinian hunger strikers.
The ICRC remains silent, yet issued a statement about the disappeared teenage settlers.
An update on the strikers, and ICRC recommendations:
Since the hunger strike began, the ICRC has been called to publicly condemn Israel's use of administrative detention, highlight the Palestinian hunger strikers. The ICRC remains silent, yet issued a statement about the disappeared teenage settlers. An update on the strikers, and ICRC recommendations.
Addameer: Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association is extremely concerned by the lack of intervention on behalf of over 125 Palestinian administrative detainees currently on their 55th day of open hunger strike in Israeli prisons. Addameer is also extremely concerned about the arrest campaign currently underway across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) by Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) following the recent disappearance of three illegal Israeli settlers.
On 24 April 2014 approximately 90 Palestinian administrative detainees launched an open hunger strike in protest of their continued detention without charge or trial. Since the beginning of the strike other administrative detainees, as well as sentenced prisoners, have joined the strike. While it is difficult to determine exact numbers, due to Israeli imposed restrictions and the fluid nature of the strike, it is thought that as many as 250 detainees and prisoners are now on hunger strike.
ICRC ‘neutrality’
The lack of intervention and relative silence on behalf of the hunger strikers is in stark contrast to the recent disappearance of three illegal Israeli settlers. Since the beginning of the hunger strike there have been calls for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to publically condemn Israel’s use of administrative detention and highlight the situation of the Palestinian hunger strikers.
Even on their 55th day of hunger strike and as their health continues to deteriorate rapidly these calls have not been heeded and the ICRC continues to remain silent. Yet after only three days of the disappearance of three illegal Israeli settlers the ICRC issued a public statement calling for the ‘release of abducted teenagers’, without any proof whatsoever that they have indeed been abducted. This same ICRC statement completely ignores the wave of arrests and attacks by IOF that are currently underway across the West Bank.
The complete and unquestioned acceptance of the Israeli narrative and its almost immediate intervention on behalf of three illegal Israeli settlers, is in stark contrast to its complete public silence on behalf of the Palestinian hunger strikers, and calls into serious question the ‘independence’ and ‘neutrality’ of the ICRC.
Furthermore, on 15 May 2014 at a protest outside Ofer Prison in support of the hunger strikers two Palestinian children, 16 and 17 years old, were shot dead by IOF, and yet the ICRC again remained silent. On 15 June 2014, another Palestinian, 20 years old, was shot dead by IOF in Al-Jalazon Refugee Camp in Ramallah, during an arrest operation by IOF.
The question then needs to be asked: why does the ICRC publically intervene almost immediately, based on unproven accusations, for Israelis, but remains completely silent when war crimes are being committed against Palestinians?
The families of the hunger strikers have also accused the ICRC of failing in its responsibilities towards the hunger strikers through the lack of ICRC visits, including visits from ICRC doctors. There are currently only two ICRC doctors for the over 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners currently held in Israeli jails. The families also accuse the ICRC of failing to provide them with information regarding their imprisoned relatives and have been holding weekly protests outside ICRC offices throughout the oPt for the last two years.
West Bank arrest campaign
Since 12 June over 200 Palestinians have been arrested across the West Bank and are currently being held in various locations. These arrests, along with the accompanying killings and attacks, are a form of collective punishment against the Palestinian people following the disappearance of three illegal Israeli settlers on 12 June.
Three people, including a child, were also injured in Hebron on 15 June when IOF blew open the door of their house. A further six people were injured on 16 June by IOF, including one critically after been shot in the chest, at Qalandia check-point, outside Jerusalem.
Since 12 June seven Palestinian Legislative Council Members (PLC) have been detained, two of whom have already been placed in administrative detention, which is detention without charge or trial. This brings to 18 the number of PLC members currently being held in Israeli prisons.
Health of hunger strikers
The health of the hunger strikers continues to deteriorate rapidly. During recent visits by their legal counsel the hunger strikers have confirmed that ICRC doctors did not visit any of the hunger strikers during the first 21 days of their strike and have requested that they are allowed visits by independent medical doctors. The hunger strikers also feel that the ICRC doctors are not giving them enough attention as they usually describe their general situation without giving specific details and they also feel that the ICRC should intensify their visits to hunger strikers being held in hospitals and isolation cells.
Currently they are not being allowed access to their medical files by the Israeli authorities. Israeli doctors have also been pressuring the hunger strikers to break their strike.
All hunger strikers are rapidly losing weight and some have begun to lose their vision. Other health concerns include low blood pressure; liver problems; high cholesterol levels; and vomiting. In response to the inhumane conditions in which they are being held some hunger strikers are boycotting medical examinations and are refusing to take vitamins.
Message from the hunger strikers
“Our message to the world is that we are peacefully resisting our arbitrary detention, despite the threat the hunger strike imposes on our health...Our bodies are weak, but our determination to end injustice and achieve our demands has never been stronger… According international law, the occupation’s practice of administrative detention is arbitrary and violates all international human rights regulations and laws that call for respecting human beings, their rights, freedom and lives…without international and media pressure nothing will change.
The humanitarian side of the issue should be revived; it is not a matter of numbers and years. There are children, sons and daughters, parents and families that are suffering from the raids, arrest processes and administrative detention renewals and everything else that is directly connected to these conditions”.
Recommendations
* In light of the rapidly deteriorating situation, both inside Israeli prisons and hospitals and on the ground in the occupied Palestinian territory, Addameer calls on:
* ICRC to immediately and publically condemn Israel’s use of administrative detention and highlight the current situation of all Palestinian hunger strikers.
*ICRC to immediately and publically condemn all recent Israeli violations that have occurred during the current arrest campaign throughout the West Bank.
Since the hunger strike began, the ICRC has been called to publicly condemn Israel's use of administrative detention, highlight the Palestinian hunger strikers.
The ICRC remains silent, yet issued a statement about the disappeared teenage settlers.
An update on the strikers, and ICRC recommendations:
Since the hunger strike began, the ICRC has been called to publicly condemn Israel's use of administrative detention, highlight the Palestinian hunger strikers. The ICRC remains silent, yet issued a statement about the disappeared teenage settlers. An update on the strikers, and ICRC recommendations.
Addameer: Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association is extremely concerned by the lack of intervention on behalf of over 125 Palestinian administrative detainees currently on their 55th day of open hunger strike in Israeli prisons. Addameer is also extremely concerned about the arrest campaign currently underway across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) by Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) following the recent disappearance of three illegal Israeli settlers.
On 24 April 2014 approximately 90 Palestinian administrative detainees launched an open hunger strike in protest of their continued detention without charge or trial. Since the beginning of the strike other administrative detainees, as well as sentenced prisoners, have joined the strike. While it is difficult to determine exact numbers, due to Israeli imposed restrictions and the fluid nature of the strike, it is thought that as many as 250 detainees and prisoners are now on hunger strike.
ICRC ‘neutrality’
The lack of intervention and relative silence on behalf of the hunger strikers is in stark contrast to the recent disappearance of three illegal Israeli settlers. Since the beginning of the hunger strike there have been calls for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to publically condemn Israel’s use of administrative detention and highlight the situation of the Palestinian hunger strikers.
Even on their 55th day of hunger strike and as their health continues to deteriorate rapidly these calls have not been heeded and the ICRC continues to remain silent. Yet after only three days of the disappearance of three illegal Israeli settlers the ICRC issued a public statement calling for the ‘release of abducted teenagers’, without any proof whatsoever that they have indeed been abducted. This same ICRC statement completely ignores the wave of arrests and attacks by IOF that are currently underway across the West Bank.
The complete and unquestioned acceptance of the Israeli narrative and its almost immediate intervention on behalf of three illegal Israeli settlers, is in stark contrast to its complete public silence on behalf of the Palestinian hunger strikers, and calls into serious question the ‘independence’ and ‘neutrality’ of the ICRC.
Furthermore, on 15 May 2014 at a protest outside Ofer Prison in support of the hunger strikers two Palestinian children, 16 and 17 years old, were shot dead by IOF, and yet the ICRC again remained silent. On 15 June 2014, another Palestinian, 20 years old, was shot dead by IOF in Al-Jalazon Refugee Camp in Ramallah, during an arrest operation by IOF.
The question then needs to be asked: why does the ICRC publically intervene almost immediately, based on unproven accusations, for Israelis, but remains completely silent when war crimes are being committed against Palestinians?
The families of the hunger strikers have also accused the ICRC of failing in its responsibilities towards the hunger strikers through the lack of ICRC visits, including visits from ICRC doctors. There are currently only two ICRC doctors for the over 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners currently held in Israeli jails. The families also accuse the ICRC of failing to provide them with information regarding their imprisoned relatives and have been holding weekly protests outside ICRC offices throughout the oPt for the last two years.
West Bank arrest campaign
Since 12 June over 200 Palestinians have been arrested across the West Bank and are currently being held in various locations. These arrests, along with the accompanying killings and attacks, are a form of collective punishment against the Palestinian people following the disappearance of three illegal Israeli settlers on 12 June.
Three people, including a child, were also injured in Hebron on 15 June when IOF blew open the door of their house. A further six people were injured on 16 June by IOF, including one critically after been shot in the chest, at Qalandia check-point, outside Jerusalem.
Since 12 June seven Palestinian Legislative Council Members (PLC) have been detained, two of whom have already been placed in administrative detention, which is detention without charge or trial. This brings to 18 the number of PLC members currently being held in Israeli prisons.
Health of hunger strikers
The health of the hunger strikers continues to deteriorate rapidly. During recent visits by their legal counsel the hunger strikers have confirmed that ICRC doctors did not visit any of the hunger strikers during the first 21 days of their strike and have requested that they are allowed visits by independent medical doctors. The hunger strikers also feel that the ICRC doctors are not giving them enough attention as they usually describe their general situation without giving specific details and they also feel that the ICRC should intensify their visits to hunger strikers being held in hospitals and isolation cells.
Currently they are not being allowed access to their medical files by the Israeli authorities. Israeli doctors have also been pressuring the hunger strikers to break their strike.
All hunger strikers are rapidly losing weight and some have begun to lose their vision. Other health concerns include low blood pressure; liver problems; high cholesterol levels; and vomiting. In response to the inhumane conditions in which they are being held some hunger strikers are boycotting medical examinations and are refusing to take vitamins.
Message from the hunger strikers
“Our message to the world is that we are peacefully resisting our arbitrary detention, despite the threat the hunger strike imposes on our health...Our bodies are weak, but our determination to end injustice and achieve our demands has never been stronger… According international law, the occupation’s practice of administrative detention is arbitrary and violates all international human rights regulations and laws that call for respecting human beings, their rights, freedom and lives…without international and media pressure nothing will change.
The humanitarian side of the issue should be revived; it is not a matter of numbers and years. There are children, sons and daughters, parents and families that are suffering from the raids, arrest processes and administrative detention renewals and everything else that is directly connected to these conditions”.
Recommendations
* In light of the rapidly deteriorating situation, both inside Israeli prisons and hospitals and on the ground in the occupied Palestinian territory, Addameer calls on:
* ICRC to immediately and publically condemn Israel’s use of administrative detention and highlight the current situation of all Palestinian hunger strikers.
*ICRC to immediately and publically condemn all recent Israeli violations that have occurred during the current arrest campaign throughout the West Bank.
Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday that the UN has no concrete evidence that the three Israelis were taken captives.
He explained that the United Nations does not have an independent investigation team that can confirm that an abduction indeed took place.
Three Israeli settlers have been missed since last Thursday. Israel claimed that they were kidnapped and accused Hamas of abducting them. Hamas, for its part, made clear that Israel's allegations are intended to crack down Palestinians and intensify its aggressions against them in the West Bank and Gaza strip.
He explained that the United Nations does not have an independent investigation team that can confirm that an abduction indeed took place.
Three Israeli settlers have been missed since last Thursday. Israel claimed that they were kidnapped and accused Hamas of abducting them. Hamas, for its part, made clear that Israel's allegations are intended to crack down Palestinians and intensify its aggressions against them in the West Bank and Gaza strip.
17 june 2014
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 197 Palestinians and invaded more than 791 homes, in different parts of the West Bank, since three settlers went missing last Thursday night, the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported.
During a press conference at the Ahrar office in Ramallah, Ahrar Center head Fuad al-Khuffash stated that, on the first day of the Israeli campaign against the occupied West Bank, the army kidnapped 16 Palestinians, including two women who were released later on.
The second day of the invasion led to the kidnapping of 110 Palestinians, including five legislators, two government ministers and two university teachers.
The army also kidnapped 44 Palestinians on the third day of the invasions, including the head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Abdul-Aziz Dweik, from Hebron.
Soldiers also kidnapped a legislator on the same day. The fourth day of the invasion led to the kidnapping of 27 Palestinians.
Al-Khuffash said the 197 kidnapped Palestinians, including women, children, seven legislators and two ministers, are all former political prisoners, and that the number is based documented arrests of detainees who were moved to different prisons and detention centers.
In Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped 101 Palestinians and invaded 570 homes, in Nablus 27 Palestinians were kidnapped and 45 homes invaded, in Ramallah 16 persons were kidnapped and 104 homes were invaded, and one Palestinian was shot and killed by the army.
Sixteen Palestinians were kidnapped in Jenin and 30 homes invaded; eight were kidnaped in Tulkarem and 14 homes were invaded; 9 Palestinians were kidnapped in Bethlehem and 19 homes were invaded; six were kidnapped in Tubas, seven in Qalqilia, four in Jerusalem, and three in Salfit.
In total, the soldiers have, so far, invaded and violently searched more than 791 Palestinian homes, causing excessive property damage.
Most of the kidnapped Palestinians are Hamas supporters, in addition to two Islamic Jihad members and six members of the Fateh movement who were kidnapped on Monday night in the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, al-Khuffash said.
He stated that the soldiers focused their arrests and home invasions in the Hebron district, invading more than 140 Palestinian homes and violently searching them, causing excessive property damage.
The Hebron invasions mainly targeted Hebron City, the towns of Doura and Surif, and various nearby communities.
In Ramallah, soldiers invaded at least 74 homes and ransacked them before kidnapping several Palestinians, including the head of the al-Aqsa Satellite TV Station, Aziz Kayed, and many other Palestinians.
Soldiers also continued the invasion of the Jenin district, imposing a curfew on the Jenin refugee camp and forcing Palestinians under house arrest, before kidnapping several others.
They also invaded Azzoun town, kidnapped several Palestinians, and held the father of a “wanted” Palestinian hostage in an attempt to force his son to surrender.
Massive invasions were also carried out in Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and the Balata refugee camp. The soldiers also broke into and ransacked dozens of homes and threatened several residents to force them into exile, or to kidnap them, Ahrar said.
Al-Khuffash said that ten of the newly kidnapped Palestinians received arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, holding them for different periods without charges or trial.
He called on International institutions and human rights groups to stop the escalating Israeli military violations, and to oblige Israel to stop the use of its illegitimate Administrative Detention policies.
During a press conference at the Ahrar office in Ramallah, Ahrar Center head Fuad al-Khuffash stated that, on the first day of the Israeli campaign against the occupied West Bank, the army kidnapped 16 Palestinians, including two women who were released later on.
The second day of the invasion led to the kidnapping of 110 Palestinians, including five legislators, two government ministers and two university teachers.
The army also kidnapped 44 Palestinians on the third day of the invasions, including the head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Abdul-Aziz Dweik, from Hebron.
Soldiers also kidnapped a legislator on the same day. The fourth day of the invasion led to the kidnapping of 27 Palestinians.
Al-Khuffash said the 197 kidnapped Palestinians, including women, children, seven legislators and two ministers, are all former political prisoners, and that the number is based documented arrests of detainees who were moved to different prisons and detention centers.
In Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped 101 Palestinians and invaded 570 homes, in Nablus 27 Palestinians were kidnapped and 45 homes invaded, in Ramallah 16 persons were kidnapped and 104 homes were invaded, and one Palestinian was shot and killed by the army.
Sixteen Palestinians were kidnapped in Jenin and 30 homes invaded; eight were kidnaped in Tulkarem and 14 homes were invaded; 9 Palestinians were kidnapped in Bethlehem and 19 homes were invaded; six were kidnapped in Tubas, seven in Qalqilia, four in Jerusalem, and three in Salfit.
In total, the soldiers have, so far, invaded and violently searched more than 791 Palestinian homes, causing excessive property damage.
Most of the kidnapped Palestinians are Hamas supporters, in addition to two Islamic Jihad members and six members of the Fateh movement who were kidnapped on Monday night in the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, al-Khuffash said.
He stated that the soldiers focused their arrests and home invasions in the Hebron district, invading more than 140 Palestinian homes and violently searching them, causing excessive property damage.
The Hebron invasions mainly targeted Hebron City, the towns of Doura and Surif, and various nearby communities.
In Ramallah, soldiers invaded at least 74 homes and ransacked them before kidnapping several Palestinians, including the head of the al-Aqsa Satellite TV Station, Aziz Kayed, and many other Palestinians.
Soldiers also continued the invasion of the Jenin district, imposing a curfew on the Jenin refugee camp and forcing Palestinians under house arrest, before kidnapping several others.
They also invaded Azzoun town, kidnapped several Palestinians, and held the father of a “wanted” Palestinian hostage in an attempt to force his son to surrender.
Massive invasions were also carried out in Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and the Balata refugee camp. The soldiers also broke into and ransacked dozens of homes and threatened several residents to force them into exile, or to kidnap them, Ahrar said.
Al-Khuffash said that ten of the newly kidnapped Palestinians received arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, holding them for different periods without charges or trial.
He called on International institutions and human rights groups to stop the escalating Israeli military violations, and to oblige Israel to stop the use of its illegitimate Administrative Detention policies.
16 june 2014
Israeli forces kidnapped 10 Palestinian MPs and 2 former ministers during the two past days, bringing the number of Palestinian MPs held in Israeli jails to 21 in addition to 3 former ministers.
The detained and convicted MPs:
The detained and convicted MPs:
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1. Marwan Barghouti, sentenced to five life terms imprisonment
2. Ahmed Saadat, the secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, sentenced to 30 years imprisonment 3. Ahmad Attoun, from Jerusalem The MPs held administravely in Israeli jails, some of them are engaged on hunger strike: 4. D. Mahmoud Ramahi 5. Abdel Jaber Fuqaha 6. Mohammed Jamal Natshe 7. Hatem Kufaisheh |
8. Nizar Ramadan
9. Mohammed Badr 10. Mohammed Abu Tair 11. Yasser Mansour MPs who were arrested duringthe past two days: 12. Dr. Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council 13. Hassan Yousef 14. Ahmed Totah 15. Fadel Hamdan |
16. Abdul Rahman Zeidan
17. Ibrahim Abu Salem 18. Hosni Borini 19. Azzam Salhab 20. Bassem Zarir 21. Samir Kadi The three ministers: 1. Khaled Abu Arafa, 2. Jabari Issa, 3. Wafi Qubaha |
UFree Network has slammed in a statement issued on Sunday the unprecedented upsurge Israeli raid and arrest campaigns carried out during the last two days throughout West Bank.
Palestinian former ministers, Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (MPLC), university lecturers and students together with civilian women and children have been targeted during the Israeli fierce arrest campaign.
Human rights activists and ex-detainees were among the arrests including those who were engaged in hunger strikes in Israeli jails as part of the Israeli systematic collective punishment scenario targeting Palestinian civilians and national leadership alike.
Most of the detainees were turned to administrative detention according to which thousands of Palestinian detainees have been held without charge or trial in total violation to international laws and conventions.
UFree Network called on the international community to intervene and save the Palestinian civilians kidnapped and locked up behind Israeli bars before it is too late.
This is an unspeakable Israeli war crime, already pigeonholed by the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions as such.
UFree Network has initiated a series of solidarity and human rights activities calling on international community and European Union to pressure Israel to stop such arbitrary and random arrests and immediately release administrative hunger strikers, who have been starving for 54 days in a row.
Palestinian former ministers, Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (MPLC), university lecturers and students together with civilian women and children have been targeted during the Israeli fierce arrest campaign.
Human rights activists and ex-detainees were among the arrests including those who were engaged in hunger strikes in Israeli jails as part of the Israeli systematic collective punishment scenario targeting Palestinian civilians and national leadership alike.
Most of the detainees were turned to administrative detention according to which thousands of Palestinian detainees have been held without charge or trial in total violation to international laws and conventions.
UFree Network called on the international community to intervene and save the Palestinian civilians kidnapped and locked up behind Israeli bars before it is too late.
This is an unspeakable Israeli war crime, already pigeonholed by the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions as such.
UFree Network has initiated a series of solidarity and human rights activities calling on international community and European Union to pressure Israel to stop such arbitrary and random arrests and immediately release administrative hunger strikers, who have been starving for 54 days in a row.
The Hebrew newspaper of Haaretz reported that an Israeli public opinion poll on settlements in the West Bank, conducted annually for the past six years, shows a trend of decreasing support among the Israeli public for the settlers.
”The poll also reveals the public is less opposed to territorial concessions and more concerned of international boycotts, and conditions its support for settlers on their combating Jewish lawbreakers in the territories, including so-called Hilltop youth,” The newspaper added.
The poll, conducted by Prof. Yitzhak Katz, was ordered by the Samaria and Jordan Valley Research and Development Center, and presented at Ariel University. Profs. Miryam Billig and Udi Lebel, who conducted the research, state that the poll shows a drastic decline in public support for settlers since 2009.
The 550 individuals over the age of 18 who participated in the poll do not reside in the West Bank, and reflect a cross-section of Israeli society. The poll revealed that 59 percent of those questioned believed the settlements harm Israel’s relationship with the United States government. Half of those polled agreed with claims that the budget for settlements come at the expense of education and social welfare, and 40 percent believe that Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria are a waste of the country’s money.
Seventy-one percent stated that settlers’ clashes with the Israeli forces prevent them from identifying with the settlements, and 54 percent claimed the hilltop youth prevent them from identifying with the settlers as a whole.
The polls also revealed that a small minority supports perpetuating the status quo (12 percent), while 31 percent would support partial or full annexation of the West Bank, though the majority of the Israeli public (51 percent) would support partial or full disengagement as part of an agreement with the Palestinians.
At the same time, public support for a peace agreement hinges upon a complete cessation of terror (84 percent) and a Palestinian declaration to end the conflict (82 percent), according to the poll.
”The poll also reveals the public is less opposed to territorial concessions and more concerned of international boycotts, and conditions its support for settlers on their combating Jewish lawbreakers in the territories, including so-called Hilltop youth,” The newspaper added.
The poll, conducted by Prof. Yitzhak Katz, was ordered by the Samaria and Jordan Valley Research and Development Center, and presented at Ariel University. Profs. Miryam Billig and Udi Lebel, who conducted the research, state that the poll shows a drastic decline in public support for settlers since 2009.
The 550 individuals over the age of 18 who participated in the poll do not reside in the West Bank, and reflect a cross-section of Israeli society. The poll revealed that 59 percent of those questioned believed the settlements harm Israel’s relationship with the United States government. Half of those polled agreed with claims that the budget for settlements come at the expense of education and social welfare, and 40 percent believe that Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria are a waste of the country’s money.
Seventy-one percent stated that settlers’ clashes with the Israeli forces prevent them from identifying with the settlements, and 54 percent claimed the hilltop youth prevent them from identifying with the settlers as a whole.
The polls also revealed that a small minority supports perpetuating the status quo (12 percent), while 31 percent would support partial or full annexation of the West Bank, though the majority of the Israeli public (51 percent) would support partial or full disengagement as part of an agreement with the Palestinians.
At the same time, public support for a peace agreement hinges upon a complete cessation of terror (84 percent) and a Palestinian declaration to end the conflict (82 percent), according to the poll.