Support in America for ‘Two-State Solution’ Lowest in 20 Years

By Elad Benari, INN

Support for a “two-state solution” to solve the Israel-Arab conflict is less popular in the United States than it has been in at least two decades, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Tuesday finds.

While the idea still received 39 percent in support and 36 percent in opposition, it is a far cry from past Gallup polling in which a majority of Americans supported the idea (as many as 58 percent in 2003).

The 39 percent who support the idea is the lowest that number has been in polling on the issue since 1998, and the three-point gap between support and opposition is the smallest in at least two decades.

While 33 percent of independents and Democrats oppose the idea of a “two-state solution”, 50 percent of Republicans oppose it as well. An additional 31 percent of Republicans support the idea, while 41 percent of independents and Democrats do.

The poll comes amid continuing controversy between Israel and the United States around the formation of a Palestinian state.