At least two-thirds of Israelis, recognizing the benefits that lasting peace would bring to the region, would prefer a two-state solution. But the same majority fears that the Palestinians – with the split leadership of a relatively moderate Fatah under Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and a Gaza administration under the implacable, terror-supporting leadership of Hamas – are not ready for a conventional peace and good neighborly relations.
至少三分之二的以色列人认可长期和平将给中东带来的利益，并愿意达成双边和解协议。但同时这些人也害怕巴勒斯坦人摆脱不了目前处于领导地位的相对温和的巴勒斯坦权力机构主席马哈茂德·阿巴斯和支持恐怖活动的无情的哈马斯治下加沙政府的内部分歧，以色列人因此担心巴勒斯坦人尚未准备好接受传统的和平与睦邻友好关系。