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Most Palestinians believe dream of an independent state far away

Xinhua, July 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

The political deadlock in the region is like to continue until next month, a senior Palestinian official said in an interview with a Ramallah-based newspaper published Thursday.

Nabil Abu Rdineh, a political aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the Palestinian daily that the status of political deadlock will continue until September, "While the Palestinian political position is clear and stable."

Amid the international efforts to resume the peace process in the Middle East which had stopped in March last year, the Palestinians accused Israel of trying to undermine this effort by keeping its policy of settlement and aggression.

"Our position is clear that we want just, comprehensive and everlasting peace," said Abu Rdineh, adding "The United States and Israel know that our position might change in case this deadlock goes on."

Abu Rdineh declined to give more details on why he expects that the deadlock in the peace process will continue until September.

Observers told the daily that this might have a link to the nuclear agreement that was reached with Iran earlier in July, where the agreement is expected to be approved by the U.S. Congress next months.

Meanwhile, a Palestinian poll showed that 62 percent of the surveyed Palestinians believe that they are very far from making the dream of establishing an independent Palestinian state true compared with two decades ago.

The poll was published on Thursday and was conducted by the Ramallah-based think tank Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD). It was implemented on 1,200 Palestinians within 3 percent margin of error.

The poll said that 49 percent of the surveyed Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank also support the resumption of the stalled peace process, while 46 percent opposed, while a majority said their living economical condition deteriorated. Endit