A poll of Israelis and Palestinians on Monday (22/08/2016) showed most citizens of both sides wanted peace.
Tamar Hermann, a political scientist Israel held a poll by Khalil Shikaki of a Palestinian research institute.
"Looking at the current situation, the results of this survey is not too good but not too bad. At least there was optimism with the right leadership," said Tamar.
"At the moment I do not see any leaders on both sides who are able to use the results of this survey as a basis to intensify the negotiations," added Tamar.
Based on the survey results, 51 percent of Palestinians and 59 percent of Israelis support a two-state solution to end the conflict between the two countries.
About 53 percent of Israelis support the independence of Palestine and of course the number is far greater among Palestinians, namely 87 percent.
On the other hand, only a few people of both countries are committed to the establishment of the country populated with the same rights and obligations.
After two decades of the failure of efforts to end the conflict, the survey showed 89 percent of Palestinians consider Israel can not be trusted and 68 percent of Israelis feel the same way towards the Palestinians.
In addition, as many as 65 percent of Israelis fear the Palestinians. Interestingly, only 45 percent of Palestinians are afraid to face the people of Israel.
Tamar said he was surprised by the many Israelis who are afraid of the Palestinians.
Presumably this is because Israelis rarely interact with the Palestinians so that fear very easily arise.
The poll interviewed 1,270 Palestinians and 1,184 Israelis and held in June, with a margin of error of three percent.
This survey was held as the cooperation of the Israel Democracy Institute and the Center for Policy and Survey Research Palestine.
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