CarolC you seem to be wandering all over the place and asserting that anything you say is the truth because you assert it. There has never been a Palestinian state as such, and Jordan contains so many Palestinians that King Hussein had a small war against them to maintain political control of his country. And even if there is to be a Palestinian state of sorts in what is now called the West Bank, why not have it encompass Jews as a minority just the way Israel has Arab Christians and Muslims as a minority.

By the way, I believe the previous government operating in that area as a nation-state, was a Jewish one, incorporating many minorities. It worked okay until invaded by a vastly more powerful empire.

Whatever Palestinian public opinion might be (on the day of polling) the one thing Israel wanted them to KNOW was that Israel would defend herself. I suspect that Israel does not place as much emphasis on their opinion about it. (That of course was my opinion).