(Christian Science Monitor) Joshua Mitnick - Only 1 in 3 Palestinians support the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, according to a late August poll by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion. The public's political fatigue after decades of alternating between peace talks and uprising was on display on Wednesday in Ramallah. Despite the widespread criticism of Abbas' decision to attend the talks, only a few hundred Palestinians showed up at a rally sponsored by political parties opposed to the current peace process. At the same time, a June survey by the Palestinian Center for Public Survey Research found that a majority of Palestinians also oppose a resumption of the armed uprising against Israel and more than two-thirds doubt that a new nonviolent uprising would achieve their goals either.
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