(BBC News) Yousef Eldin - Many Palestinians under 30 say they have little faith in the Palestinian leadership and increasingly reject a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, data from the West Bank-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research shows. "Today, the youth discontent is driven to a large extent by the lack of legitimacy that they see in the political system. So we have a president who, for the last 14 years, has been ruling without electoral legitimacy," explains Dr. Khalil Shikaki, the director of the center. "Our political system is largely authoritarian; it is largely a one-man show. In theory, we have a constitution, but in reality, we're not observing our constitution." At the same time, support for armed confrontation is highest among those 18-29, with 56% supporting a return to an intifada, or uprising, against Israel, according to a March poll.
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