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Source: http://www.pcpsr.org/survey/polls/2010/p36ejoint.html
Poll: Most Palestinians Won't Grant Legitimacy to Agreement with Israel in Proximity Talks
(Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research) According to a poll conducted jointly by the Truman Institute at Hebrew University and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah between June 6 and 16, 55% of Palestinians will not grant legitimacy to an agreement reached in the proximity talks with Israel, while 35% will. If the proximity talks fail, 65% of Palestinians would ask the UN Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state, while 60% support declaring a Palestinian state unilaterally. 31% of Israelis support yielding to American pressure to accept and implement the Arab (Saudi) Peace Initiative, while 60% oppose it. Two-thirds in both the Palestinian and Israeli publics think the chances for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state next to the State of Israel in the next five years are non-existent or low.