When Netanyahu in March commented to the contrary in an appeal to his base of support among the Israeli political right wing, a majority of Overdrive readers expressed views of a piece. Six in ten showed no favor for an independent Palestine. One such majority voter in the poll above worried that an independent Palestine would be “yet one more location [for Iran] to base its soon-to-come nuclear arsenal,” among other fears over security of the Israeli state and the American homeland.
Among the minority was a commenter that called into question such views: “The American tradition, purportedly, is self-determination and secular self-governance. I have no problem with an Israeli state, but their displaced neighbors deserve the same even if they don’t like us.”
