Feature Article

Results
of our Holy land survey

Should Church leaders visit the Holy Land? Yes: 93.5% No: 4.9%

Will the visit acquire political significance? Yes: 82.9% No: 14.3%

Would you go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land? Yes: 66.2% No: 31.5%

Do you support Open Bethlehem? Yes: 90.1% No: 7.8%

Do you believe the security wall is needed to protect the population of the Holy Land from suicide bombers?

Yes: 18.6% No: 79.4%

Those agreeing that the Churches should ...

l support international efforts to arrive at a two-state solution between the Israelis and the Palestinians 80.4%

l campaign for the dismantling of the security wall 77.6% 

l support Palestinian calls for an independent homeland within the borders that existed before the 1967

Arab-Israeli war 75.2%

l call for the removal of Jewish West Bank settlements 75%

l disinvest from companieswhose products are used by the Israeli Government in the occupied territories 68.5%

l call on the Palestinians to recognise Israel and renounce violence 57.3%

l accept that Israel is engaged in a struggle for its survival and support its efforts to root out its enemies 21.2%

l not intervene and simply pray for peace  5.7%

Key findings expressed as percentages of the  2,815 responses