(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Residents of the Palestinian territories and Israel are divided on whether a security plan proposed by the United States should be implemented, according to a poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research and the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

In the survey, 63 per cent of Palestinian respondents express support for the plan, but only 45 per cent of Israelis concur.

In April, U.S. military security coordinator Keith Dayton, U.S. ambassador to Israel Dick Jones and U.S. consul-general in Jerusalem Jacob Walles presented the "benchmark" security plan to both Palestinians and Israelis, which includes recommendations to ease violent clashes between them.

The plan requests from the Palestinians the enforcement of law and order, fighting terrorism, preventing rocket attacks on Israel, and preventing smuggling through tunnels. It requests from the Israelis opening the Rafah, Kerem Shalom, and Karni crossings on a regular and permanent basis, allowing the passage of people and goods between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and removing checkpoints in the West Bank.

The Palestinian Authority government, led by Mahmoud Abbas, has praised the proposal, while Israel has not accepted the benchmark plan yet.

On Jun. 14, amid a wave of violent clashes between Palestinian supporters of the Hamas and Fatah factions, Hamas militants seized control of Gaza. Abbas issued a decree to form a 12-member emergency government—based in the West Bank—and expelled Hamas from the administration.

Polling Data

Do you support or oppose the American security plan, which was presented to the Palestinians and Israelis last month? It requests from the Palestinians the enforcement of law and order, fighting terrorism, preventing rocket attacks on Israel, and preventing smuggling through tunnels. It requests from the Israelis to open the Rafah, Kerem Shalom, and Karni crossings on a regular and permanent basis, allow passage of people and goods between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and remove checkpoints in the West Bank.

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