Against the backdrop of two polls indicating that half of Israelis approve of dividing the capital, while 58 percent approve of revoking tens of thousands of Palestinians’ residency status, a cross-section of Jerusalemites expressed conflicting opinions near Zion Square on Wednesday.
The polls, conducted by the Knesset’s TV Channel and the Israeli Midgam Institute, respectively, were taken after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently suggested revoking the residency status of Palestinians who reside in violent east Jerusalem neighborhoods.
Madeline Abraham, a middle-aged American-Israeli originally from Texas, said she is most conflicted about dividing the capital.
“I’m very torn, particularly about dividing the city, because first of all, all of Jerusalem belongs to us [the Jews],” she said.