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By the late 1970s a fairly stable consensus seems to have emerged at the level of world public opinion on the way to resolve the Palestinian problem. This article analyzes public perceptions of the Palestinian-Israel conflict in North America (the US and Canada), Western Europe, Israel, and on the West Bank and Gaza. (DÜI-Hns)

A substantial number of social-psychological studies dealing with the Arab world purport to explain the 'Arab basic personality', or 'the Arab mind'. The alleged purpose of these studies is to understand the 'psychology of the Arabs' the underlying motivations of their behavior, and the reasons for their underdevelopment. Most of these studies emphasize the use of projective analyses of the Arab personality on the basis of supposedly dominant childrearing practices. The personality pattern which emerges from this research includes characteristics such as free-floating hostility, rigidity, the lack of reality testing, and suspiciousness6 which are said to explain the nature of Arab political behavior.

This article summarizes the results of a public opinion poll of Palestinian-Americans residing in the United States. The purpose of the survey (conducted between July and September 1988) was to dicover the opinions of respondents to a host of issues: the extent of support for the PLO; attitudes toward known Palestinian leaders; the range of activities that reinforce political views; attitudes toward various scenarios for a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; attitudes toward America's role in the conflict; and political aspirations. (DÜI-Hns)

Die Studie über die politischen Vorstellungen der Palästinenser basiert u.a. auf mehr als 40 Interviews mit führenden Palästinensern des gesamten politischen Spektrums in den besetzten Gebieten. Sie wurden sowohl über ihre Zielvorstellungen bezüglich des angestrebten palästinensischen Staates (Herrschaftsform, Wirtschaftsordnung, Beziehungen zu den Nachbarstaaten, Rolle der PLO u.a.) als auch über Vorstellungen zum Friedensprozeß (Lösungswege) befragt. (DÜI-Hns)