The survey, conducted by prominent Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki and his Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), was released Tuesday, as the West Bank wraps up one of its most deadly years since the Second Intifada of 2000-2005.
The IDF has massively escalated its activity in the West Bank in response to a Palestinian terror wave at the beginning of the year that took the lives of 27 Israeli civilians and foreigners. The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry has reported 167 Palestinian deaths as a result of Israeli gunfire in the West Bank this year. The IDF has put this year’s number slightly lower at 151, and says the overwhelming majority of those killed were carrying out attacks or had clashed with security forces. READ MORE