 enbar says: An interesting polling result from OpenBethlehem.org. They find that Americans have enormous misconceptions about Bethlehem's history, demographics, and even location; while Christian Bethlehemites, who are mostly Palestinians, see Israel as systematically destroying the town's Christian heritage (which, they say, has been protected by the Palestinian Authority). i wonder where all our right wing friends are on this one. how come no one has commented yet? from now on i like to see every thing that appeals to me go through the rigorous testing they subject it to. The Bethlehem poll, which was carried out by the Palestinian Centre for research and Cultural Dialogue Do you know something about this organization? Or is your point simply that anything issued by an organization with the word "Palestinian" in the name must be a lie? Got evidence for this? I thought the liberals here have established that we don't need evidence just an accusation of bias will do to dismiss anything. So that's what you're saying, then? That because the institution is called "Palestinian something or other" then it must be biased? Just so we're clear. You don't think Palestinians are capable of anything but biased thinking? hey, n2sooners, thats just not fair. i liked how you pointed out that the source for the previous poll was not clearly stated. thanks for pointing out the fact that it was a palestinian authority that conducted the poll. this will interest you though: The nationwide survey, carried out by top US political pollsters Zogby International, canvassed 15000 American respondents. The poll was commissioned by the campaign organisation Open Bethlehem to coincide with a survey carried out in Bethlehem itself – canvassing 1000 respondents from the three urban centres of Bethlehem, where the population splits almost equally between Muslims and Christians. Of course, this is the John Zogby and not the... |
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