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Polling by the Pew Research Center, published this year, shows how far Israeli belief in a two-state peace has fallen. In 2013, half of Israelis said a way could be found for Israel and an independent Palestinian state to coexist peacefully. Fewer than one in five say so now. The share saying it cannot be done has risen from 38% to 56%, and 2026 is the first year a majority has said so. The two lines crossed somewhere between 2017 and 2023, the years Pew did not ask. A fifth of Israelis gave no answer this year, twice the share of last year; the survey ran during the Iran war and after the ceasefire of 7 April. The chart below shows the share of Israeli adults who say Israel and an independent Palestinian state can, or cannot, coexist peacefully, at each round Pew has asked since 2013.