(TNND) — Israelis are increasingly skeptical that they can achieve lasting peace with Palestinians, a new survey from the Pew Research Center showed.

Only 21% of Israelis think Israel and an independent Palestinian state can peacefully coexist.

That’s a 14-percentage point drop from before the Israel-Hamas war began.

Just 16% of Jewish Israelis think their country can find peace with Palestinians.

Meanwhile, 40% of Arab Israelis believe a two-state solution is possible.

The survey was conducted in Israel in February and March, before the last ceasefire with Hamas ended in late March.

The sides have yet to agree on a fresh ceasefire, much less an end to the war.

Hamas, which sparked the war with the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, still holds 58 hostages , both living and dead.

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