JERUSALEM – More than 80 percent of young Palestinians are depressed and 47 percent identify themselves as Muslim rather than Palestinian, according to a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report.
The report, based on interviews with 1,200 Palestinians over the age of 17 from the West Bank and Gaza found that 39 percent were “extremely” depressed and 42 percent were depressed by their conditions.
Depression was more marked in the Gaza Strip where 55 percent said they were “extremely” depressed. When asked to define their identity, 47 percent identified themselves as Muslims, 28 percent as Palestinians, 14 percent as humans and 10 percent as Arabs. The survey also revealed that the majority of Palestinian youth (69 percent) believe that the use of violence as a means to resolve the conflict is not very helpful, while only 8 percent believe it is an important tool.
The survey of attitudes of Palestinian youth was part of a report, “The Mapping of Youth Organizations” commissioned by the UNDP and presented to a workshop designed to plan a strategy for youth development for the Palestinian Authority.
This article was distributed by the Common Ground News Service (CGNews).
Source: The Middle East Times.
Radical Islam destroys the future of the Muslim youth
This report underlines that the Radical Islam`s Holy war against Israel, is the main reason for the misery of the Arab Muslim youth. Organizations like Hamas has interestingly enough less support among the Muslim youth, than among European Political leaders like Tony Blair. By supporting terrorist organizations like Hamas, men like Blair prolong the sufferings and misery for the so called «Palestinians». Men like Tony Blair should rather work for removal of the religious fascist regime of Hamas, so that both Jews, Christians and Muslims can live in peace in the Middle East.
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