Independent Study Project (ISP)

So school is over. No more classes whatsoever and now we're all starting with our ISP period. We have about a month to do literature review, interviews and surveys, and to type up a 35-40 page ISP paper based on our research. The topic I have chosen to focus on is the Jordanian view of the Israeli people, government, and the Israeli entity as a whole. I am planning on conducting the bulk of my research through 15-25 interviews of average, working (or studying) Jordanians over the age of 18. I am not going to interview scholars or academics on the politics of Jordan and Israel because I am looking for the opinions of the average Jordanian. I'm finding my interviewees through my family, family friends, and host families/friends of host families of other students in the program. I am also planning on interviewing a nice mix of both Jordanians of Jordanian decent, and those of Palestinian decent (supposedly 45% of Jordanians are of Palestinian decent but some say it's up to 70%). I am not planning on doing a lot of literature review since nobody has published articles on the solely Jordanian view of Israel but I am planning on talking about the history of their relationship in this section. These are the questions I will be asking for my interviews:

1. What are your views of the Israeli government?
2. Could you please elaborate on these issues? Why do you feel this way?
3. What are your views of the Israeli people?
4. Could you please elaborate on these issues? Why do you feel this way?
5. Do you see a separation between the Israeli people and their government? Why or why not?
6. How do you feel about the Israeli government’s actions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip?
7. If there is one thing you could say to the Israeli government leaders, what would it be?
8. If there is one thing you could say to the American government leaders, what would it be?
9.Have you ever met a Jew?
10. What was their occupation?
11. How has this encounter affected your view of the Jewish population?
12. Have you ever met an Israeli?
13. What was their occupation?
14. How has this encounter affected your view of the Israeli population?
15. Do you differentiate between Jewish and Israeli?
16. Do you have any other comments on anything we have discussed?
17. If this was read by influential political leaders, what would you want to say to them?

I've already spoken to a few Jordanians just in regular conversations about this issue and I've faced a couple different views. Some can differentiate between the Israeli people and their government and sometimes even support some Israeli's initiatives to help the Palestinian population. But most I've spoken to show a severe disdain (to put it gently) for the Israeli entity as a whole and actually believe that the Israeli people WANT war, and not peace. This interests me very much and both the director of SIT and my adviser have warned me against what I may hear. I'm not too worried, living in America, you get used to ignorance, misunderstanding, and unwarranted hatred towards things people don't understand. Something I believe fervently is this: people only hate what they don't understand. I think this project is going to partially prove my point but hopefully I can use this project later to help people understand one another a little better. Then again, this is me thinking optimistically which I don't do very often so bear with me. So what do you think of the topic? I'm pumped to start my interviews tomorrow.