Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR)

Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) : Survey Research Unit

Survey Research

Table of Contents:
[PSR Survey Methodology ]
[Polls conducted between 1993-2000: "Please visit CPRS Polls ]
[PSR Index of Polls: Polls conducted since the year 2000 ]
[Joint Press Releases - Joint Palestinian-Isreali Public Opinion Polls: ]

For Polls conducted between 1993-2000: Please visit CPRS Polls .

PSR Index of Polls: Polls conducted since the year 2000:
Palestinian Public Opinion Polls:

Poll #1: Camp David Summit, Chances for Reconciliation and Lasting Peace, Violence and Confrontations, Hierarchies of Priorities, and Domestic Politics 27-29 July 2000

Poll #2: The Mitchell Report, Cease Fire, and Return to Negotiations; Intifada and Armed Confrontations; Chances for Reconciliation; and, Internal Palestinian Conditions 5-9 July 2001

Poll #3 :Palestinians Support The Ceasefire, Negotiations, And Reconciliation Between The Two Peoples But A Majority Opposes Arrests And Believe That Armed Confrontations Have Helped Achieve National Rights, 19-24 December 2001

Poll #4 :Palestinians Give Less Support For Bombings Inside Israel While Two Thirds Support The Saudi Plan And 91% Support Reforming The Pa, But A Majority Opposes Arrests And Opposes The Agreements That Led To Ending The Siege On Arafat's Headquarter, Nativity Church, And Preventive Security Headquarter 15-18 May 2002

Poll #5 : While Sharply Divided Over The Ceasefire And Bombing Attacks Against Civilians, An Overwhelming Majority Supports Political Reform But Have Doubts About The Pa's Intentions To Implement It. 18-21 August 2002 - (Pressrelease)

Poll #6 : While Indicating Important Shifts In Palestinian Public Attitudes Toward The Intifada And The Peace Process, Psr Poll Shows Significant Support For The Appointment Of A Prime Minister And Refusal To Give Confidence In The New Palestinian Government. 14-22 November 2002 - (Press Release)

Poll #7 :Appointment of Prime Minister, Political Reform, Roadmap, War in Iraq, Arafat's Popularity, and Political Affiliation. 03-07 April 2003 - (Press Release)

Poll #8 : While Support For Abu Mazin Drops, Support For A Ceasefire Increases With A Majority Supporting Ending The Armed Intifada And Agreeing To A Mutual Recognition Of Israel As The State Of The Jewish People And Palestine As The State Of The Palestinian People. 19-22 June 2003 - (Press Release) and (Joint Palestinian-Israeli Press Release)

PSR Polls on Palestinian Refugees: Results Of PSR Refugees' Polls In The West Bank/Gaza Strip, Jordan And Lebanon On Refugees' Preferences And Behavior In A Palestinian-Israeli Permanent Refugee Agreement. January - June 2003

Poll #9 : With Arafat's Populairty Reaching Its Highest Level In Five Years, Three Quarters Of The Palestinians Support The Maxim Resturant Suicide Bombing And Two Thirds Believe The Roadmap Is Dead. Nonetheless, An Overwhelming Majority Of 85% Supports Mutual Cessation Of Violence, Two Thirds Support Return To Hudna, And 59% Support Taking Measures Against Those Who Would Violate A Ceasefire. 07-14 October 2003 - (Press Release)

Poll In PDF Format.

Poll #12 : In The Context Of The Sharon Disengagement Plan, Wide Support For The Egyptian Initiative And For Various Forms Of International Presence, But Ending Armed Attacks From The Gaza Strip Is Contingent On A Full Israeli Withdrawal From It 24-27 June 2004 - (Press Release) and (joint Palestinian Israeli press release).
- Poll In PDF Format.

Poll #13 : After Four Years Of Intifada, An Overwhelming Sense Of Insecurity Prevails Among Palestinians Leading To High Level Of Support For Bombing And Rocket Attacks On One Hand And To High Levles Of Demand For Mutual Cessation Of Violence And Questioning Of The Effectivness Of Armed Attacks On The Other 23-26 September 2004 - (Press Release).
- Poll In PDF Format.

Special Poll - Results of PSR Exit Polls For Palestinian Presidential and Local Elections: In The Presidential Elections, Mahmud Abbas Won Because He Was Perceived As Most Able To Improve The Economy And Make Progress In The Peace Process; In The Local Elections Hamas Won Because Its Candidates Were Seen As Uncorrupt December 2004 - January 2005

Poll #15 : SHARP DECREASE IN SUPPORT FOR SUICIDE BOMBINGS INSIDE ISRAEL AND SATISFACTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF ABU MAZIN, BUT HAMAS' POPULARITY INCREASES WHILE FATEH'S DECREASES 10-12 March 2005 - (Press Release) and (joint Palestinian Israeli press release).
- Poll In PDF Format.

Poll #16 : Despite Negative Evaluation Of Palestinian Conditions Since The Election Of Abu Mazin, And Despite The Continued Rise In The Popularity Of Hamas, Expected Elections' Outcome Gives Fateh 44% And Hamas 33% Of The Seats Of The Next Plc 09-11 June 2005 -
- Poll In PDF Format.

Poll #17 : On The Eve Of The Israeli Withdrawal From The Gaza Strip, 84% See It As Victory For Armed Resistance And 40% Give Hamas Most Of The Credit For It; But 62% Are Opposed To Continued Attacks Against Israelis From The Gaza Strip, 60% Support Collection Of Arms From Armed Groups In Gaza, Fateh's Electoral Standing Improved At Hamas' Expense (47% To 30%), Optimism Prevails Over Pessimism, And 73% Support The Establishment Of A Palestinian State In The Gaza Strip That Would Gradually Extend To The West Bank 07-09 September 2005 -
- Poll In PDF Format.

Special Poll - Results of PSR Exit Poll For Palestinian Local Elections: Amid Widespread Belief that Corruption Exits in Existing Local Councils, and in Parallel with the Split Within Fateh, PSR's Local Elections' Exit Poll in the cities of Nablus, Ramallah, al-Bireh, and Jenin Shows First Signs of Crack in Fateh's Standing in the Legislative Elections 15 December 2005

Poll #18 : With Optimism Fading, and Three Months After the Completion of the Israeli Unilateral Disengagement from the Gaza Strip, Support for a Permanent Settlement along the Clinton Parameters and the Geneva Initiative Drops, but a Large Majority Continues to Support the Hudna and Fateh's Popularity Increases - 06-08 December 2005

Poll In PDF Format.

Special Poll Before the Start of the Election Campaign, and About One Month Before the Elections, a PSR Pre Election Poll Shows Fateh List Winning at the National Level While Showing a Tie Between Candidates of Fateh and Change and Reform in the Electoral Districts 01 January 2006

Special Poll Few Days Before the Legislative Elections, a PSR Pre Election Poll Shows Hamas Impoving its Position at the National Level, but Fateh and Hamas Remain Tied in the Districts 21 January 2006

Special Poll - Results of PSR Exit Polls For Palestinian PLC Elections: On the Election Day for the Second Palestinian Parliament: A Crumpling Peace Process and a Greater Public Complaint of Corruption and Chaos Gave Hamas a limited Advantage Over Fateh, but Fragmentation within Fateh Turned that Advantage into an Overwhelming Victory 15 February 2006

Poll In PDF Format.

Poll In PDF Format.

Poll #21 : Despite Dissatisfaction with the Performance of the Hamas Government, Especially Regarding Salaries, and Despite Public Preference for a National Unity Government in which Fateh and Hamas are Equal, Hamas' Popularity Remains Largely Unchanged and the Majority does not Think it Should Recognize Israel - 14-16 September 2006.

Poll #22 : With Increased Public Dissatisfaction with the Performance of the President and the Hamas Government and with a Widening of the Gap Between the Popularity of Fateh and Hamas in Favor of the Former, a Majority Supports the Holding of Early Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, and is in Favor of the Arab (Saudi) Initiative, and Prefers a Comprehensive Settlement over an Interim Political Track - 14-16 December 2006.

Poll #23 : An Overwhelming Majority is Satisfied with the Make-Up of the National Unity Government but the Public is Split into Two Equal Halves with Regard to its Acceptance of the Quartet Conditions and Almost Three Quarters are in Favor of the Saudi Initiative - 22-24 March 2007.

Poll #24 : Anger and lack of confidence prevails in the Palestinian Street: While Popularity of Hamas Decreases, and Status of Ismail Haniyeh and Mahmud Abbas Declines, and While the Public Loses Confidence in its Leadership, in Most of the Security Services, and in the Various Armed "Brigades," Three Quarters Demand Early Presidential and Parliamentary Elections and 63% support the American Security Plan - 14-20 June 2007.

Poll #25 : While Three Quarters of the Palestinians Reject Hamas's Military Action in the Gaza Strip and While Fateh and President Mahmud Abbas Gain Popular Support as a Result of Hamas's Step, and While a Majority Supports the Presidential Decree Regarding Election Law and Supports Early Elections, 40% Want the Government of Ismail Haniyeh to Stay in Power and Half of Gazans Feel They and Their Families are Secure and Safe in Their Homes - 06-08 September 2007.

Poll #26 : A Total Lack of Confidence in the Annapolis Process Keeps Hamas's Popularity Stable despite Worsening Conditions in the Gaza Strip - 11-16 December 2007.

Special Poll : Mass Rafah Border Crossing Consolidates Hamas's and Ismail Haniyeh's Standing and Weakens Fateh's and Mahmud Abbas's - 23 January - 03 February 2008.

Poll #27: With Increased Dissatisfaction with the Performance of Mahmud Abbas and with the Government of Ismail Haniyeh Seen as Having Greater Legitimacy and Better Performance than the Government of Salam Fayyad, and with Confidence in the Negotiations with Israel Collapsing, Hamas's and Haniyeh's Popularity Increase and Fateh's and Abbas's Decrease While Support for Rocket Launching and Suicide Attacks Increase - 13-15 March 2008.

Poll #28: With Abbas Regaining Some of his Popularity and Hamas losing some of its popularity, and despite widespread support for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, an overwhelming majority of Palestinians opposes a ceasefire that does not include the West Bank or does not stipulate an immediate opening of the Rafah crossing to Egypt - 5-7 June 2008

Poll #29: As the gap between Mahmud Abbas and Ismail Haniyeh widens in favor of the former, a majority supports continuation of the current ceasefire between Hamas and Israel and prefers peace negotiations to free Palestinian prisoners but shows little confidence in diplomacy and supports kidnapping of Israeli soldiers in order to exchange them with Palestinian prisoners 28-30 August 2008

Poll #30: Palestinians want legislative and presidential elections in early 2009 to resolve Fateh-Hamas power struggle and want a strong intervention from the Obama Administration to resolve the conflict with Israel 3-5 December 2008

Joint Press Releases - Joint Palestinian-Isreali Public Opinion Polls:

ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS SUPPORT THE PEACE PROCESS AND RECONCILIATION BUT ARE LESS WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE THAN THEIR LEADERS. - July 2000

'PESSIMISM' UNDERSCORES FINDINGS OF NEW ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PUBLIC OPINION POLL - July 2001

IMPORTANT BUT FRAGILE PRAGMATIC SHIFTS IN PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI PUBLIC OPINION TOWARD THE INTIFADA AND THE PEACE PROCESS - November 2002

Stable majorities of the Israeli and Palestinians publics support the Quartet's roadmap. Abu Mazin's nomination as Prime Minister increases optimism about return to negotiations. - April 2003

MAJORITY SUPPORT AMONG PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS FOR ROADMAP AND FOR A MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL AS THE STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND PALESTINE AS THE STATE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE BUT EACH PUBLIC MISPERCEIVES THE POSITION OF THE OTHER - June 2003

ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS ARE LUKEWARM AND FAR APART ON THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE GENEVA DOCUMENT - December 2003

ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS SUPPORT THE EGYPTIAN INITIATIVE AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IN THE GAZA STRIP AFTER ISRAEL'S WITHDRAWAL AS PART OF SHARON'S DISENGAGEMENT PLAN. - July 2004

FIRST SERIOUS SIGNS OF OPTIMISM SINCE THE START OF THE INTIFADA - December 2004

In The Post Arafat Era, Palestinians And Israelis Are More Willing To Compromise: For The First Time Majority Support For Clinton's Permanent Status Settlement Package 09-10 January 2005

PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS DISAGREE ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THE PEACE PROCESS - March 2005

WHILE ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR THE DISENGAGEMENT DROPS, ISRAELIS SEE DECLINING PROSPECTS FOR THE SETTLEMENT PROJECT IN THE WEST BANK, WHEREAS PALESTINIANS EXPECT IT TO GROW - June 2005

TWO THIRDS AMONG PALESTINIANS, ISRAELI JEWS AND ISRAELI ARABS SUPPORT THE MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL AS THE STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND PALESTINE AS THE STATE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. - September 2005

STABLE MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR CLINTON'S FINAL STATUS PACKAGE AMONG ISRAELIS BUT DECLINE IN SUPPORT AMONG PALESTINIANS: Large support in both publics for the extension of the cease fire - December 2005

OVERWHELMING MAJORITY AMONG ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS FOR NEGOTIATED RATHER THAN UNILATERAL FURTHER DISENGAGEMENTS 60% of the Israelis support negotiations with Abu Mazin over a final status settlement - March 2006

WITH SUPPORT FOR A PERMANENT DEAL ALONG THE CLINTON PARAMETERS DROPPING AMONG ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS, ONLY 46% OF THE ISRAELIS SUPPORT OLMERT'S REALIGNMENT PLAN AND ONLY 47% OF THE PALESTINIANS WOULD APPROVE THE PRISONERS' DOCUMENT IN A REFERENDUM - June 2006

IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR IN LEBANON, PALESTINIAN SUPPORT FOR HAMAS UNCHANGED WITH GREATER PRAGMATISM AMONG ISRAELIS REGARDING NEGOTIATIONS- September 2006

STRONG PREFERENCE AMONG PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT OVER AN INTERIM POLITICAL TRACK - December 2006

IN THE BACKDROP OF THE GAZA TAKEOVER BY HAMAS, ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS SHARE GRIM EXPECTATIONS OF THE OTHER SIDE'S LEADERSHIP AND THE CHANCES FOR THE RESUMPTION OF NEGOTIATIONS- June 2007

SKEPTICAL ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS ARE SPLIT HALF IN SUPPORT FOR A FINAL STATUS PACKAGE ALONG THE CLINTON PARAMETERS- December 2007

THREATENED ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS DISENCHANTED WITH THE PEACE PROCESS AND SUPPORT FURTHER VIOLENCE- March 2008