CPRS Polls - Survey Research Unit

Results of Public Opinion Poll # 46
27-31 January 2000

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

Unemployment

23.0

21.0

26.0

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

1. Do you support or oppose the current peace process between Palestinians and Israelis?

1) Support

73.3

72.7

74.3

2) Oppose

22.6

23.7

20.9

3) No Opinion

4.1

3.6

4.8

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

2. During the past few weeks, peace negotiations were conducted between Israel and Syria. Do you see their impact as:

1) Hurting the Palestinian track

28.0

24.0

34.7

2) Helping the Palestinian track

21.9

24.1

18.4

3) Having no impact

26.9

27.6

25.7

4) Others (specify_______)

1.7

2.1

1.2

5) No Opinion /Don't Know

21.5

22.2

20.0

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3. Do you trust the intentions of the Barak’s government toward the peace process with the Palestinians?

1) Yes

15.9

15.9

15.8

2) No

74.9

74.3

75.9

3) No Opinion

9.2

9.8

8.3

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

4. Generally, how do you evaluate the performance of :

4-1 the Palestinian Legislative Council

1) Very Good

8.3

8.0

8.7

2) Good

33.6

34.1

32.7

3) Fair

28.3

29.0

27.3

4) Bad

12.1

10.2

15.2

5) Very Bad

8.8

8.0

10.1

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

8.9

10.7

6.0

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

4-2 Palestinian Government (The Cabinet)

1) Very Good

8.7

9.1

8.1

2) Good

35.5

36.1

34.5

3) Fair

25.5

24.6

27.1

4) Bad

13.7

12.7

15.6

5) Very Bad

6.2

5.8

6.9

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

10.4

11.7

7.8

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

4-3 Judicial Authority and Palestinian Courts

1) Very Good

9.2

8.3

10.7

2) Good

32.5

32.7

32.1

3) Fair

22.0

19.7

25.9

4) Bad

13.4

13.5

13.3

5) Very Bad

6.7

6.9

6.3

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

16.2

18.9

11.7

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

4-4 Police and Security forces

1) Very Good

15.1

12.5

19.4

2) Good

40.4

40.8

39.8

3) Fair

19.2

17.8

21.6

4) Bad

11.7

12.3

10.7

5) Very Bad

6.2

7.2

4.4

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

7.4

9.4

4.1

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

4-5 Institution of Presidency

1) Very Good

14.2

11.7

18.4

2) Good

39.8

42.6

35.2

3) Fair

15.4

12.9

19.4

4) Bad

7.9

8.2

7.5

5) Very Bad

4.3

4.1

4.7

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

18.4

20.5

14.8

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

4-6 Opposition groups and factions

1) Very Good

6.4

7.4

4.7

2) Good

26.3

27.9

23.7

3) Fair

25.4

22.2

30.8

4) Bad

16.7

16.6

16.8

5) Very Bad

4.6

3.8

5.9

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

20.6

22.1

18.1

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

4-7 Your district representatives at the PLC

1) Very Good

7.7

7.9

7.3

2) Good

34.1

38.3

27.1

3) Fair

21.2

19.2

24.5

4) Bad

15.4

11.4

22.1

5) Very Bad

7.4

6.1

9.7

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

14.2

17.1

9.3

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

5. If you want to evaluate the status of democracy and human rights under the Palestinian Authority, you would say it is:

1) Very Good

6.1

6.3

5.7

2) Good

24.9

24.6

25.5

3) Fair

29.2

29.4

28.7

4) Bad

19.8

20.1

19.4

5) Very Bad

13.0

11.6

15.4

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

7.0

8.0

5.3

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

6. And what about the status of democracy and human rights in other countries:

6-1 America

 

 

 

1) Very Good

34.4

31.0

40.0

2) Good

26.3

26.0

26.7

3) Fair

6.4

6.0

7.1

4) Bad

6.8

8.5

3.8

5) Very Bad

2.2

2.2

2.2

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

24.0

26.3

20.2

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

6-2 Israel

 

 

 

1) Very Good

39.6

36.0

45.7

2) Good

30.0

31.6

27.3

3) Fair

7.1

6.7

7.9

4) Bad

6.2

6.9

4.8

5) Very Bad

1.6

1.3

2.0

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

15.5

17.4

12.3

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

6-3 Jordan

 

 

 

1) Very Good

8.2

6.3

11.3

2) Good

25.7

24.0

28.7

3) Fair

24.9

23.0

28.1

4) Bad

17.2

19.3

13.5

5) Very Bad

5.5

6.4

3.8

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

18.5

20.9

14.5

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

6-4 Egypt

 

 

 

1) Very Good

8.4

5.5

13.3

2) Good

22.9

20.0

27.9

3) Fair

20.3

17.6

24.8

4) Bad

17.2

18.7

14.7

5) Very Bad

5.4

4.9

6.3

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

25.7

33.3

12.9

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

6-5 France

 

 

 

1) Very Good

26.4

21.4

34.7

2) Good

24.6

23.6

26.3

3) Fair

3.6

2.8

5.1

4) Bad

2.4

2.7

2.0

5) Very Bad

0.8

0.5

1.4

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

42.1

49.0

30.5

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

7. In your opinion, can people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip criticize the Palestinian Authority without fear?

1) Yes

30.3

31.1

29.1

2) No

63.3

62.6

64.4

3) Do not know

6.4

6.3

6.5

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

8. Generally, how do you evaluate the performance of the Palestinian non governmental organizations (NGO's):

1) Very Good

13.9

15.9

10.7

2) Good

42.1

43.4

40.0

3) Fair

21.3

21.8

20.4

4) Bad

6.0

4.6

8.3

5) Very Bad

2.1

1.6

2.8

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

14.6

12.7

17.8

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

9. Do you think that there is corruption in Palestinian NGO's?

1) Yes

40.6

44.8

33.8

2) No

32.8

30.1

37.2

3) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

26.6

25.1

29.0

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

10. If separate elections for a Vice President of the Palestinian Authority were held today, and the following names were nominated as candidates, whom would you choose?

1) Ahmad Qurai' (Abu Ala')

5.9

6.3

5.3

2) Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin)

7.6

7.7

7.5

3) Farouq Kaddomi (Abu Lutuf)

4.2

4.3

4.0

4) Nabil Sha'ath

2.1

1.0

3.8

5) Sa'eb Erikat

8.1

8.5

7.5

6) Hanan Ashrawi

6.4

7.4

4.6

7) Faisal Husseini

10.0

11.7

7.3

8) Haidar Abdul Shafi

15.4

9.9

24.4

9) Other (Specify__________)

0.9

1.0

0.8

10) No one

23.5

24.5

21.8

11) I will not participate in the elections

11.8

13.2

9.5

12) No Opinion /Don't Know

4.1

4.5

3.4

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