Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
Unemployment	20.0	15.0	27.0
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
1. Do you support or oppose the current peace process between Palestinians and Israelis?
1) Support	70.2	69.7	70.9
2) Oppose	26.0	26.3	25.7
3) No Opinion	3.8	4.0	3.4
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
2. According to Oslo Agreement, the transitional period will end on May 4,1999. Some people see the necessity of transforming the PA into a Palestinian State at that date even if Israel objected. Others argue that the establishment of the state should wait until an agreement is reached with Israel. What do you think?
1) Support waiting till reaching an agreement with Israel.	47.9	46.2	50.7
2) Support establishing a Palestinian state center after the end of the transitional period even if there no agreements was reached with Israel at that time	42.8	43.8	41.2
3) Others (specify____________)	3.9	3.8	4.0
4) No Opinion /Don't know	5.4	6.2	4.0
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
3. In few months, Israel will hold elections for the prime minister and the Knesset, in which the Labor party, led by Barak, the Likud, led by Netanyahu, and perhaps a center party, led by Yetzhak Mordakhai, will compete. Who among them, in your view, is the most capable of moving forward the Palestinian Israeli peace process?
1) A government led by Netanyahu and the Likud	2.8	3.3	2.0
2) A government led by Barak and Labor	19.3	18.8	20.2
3) A government led by Mordakhai and the center party	3.5	3.5	3.4
4) There is no difference between the three	63.3	61.5	66.5
5) No Opinion /Don't Know	11.0	12.9	7.9
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
4. Palestinian courts have recently issued sentences involving the death penalty. Some were issued in cases of normal crimes of murder and rape, while others involved political and security cases. Do you support or oppose these sentences of the death penalty?
1) I support the death penalty in all cases	9.7	7.7	12.9
2) I oppose the death penalty in all cases	26.8	32.1	18.2
3) I support it in some cases and oppose it in others	60.6	56.8	66.9
4) No Opinion /Don't Know	2.9	3.4	2.0
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
4-1 Support of death penalty
1) I support the death penalty in cases of normal crimes	65.0	59.0	74.0
2) Others and do not know	35.0	41.0	36.0
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
4-2 Opposition to death penalty
1) I oppose the death penalty in political and security cases	66.0	71.0	59.0
2) Others and do not know	34.0	29.0	41.0
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
5. 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')	6.3	6.4	6.1
2) Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin)	4.3	4.2	4.5
3) Farouq Kaddomi (Abu Lutuf)	6.5	6.6	6.3
4) Nabil Sha'ath	2.8	2.1	3.9
5) Sa'eb Erikat	7.8	8.1	7.3
6) Hanan Ashrawi	6.2	7.1	4.7
7) Faisal Husseini	7.0	7.9	5.5
8) Haidar Abdul Shafi	14.2	9.3	22.3
9) Other (Specify__________)	0.3	0.4	0.2
10) No one	25.7	27.6	22.5
11) I will not participate in the elections	16.4	17.3	14.8
12) No Opinion /Don't Know	2.7	3.1	2.0
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
6. 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) Sa'eb Erikat	23.1	25.5	19.7
2) Faisal Husseini	22.0	26.2	16.0
3) Haidar Abdul Shafi	38.0	30.8	48.3
4) Other (Specify__________)	2.2	1.3	3.4
5) No one	9.0	10.1	7.5
6) I will not participate in the elections	4.5	4.8	4.1
7) No Opinion /Don't Know	1.2	1.3	0.9
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
7. 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) Sa'eb Erikat	33.8	35.2	32.0
2) Faisal Husseini	38.8	40.4	36.7
3) Other (Specify__________)	7.2	1.9	14.7
4) No one	12.6	15.7	8.3
5) I will not participate in the elections	6.0	5.2	7.0
6) No Opinion /Don't Know	1.5	1.7	1.3
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
8. 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) Sa'eb Erikat	35.7	40.7	28.6
2) Haidar Abdul Shafi	48.2	40.9	58.5
3) Other (Specify__________)	3.2	2.4	4.4
4) No one	8.4	11.5	4.1
5) I will not participate in the elections	2.8	2.2	3.7
6) No Opinion /Don't Know	1.7	2.4	0.7
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
9. 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) Faisal Husseini	33.4	40.1	24.0
2) Haidar Abdul Shafi	50.7	43.0	61.5
3) Other (Specify__________)	2.8	1.7	4.4
4) No one	8.6	11.5	4.4
5) I will not participate in the elections	3.4	2.6	4.4
6) No Opinion /Don't Know	1.1	1.0	1.4
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
10. In May 1999, the mandate of the PLC expires with the end of the transitional period of the peace process. Some see a need to hold new legislative elections immediately after the end of the transitional period, while others support the extension of the mandate of the current PLC. What do you think?
1) I support extending the mandate of the current PLC	23.5	25.7	19.8
2) I support holding new elections	53.5	50.2	58.9
3) I support neither extension nor the holding of new elections	13.8	13.7	14.0
4) Others (Specify_____________)	1.9	2.0	1.8
5) No Opinion /Don't know	7.3	8.4	5.5