CPRS Polls - Survey Research Unit

Results of Public Opinion Poll # 42
15-17 July 1999

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

Unemployment

18.0

15.0

24.0

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

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

1) Support

74.9

73.6

77.0

2) Oppose

21.4

22.9

19.0

3) No Opinion

3.7

3.5

4.0

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

2. Do you trust the intentions of the new Israeli government headed by Barak towards reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement with Palestinians?

1) Yes

28.6

27.3

30.6

2) No

57.8

60.1

54.2

3) No Opinion /Don't Know

13.6

12.6

15.2

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

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

3-1 the Palestinian Legislative Council?

1) Very Good

8.7

7.3

11.1

2) Good

31.4

31.6

31.2

3) Fair

31.1

34.2

26.1

4) Bad

12.2

10.2

15.4

5) Very Bad

6.7

5.9

7.9

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

9.8

10.8

8.3

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3-2 Palestinian Government (The Cabinet)

1) Very Good

9.1

8.2

10.7

2) Good

38.2

37.6

39.1

3) Fair

25.5

27.3

22.7

4) Bad

12.7

11.8

14.0

5) Very Bad

5.5

5.2

5.9

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

9.0

10.0

7.5

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3-3 Judicial Authority and Palestinian Courts

1) Very Good

10.2

8.4

13.0

2) Good

32.1

31.1

33.6

3) Fair

19.9

17.8

23.3

4) Bad

16.3

17.8

14.0

5) Very Bad

7.1

6.9

7.3

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

14.5

18.0

8.7

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3-4 Police and Security forces

1) Very Good

16.3

12.0

23.3

2) Good

39.2

39.5

38.7

3) Fair

19.1

20.0

17.6

4) Bad

13.3

14.7

11.1

5) Very Bad

5.3

5.0

5.7

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

6.8

8.7

3.6

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3-5 Institution of Presidency

1) Very Good

17.6

13.9

23.7

2) Good

40.6

40.9

40.1

3) Fair

13.8

14.5

12.8

4) Bad

6.8

7.3

5.9

5) Very Bad

2.8

2.9

2.6

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

18.4

20.5

14.8

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3-6 Opposition groups and factions

1) Very Good

7.2

6.3

8.7

2) Good

24.9

24.8

25.1

3) Fair

26.0

24.5

28.5

4) Bad

18.4

17.0

20.6

5) Very Bad

4.2

4.0

4.5

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

19.3

23.3

12.6

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3-7 Your district representatives at the PLC

1) Very Good

8.6

8.5

8.7

2) Good

34.6

36.6

31.2

3) Fair

19.8

18.5

22.1

4) Bad

17.0

14.1

21.7

5) Very Bad

6.1

5.2

7.6

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

13.9

17.0

8.7

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

4. 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')

6.2

6.3

5.9

2) Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin)

6.2

5.0

8.3

3) Farouq Kaddomi (Abu Lutuf)

4.5

5.2

3.4

4) Nabil Sha'ath

2.4

1.2

4.3

5) Sa'eb Erikat

8.2

8.0

8.5

6) Hanan Ashrawi

6.8

7.7

5.3

7) Faisal Husseini

8.2

9.6

5.9

8) Haidar Abdul Shafi

17.6

14.1

23.3

9) Other (Specify__________)

1.0

0.6

1.6

10) No one

22.8

23.9

20.9

11) I will not participate in the elections

12.9

14.5

10.5

12) No Opinion /Don't Know

3.2

3.9

2.0

 

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) Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin)

13.8

12.3

16.1

2) Faisal Husseini

22.5

26.5

16.4

3) Haidar Abdul Shafi

37.2

31.8

45.3

4) Ahmad Qurai' (Abu Ala')

13.6

15.2

11.1

5) Other (Specify__________)

7.7

7.6

7.9

6) No Opinion /Don't Know

5.3

6.6

3.2

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

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

1) Very Good

17.5

16.3

19.4

2) Good

41.6

44.1

37.5

3) Fair

19.1

18.3

20.4

4) Bad

7.4

7.0

8.1

5) Very Bad

2.3

2.4

2.0

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

12.1

11.8

12.6

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

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

1) Yes

43.1

47.6

35.6

2) No

30.9

27.4

36.6

3) Don't Know/ No Opinion

26.0

24.9

27.8

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

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

1) Very Good

7.1

5.8

9.3

2) Good

24.1

24.3

23.7

3) Fair

29.7

29.0

30.8

4) Bad

21.2

24.1

16.6

5) Very Bad

12.5

11.1

14.8

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

5.3

5.7

4.7

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