CPRS Polls - Survey Research Unit

Results of Public Opinion Poll # 44
14-16 October 1999

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

Unemployment

17.0

15.0

22.0

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

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

1) Support

74.8

72.2

78.9

2) Oppose

21.3

23.5

17.7

3) No Opinion

3.9

4.3

3.4

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

2. After signing (Sharm el-Sheikh) agreement, do you trust the intentions of the new Israeli government headed by Barak towards reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement with Palestinians?

1) Yes

19.0

16.1

23.7

2) No

68.7

71.7

63.7

3) No Opinion /Don't Know

12.3

12.2

12.6

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

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

3-1 the Palestinian Legislative Council?

1) Very Good

6.1

6.0

6.3

2) Good

31.1

30.1

32.9

3) Fair

30.8

32.5

28.2

4) Bad

12.7

11.7

14.5

5) Very Bad

8.2

6.8

10.5

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

11.1

12.9

7.6

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

3-2 Palestinian Government (The Cabinet)

1) Very Good

7.7

8.2

6.9

2) Good

35.5

36.0

34.7

3) Fair

27.9

28.0

27.7

4) Bad

10.8

9.6

12.8

5) Very Bad

5.9

5.1

7.4

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

12.2

13.1

10.5

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

3-3 Judicial Authority and Palestinian Courts

1) Very Good

8.8

8.5

8.8

2) Good

31.2

28.8

35.1

3) Fair

23.4

22.3

25.2

4) Bad

14.3

15.5

12.3

5) Very Bad

7.0

7.5

6.1

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

15.5

17.4

12.5

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

3-4 Police and Security forces

1) Very Good

13.9

13.9

14.0

2) Good

38.7

35.8

43.6

3) Fair

22.8

22.1

24.1

4) Bad

12.9

14.5

10.3

5) Very Bad

5.4

5.8

4.7

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

6.3

7.9

3.3

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

3-5 Institution of Presidency

1) Very Good

14.4

13.5

15.9

2) Good

38.6

40.8

34.9

3) Fair

15.7

14.8

17.2

4) Bad

6.5

6.2

7.1

5) Very Bad

3.0

2.1

4.5

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

21.8

22.6

20.4

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

3-6 Opposition groups and factions

1) Very Good

6.5

7.3

5.3

2) Good

26.6

27.8

24.5

3) Fair

22.2

19.7

26.3

4) Bad

17.6

18.7

15.8

5) Very Bad

4.6

4.1

5.4

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

22.5

22.4

22.7

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

3-7 Your district representatives at the PLC

1) Very Good

7.7

8.7

6.1

2) Good

31.7

31.7

31.6

3) Fair

20.8

19.8

22.5

4) Bad

15.1

14.5

16.1

5) Very Bad

6.9

5.5

9.2

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

17.8

19.8

14.5

 

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')

5.3

5.7

4.7

2) Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin)

6.7

6.6

7.0

3) Farouq Kaddomi (Abu Lutuf)

6.3

7.2

4.7

4) Nabil Sha'ath

3.1

1.4

5.8

5) Sa'eb Erikat

8.9

9.0

8.7

6) Hanan Ashrawi

6.4

6.9

5.6

7) Faisal Husseini

7.0

7.9

5.5

8) Haidar Abdul Shafi

16.3

11.8

23.8

9) Other (Specify__________)

0.8

0.5

1.2

10) No one

20.2

21.5

17.9

11) I will not participate in the elections

15.2

17.3

11.7

12) No Opinion /Don't Know

3.8

4.2

3.4

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)

14.3

16.3

11.7

2) Faisal Husseini

22.2

27.0

15.7

3) Haidar Abdul Shafi

36.0

29.6

44.5

4) Ahmad Qurai' (Abu Ala')

9.6

11.4

7.1

5) Other (Specify__________)

11.0

11.1

10.7

6) No Opinion /Don't Know

6.9

4.6

10.3

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

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

1) Very Good

16.2

17.6

14.0

2) Good

43.7

43.2

44.6

3) Fair

17.1

18.4

15.0

4) Bad

5.5

5.8

5.0

5) Very Bad

1.9

1.0

3.4

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

15.6

14.0

18.0

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

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

1) Yes

38.0

40.9

33.2

2) No

31.2

31.2

31.3

3) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

30.8

27.9

35.5

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

8. An Inter-ministerial committee for administrative reform was formed by the PA after the publication of international reports concerning Palestinian institutions building. Do you trust the PA intentions towards reforming its institutions?

1) Yes

61.3

61.6

60.9

2) No

26.9

26.0

28.3

3) No Opinion /Don't Know

11.8

12.4

10.8

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

9. The Palestinian security services have been conducting campaigns to collect unlicensed weapons from citizens, do you support or oppose these campaigns?

1) Support

86.5

84.1

90.4

2) Oppose

11.2

13.4

7.6

3) No Opinion / Don't Know

2.3

2.5

2.0

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

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

1) Very Good

5.8

7.0

3.9

2) Good

26.0

26.2

25.8

3) Fair

28.5

28.0

29.4

4) Bad

21.4

20.5

22.9

5) Very Bad

11.5

10.3

13.5

6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

6.8

8.0

4.5

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