Results of Public Opinion Poll # 45...cont'd
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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10. How do you view the events that have taken place among the Palestinians of Nazareth? |
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1) A violation committed by some Muslims against some Christians |
1.1 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
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2) A violation committed by some Christians against some Moslems |
15.2 |
17.9 |
10.8 |
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3) Neither, it is a simple quarrel between brothers in the family |
33.9 |
31.0 |
38.8 |
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4) Unaware of the events |
30.8 |
30.2 |
31.6 |
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5) Other |
13.4 |
13.7 |
12.8 |
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6) No opinion/Do not know |
5.6 |
5.8 |
5.3 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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11. A statement issued by a member of the Israeli Knesset from the Labor Party regarding the possibility of the return of a number of Palestinian refugees to Israel caused a mixed reaction in Israel. How do you view this reaction? |
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1) Point to a positive development in the Israeli thinking toward the recognition of the refugees' right of return |
12.6 |
14.2 |
10.0 |
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2) Point to continued Israeli insistence on refusing to deal positively with the right of return |
32.9 |
30.9 |
36.0 |
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3) Unaware of the Israeli reaction/unaware of the statement itself |
48.8 |
49.0 |
48.4 |
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4) No Opinion/Do not know |
5.7 |
5.9 |
5.6 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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12. Currently, final status negotiations are being conducted by the Palestinian and Israeli sides. Are you presently confident that the Palestinian leadership will remain committed to Palestinian basic rights and declared positions (i.e., return to the 1967 borders, right of return or compensation, sovereignty over Jerusalem, and evacuation of settleres)? |
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1) Yes |
46.4 |
46.9 |
45.6 |
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2) No |
27.5 |
28.0 |
26.5 |
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3) Not Sure |
19.3 |
17.6 |
22.1 |
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4) Others |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
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5) No Opinion /Don't Know |
6.5 |
7.2 |
5.4 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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13. The Sharm al-Sheikh agreement stipulated that the Palestinian and Israeli sides should reach a framework agreement on the final status issues by February 2000. Do you expect that the two sides will in fact reach such an agreement in the specified date? |
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1) Yes |
13.5 |
13.8 |
13.0 |
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2) No |
55.6 |
58.6 |
50.8 |
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3) Not Sure |
23.9 |
19.7 |
30.7 |
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4) No Opinion /Don't Know |
7.0 |
7.9 |
5.5 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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14. 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? |
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1) Ahmad Qurai' (Abu Ala') |
3.6 |
4.2 |
2.7 |
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2) Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin) |
5.0 |
4.0 |
6.6 |
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3) Farouq Kaddomi (Abu Lutuf) |
3.9 |
5.0 |
2.1 |
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4) Nabil Sha'ath |
2.2 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
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5) Sa'eb Erikat |
7.0 |
7.8 |
5.8 |
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6) Hanan Ashrawi |
4.1 |
4.3 |
3.8 |
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7) Faisal Husseini |
8.2 |
8.8 |
7.1 |
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8) Haidar Abdul Shafi |
17.1 |
13.7 |
22.6 |
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9) Other (Specify__________) |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
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10) No one |
29.7 |
31.2 |
27.3 |
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11) I will not participate in the elections |
13.2 |
13.5 |
12.7 |
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12) No Opinion /Don't Know |
5.1 |
5.3 |
4.7 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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15. 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? |
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1) Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin) |
13.7 |
14.1 |
13.0 |
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2) Faisal Husseini |
21.9 |
25.2 |
16.8 |
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3) Haidar Abdul Shafi |
39.1 |
33.5 |
47.6 |
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4) Ahmad Qurai' (Abu Ala') |
10.6 |
13.7 |
5.8 |
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5) Other (Specify__________) |
9.6 |
8.9 |
10.6 |
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6) No Opinion /Don't Know |
5.1 |
4.6 |
6.2 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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16. Do you think that there is corruption in PA institutions? |
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1) Yes |
68.2 |
65.7 |
72.3 |
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2) No |
15.0 |
16.0 |
13.3 |
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3) Not Sure |
16.8 |
18.3 |
14.4 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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17. Will this corruption in PA institutions increase, decrease or remain as it is in the future? |
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1) Increase |
53.7 |
53.0 |
54.7 |
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2) Remain as it is |
8.2 |
6.6 |
10.6 |
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3) Decrease |
26.2 |
27.7 |
23.9 |
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4) Don’t Know/ No Opinion |
11.9 |
12.7 |
10.8 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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18. If you want to evaluate the status of democracy and human rights under the Palestinian Authority, you would say it is: |
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1) Very Good |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
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2) Good |
19.8 |
22.1 |
16.0 |
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3) Fair |
34.1 |
32.8 |
36.2 |
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4) Bad |
21.3 |
21.3 |
21.1 |
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5) Very Bad |
13.2 |
10.5 |
17.6 |
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6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion |
8.1 |
9.7 |
5.7 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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19. In your opinion, can people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip criticize the Palestinian Authority without fear? |
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1) Yes |
30.5 |
32.3 |
27.8 |
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2) No |
61.4 |
59.7 |
64.1 |
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3) Do not know |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.2 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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20. If separate elections for the president of the Palestinian Authority were held today, whom would you choose? |
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1) Haydar Abdul Shafi |
12.3 |
11.9 |
12.9 |
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2) Yasser Arafat |
44.5 |
40.3 |
51.3 |
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3) Ahmad Yasin |
9.6 |
10.1 |
8.7 |
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4) No one |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
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5) Others |
18.6 |
20.6 |
15.2 |
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6) I will not participate |
11.2 |
12.1 |
9.8 |
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7) No Opinion / Don't Know |
3.3 |
4.4 |
1.7 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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21. Concerning armed attacks against Israeli targets, I.... |
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1) Support |
35.6 |
36.4 |
34.3 |
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2) Oppose |
54.8 |
52.2 |
58.8 |
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3) No Opinion /Don’t Know |
9.6 |
11.4 |
6.9 |
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Total % |
West Bank % |
Gaza Strip % |
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22. Which of the following political parties do you support? |
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1) PPP |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
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2) PFLP |
3.2 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
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3) Fateh |
37.1 |
38.2 |
35.2 |
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4) Hamas |
9.0 |
10.0 |
7.5 |
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5) DFLP |
1.3 |
0.9 |
1.9 |
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6) Islamic Jihad |
2.0 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
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7) Fida |
0.1 |
0.1 |
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8) Independent Islamists |
3.1 |
2.0 |
4.8 |
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9) Independent Nationalists |
3.2 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
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10) None of the above |
38.5 |
38.5 |
38.6 |
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11) Others |
2.0 |
2.6 |
1.3 |