• An overwhelming majority of 90% of Jordanians and 75% of Palestinians believe that the relationship between the two peoples is a unique and special one not found in the relationship between the two sides with any other Arab peoples.
• A large majority of 84% in Jordan and 70% in Palestine supports the establishment of some form of unity between the two peoples within the framework of their future relationship. This level of support is found almost equally among residents of Gaza (71%) and the West Bank (69) in Palestine and among the Jordanian national (84%) and refugee camp (87%) samples.
• Among those who support some form of unity, a majority in Jordan (63%, or 53% of the total Jordanian sample) supports total union where the two sides become one country, while support for total union reaches only 26% (27% in the West Bank and 24% in Gaza) or 18% of the total Palestinian sample. Support for a confederation reached 38% in the West Bank and Gaza (or 27% of the total Palestinian sample) and 19% in Jordan (or 16% of the total Jordanian sample). The federation was supported by 21% of the Palestinians and 14% of the Jordanians who support some form of unity between the two sides. No significant differences where found among Jordanians in the national vs. the refugee samples, while only minor differences where found among Palestinians in the West Bank vs. Gaza.
• An overwhelming majority of 85% in the two sides oppose the participation of Israel in any future confederation between Palestine and Jordan.

• A majority of 57% of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, vs. 50% of Jordanians, describe the Israeli-Palestinian negotiation as unsuccessful, while only 26% of Palestinians and 29% of Jordanians describe it as successful.
• Thirty-nine percent of the Palestinians and 35% of the Jordanians expect the Palestinian-Jordanian negotiations to be better than it is now in the next three years. Twenty percent in the two sides expect the negotiations to remain as it is now.
• Thirty-eight percent of the Palestinians compared to 16% of the Jordanians expect the peace process to lead to the establishment of a Palestinian State in all or most of the West Bank and Gaza. It is worth mentioning however, that when Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza were asked about their expectations regarding the establishment of a Palestinian State in the next five years, without explicitly linking that outcome to the process of negotiations, the percentage increased to 64%. Fifteen percent of Palestinians and 12% of Jordanians expect the negotiations to lead to trilateral division of responsibilities and jurisdiction in the West Bank and Gaza between Israel, the PNA and Jordan. About 48% in Jordan and 35% in Palestine expect the status quo to continue or develop into an expanded self-rule.
• About 59% of the Jordanians and 43% of the Palestinians are not satisfied with the expected outcome of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
• About 51% in Palestine and 74% in Jordan support the involvement of Jordan in the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. The level of support is slightly higher in the Gaza Strip (56%) than in the West Bank (49%), but it is almost equal among the national (74%) and refugee camp (72%) samples in Jordan. About 42% of the Palestinians and 11% of the Jordanians oppose the participation of Jordan in the negotiations. Most of those who support the Jordanian participation see it as means of supporting and helping the Palestinian side, and most of those who oppose it do so for fear of compromising the independence of Palestinian decision-making.

• In a comparison between the relationship between the PNA and each of Jordan, Egypt and Syria, Palestinians described the Palestinian-Egyptian relations asthebest (very good: 39%), followed by relations with Jordan (19%), and Syria (4%). In Jordan, however, relations between Jordan and the PNA were rated as the best (very good: 40%) followed by relations with Egypt (17%) and Syria (10%). See table (1) and figure (3) below:

Palestinian Citizens			Jordanian Citizens
The Relationship Between PNA and…			The Relationship Between the Jordanian Govt. & ….
	Very good	Good		Very good	Good
Egyptian Government	39%	44%	Egyptian Government	17%	61%
Jordanian Government	19%	58%	PNA	40%	47%
Syrian Government	4%	29%	Syrian Government	10%	47%

• In a comparison between the relationship between Yassir Arafat and each of the leaders of Egypt, Jordan and Syria, Palestinians rated Arafat's relations with Husni Mubarak as the best (very good: 29) followed by Arafat's relations with King Hussein (11%) and Hafiz al-Asad (4%). In Jordan, however, Jordanians rated King Hussein relations with Arafat as the best (very good: 34%) followed by the King's relations with Husni Mubarak (26%) and Hafiz al-Asad (10%). It is worth mentioning that respondents to these questions were not offered options to select from and the questions were therefore open-ended. See table (2) and figure (4) below.

Palestinian Citizens			Jordanian Citizens
The Relationship Between Arafat and …..			The Relationship Between Hussein and ….
	Very good	Good		Very good	Good
Husni Mubarak	29%	51%	Husni Mubarak	26%	63%
King Hussein	11%	59%	Yasser Arafat	34%	53%
Hafiz Assad	4%	26%	Hafiz Asad	10%	61%

• When asked whether cooperation between Jordan and Palestine in different issue-areas existed, a larger majority of Jordanians responded in the affirmative. See table (3) below.

• In Palestine, 74% agree that there are steps that the Jordanian Government should take to strengthen relations with the PNA, and in Jordan only 38% agree with that. On the other hand, 53% of the Palestinians agree that there are steps that the PNA should take to strengthen relations with Jordan, and in Jordan, only 33% agree with that.
• Among the steps that can be taken, 59% of the Palestinians and 82% of the Jordanians agree that the PNA should give preferential treatment to Jordanian products in Palestinian markets. Support for a similar step by the Jordanian Government regarding Palestinian products reached 68% among Palestinians and 83% among Jordanians as shown in table (4).

	Support in Palestine	Support in Jordan
Palestine giving preferential treatment to Jordanian products	59%	82%
Jordan giving preferential treatment to Palestinian products	68%	83%
Unification of educational curriculum	64%	87%
Unification of laws and legislation	50%	77%
Trade relations: abolition of restrictions on trade and abolition of tariffs	94%	Not Available

• Support for unification steps in the areas of education, laws and legislation is higher in Jordan than in Palestine as shown in table (4) above. But it is evident that the Palestinians are highly supportive of cooperation in trade relations than in non-economic areas.

Several questions dealing with passports were asked in Palestine only:

• The poll found that 23% of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza carry Jordanian passports only (3% in the Gaza Strip and 35% in the West Bank), and that 89% of those would like to obtain Palestinian passports also.
• About 18% carry Palestinian passports only (28% in the Gaza Strip and 12% in the West Bank) and that 63% of those would like to obtain Jordanian passports also.
• About 8% carry Jordanian and Palestinian passports at the same time (0.3% in the Gaza Strip and 13% in the West Bank).
• In other words, the Palestinian passport is carried now by 29% of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and 25% of the Palestinians in the West Bank. The Jordanian passport is carried by 3% of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and 50% of Palestinians in the West Bank.
• About 46% of the Palestinians in the two areas do not carry any passports. About 56% of those would like to obtain Palestinian passport only while only 3% would like to obtain Jordanian passport only. The percentage of those who would like to obtain the two passports together is 41% (35% in the Gaza Strip and 46% in the West Bank).