Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

15. Concerning armed attacks against Israeli civilians insdie Israel, I….

1. Strongly support

20.6

12.3

33.7

2. Support

31.4

35.1

25.4

3. Oppose

42.4

46.4

36.1

4. Strongly oppose

4.5

4.8

3.9

5. No Opinion /Don’t Know

1.1

1.4

0.8

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

16. Concerning armed attacks against Israeli civilians settlers in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, I….

1. Strongly support

45.9

33.3

65.9

2. Support

43.4

54.2

26.2

3. Oppose

8.1

9.0

6.7

4. Strongly oppose

0.9

1.1

0.6

5. No Opinion /Don’t Know

1.7

2.3

0.6

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

1. Yes

83.4

82.7

84.6

2. No

8.5

10.0

6.1

5. No opionion/ Don’t Know

8.0

7.3

9.3

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

18. Will this corruption in PA institutions increase, decrease or remain as it is in the future?

1. Increase

47.9

52.3

41.3

2. Remain as it is

8.8

8.7

8.8

3. Decrease

29.7

25.6

36.1

4. Don’t Know/ No Opinion

13.6

13.4

13.8

19. In democratic systems of government, periodic political elections take place, the president is elected for a limited period only, political parties are formed in full freedom and compete in the elections, the press enjoys freedom with no state censorship, and the judiciary is independent of the executive authority. Tell us first if you support or oppose this system as a whole and then weather you support or oppose each of the features separately:

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

19-1The democratic system as a whole

1. Strongly support

31.8

23.1

45.6

2. Support

57.1

64.3

45.8

3. Oppose

7.4

8.7

5.5

4. Strongly oppose

0.7

0.7

0.6

5. Do not know/ No opinion

3.0

3.2

2.6

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

19-2The holding of periodic political elections

1. Strongly support

31.5

22.6

45.6

2. Support

63.0

70.7

50.7

3. Oppose

3.6

4.3

2.6

4. Strongly oppose

0.3

0.4

0.2

5. Do not know/ No opinion

1.6

2.0

1.0

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

19-3 The election of the president for a limited period only

1. Strongly support

29.3

21.3

42.3

2. Support

53.0

60.3

41.2

3. Oppose

13.8

13.7

14.0

4. Strongly oppose

1.7

1.7

1.6

5. Do not know/ No opinion

2.2

3.0

1.0

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

19-4 Full freedom to form political parties

1. Strongly support

23.9

18.2

33.1

2. Support

55.7

60.6

47.9

3. Oppose

15.0

15.5

14.2

4. Strongly oppose

1.7

2.0

1.4

5. Do not know/ No opinion

3.6

3.8

3.4

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

19-5 Free press with no state censorship

1. Strongly support

27.1

21.4

36.1

2. Support

54.6

61.5

43.6

3. Oppose

15.1

14.2

16.6

4. Strongly oppose

1.6

0.7

3.0

5. Do not know/ No opinion

1.6

2.1

0.8

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

19-6 judiciary independent of the executive

1. Strongly support

27.5

22.2

36.1

2. Support

50.6

58.3

38.3

3. Oppose

16.2

14.1

19.5

4. Strongly oppose

0.8

0.6

1.2

5. Do not know/ No opinion

4.9

4.8

4.9

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

20. If general political elections for the president and the legislative council do take place in the coming months, would you participate in them?

1. Yes

77.4

74.3

82.2

2. No

20.5

23.7

15.4

3. Do not know/ no opinion

2.1

2.0

2.4

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

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

1. Very Good

2.3

2.0

2.8

2. Good

18.8

20.5

16.2

3. Fair

28.9

29.1

28.6

4. Bad

27.0

26.9

27.0

5. Very Bad

20.4

18.0

24.3

6. Don’t Know/ No Opinion

2.6

3.5

1.2

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

22. In your opinion, can people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip criticize the Palestinian Authority without fear?

1.Yes

52.8

51.0

55.6

2. No

43.9

45.6

41.2

3. Do not know

3.3

3.5

3.2

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

23. How do you evaluate the performance of the following during the latest Israel incursion?

23-1The Palestinian leadership

1. Very Good

6.9

6.7

7.3

2. Good

32.4

34.1

29.8

3. Bad

32.6

32.6

32.7

4. Very Bad

24.4

22.1

28.2

5. No Opinion /Don’t Know

3.6

4.6

2.0

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

23-2Palestinian security services

1. Very Good

5.6

4.3

7.7

2. Good

34.8

33.1

37.5

3. Bad

32.7

36.2

27.2

4. Very Bad

21.9

20.4

24.3

5. No Opinion /Don’t Know

5.0

6.0

3.4

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

23-3Palestinian ministries

1. Very Good

3.1

2.5

4.1

2. Good

29.3

29.3

29.4

3. Bad

38.3

40.7

34.3

4. Very Bad

21.2

19.1

24.5

5. No Opinion /Don’t Know

8.1

8.4

7.7

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

23-4Palestinian civil institutions

1. Very Good

16.9

16.2

17.9

2. Good

55.2

54.5

56.2

3. Bad

15.6

16.3

14.4

4. Very Bad

5.8

5.7

5.9

5. No Opinion /Don’t Know

6.6

7.3

5.5

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

Do you support or oppose the deals that were reached in order to:

24-1 End the siege around the president and his headquarter (muqata’a. in Ramalllah

1. Strongly support

6.9

5.8

8.7

2. Support

40.5

43.3

35.9

3. Oppose

30.7

31.2

30.0

4. Strongly oppose

17.9

15.5

21.9

5. Do not know/ No opinion

4.0

4.2

3.6

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

24-2End the siege around the Nativity Church in Bethlehem

1. Strongly support

7.1

6.7

7.7

2. Support

32.7

33.5

31.4

3. Oppose

36.2

38.5

32.5

4. Strongly oppose

21.7

18.6

26.8

5. Do not know/ No opinion

2.3

2.7

1.6

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

24-3 End the siege around the headquarter of the Preventive Security service in Bietunia

1. Strongly support

4.6

4.6

4.5

2. Support

21.2

22.9

18.5

3. Oppose

35.2

39.0

29.2

4. Strongly oppose

30.2

25.5

37.7

5. Do not know/ No opinion

8.8

7.9

10.1

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

25. If separate elections for the president of the Palestinian Authority were held today, whom would you choose?

1. Haidar Abdul Shafi

9.5

7.7

12.4

2.Yasser Arafat

35.2

35.6

34.5

3. Ahmad Yasin

13.4

12.2

15.2

4. No one

0.9

1.0

0.8

5. Others

30.2

30.7

29.4

6. I will not participate

9.1

10.7

6.5

7. No Opinion / Don't Know

1.7

2.1

1.2

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

26. If separate elections for a Vice President of the Palestinian Authority were held today, whom would you choose?

1. Saeb Erikat

9.6

9.3

10.1

2. Hanan Ashrawi

5.6

5.6

5.5

3. Haidar Abdul Shafi

8.5

6.8

11.0

4. Ahmad Yassin

7.6

6.1

9.9

5. Farouq Kaddomi

7.5

8.0

6.7

6. Marwan Bargouthi

18.9

20.4

16.6

7. Ahmad Qurai’

1.5

1.4

1.6

8. Mahmoud Abbas

1.3

1.4

1.2

9. No one, will decide later

26.3

27.3

24.9

10. I will not participate

10.0

11.1

8.3

11. Others

0.5

0.2

1.0

12. No Opinion / Don't Know

2.7

2.4

3.4

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

27. Which of the following political parties do you support?

1. PPP

0.7

0.7

0.6

2. PFLP

3.1

3.7

2.2

3. Fateh

31.7

31.1

32.5

4. Hamas

15.5

13.5

18.7

5. DFLP

0.8

1.2

0.0

6. Islamic Jihad

4.0

4.9

2.4

7. Fida

0.0

0.0

0.0

8. Independent Islamists

4.6

4.4

4.9

9. Independent Nationalists

6.4

7.9

3.9

10. None of the above

29.4

28.8

30.4

11. Others

3.9

3.6

4.3