Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

18. In your opinion what is the primary motive for the US and GB decision to go to war against Iraq?

1) To disarm Iraq from mass destruction weapons which put the world in danger

1.7

1.5

2.1

2) To seize Iraqi oil and make economic gains

58.4

55.7

62.8

3) To force the Western norms and values on the Iraqi people

2.3

2.6

1.9

4) To help Israel in its struggle against the Arab World

31.6

33.6

28.2

5) Others

4.8

5.6

3.6

6) No opinion/ do not know

1.1

1.0

1.3

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

19. In your view, how does the war in Iraq affect the Palestinians and the Israelis? For example:

19-1 Will Israel be able to exploit the opportunity to carry out a mass expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip?

1) Will be able

45.5

45.9

45.0

2) Will not be able

43.7

44.4

42.6

3) War will have no impact on Israeli policy

6.9

5.2

9.5

4) No opinion/ Do Not Know

3.9

4.5

2.8

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

19-2 Does the war bring the parties closer or take them further away from a return to the peace process and the negotiations?

1) Bring them closer

18.6

18.0

19.5

2) Take them further away

60.7

61.5

59.2

3) Has no impact on the peace process

13.3

12.1

15.4

4) No opinion/ Do Not Know

7.5

8.4

5.9

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

19-3 Does it weaken or strengthen the desire of the Palestinians to carry out armed attacks on Israelis?

1) Weaken

10.4

10.2

10.5

2) Strengthen

77.9

77.1

79.3

3) Does not have an impact

8.2

8.2

8.3

4) No opinion/ Do Not Know

3.5

4.5

1.8

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

20. Who, in your opinion, will win this war in Iraq?

1) Iraq under the leadership of Saddam Hussein

60.5

59.2

62.7

2) The US and its coalition partners

11.9

12.3

11.4

3) All are losers

17.6

17.7

17.4

4) Others (specify ------- )

1.8

2.3

0.8

5) No opinion/ do not know

8.2

8.5

7.7

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

21. Concerning armed attacks against Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, I….

1) Strongly support

58.0

51.9

68.3

2) Support

34.8

38.7

28.3

3) Oppose

4.1

5.4

2.0

4) Strongly oppose

0.9

1.2

0.4

5) No opinion/ do not know

2.1

2.8

1.0

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

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

1) Strongly support

55.3

48.5

66.7

2) Support

35.9

40.6

28.0

3) Oppose

5.9

7.2

3.9

4) Strongly oppose

1.1

1.2

0.8

5) No opinion/ do not know

1.8

2.6

0.6

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

23. Concerning armed attacks against Israeli civilians inside Israel, I….

1) Strongly support

32.2

26.6

41.5

2) Support

25.1

26.6

22.6

3) Oppose

35.1

38.7

29.1

4) Strongly oppose

4.9

4.3

5.9

5) No opinion/ do not know

2.8

3.9

1.0

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

24. With regard to call for a cessation of violence by both sides, I

1) support it

71.3

72.5

69.3

2) oppose it

26.8

25.3

29.5

3) No Opinion/ Do Not Know

1.8

2.2

1.2

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

25. If an agreement is reached to cease violence by both sides but armed attacks against Israeli civilians inside Israel continued, do you approve or oppose, in this case, the Palestinian Authority take measures to prevent them?

1) Approve

49.9

49.4

50.8

2) Oppose

45.3

44.7

46.3

3) No opinion/ do not know

4.8

5.9

2.8

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

26. After reaching an agreement to cease violence by both sides, but the Palestinian Authority did not take measures to prevent these armed attacks against Israeli civilians inside Israel, do you think that the continuation of such attacks may impede the peace process between the Palestinians and the Israelis?

1) Yes

74.9

76.2

72.8

2) No

21.3

19.4

24.6

3) No opinion/ do not know

3.7

4.4

2.6

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

27. After reaching an agreement to cease violence by both sides and the Palestinian Authority takes security measures to prevent such armed attacks against Israeli civilians inside Israel, are you concerned that these may lead to internal Palestinian conflict?

1) Yes, very worried

41.6

39.1

45.7

2) Somewhat worried

37.3

37.7

36.6

3) No, not worried

18.2

19.8

15.7

4) No opinion/ Don't Know

2.9

3.4

2.0

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

28. Do you believe that armed confrontations so far have helped achieve Palestinian rights in a way that negotiations could not?

1) Definitely yes

25.0

23.8

27.0

2) Yes

41.0

38.8

44.5

3) No

24.9

27.6

20.3

4) Definitely no

5.9

6.0

5.9

5) No opinion/ do not know

3.2

3.8

2.2

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

29. Do you think that there is corruption in PA institutions?

1) Yes

80.9

78.8

84.6

2) No

10.3

12.3

6.9

3) No opinion/ do not know

8.8

9.0

8.5

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

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

1) Increase

47.8

48.6

46.6

2) Will remain the same

12.9

12.8

12.9

3) Decrease

30.2

29.2

31.8

4) No opinion/ do not know

9.1

9.3

8.7

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

31. Minister of finance Salam Fayyad says that his ministry controls today all the revenues and expenditures of the Palestinian Authority. Are you satisfied with the performance of the finance minister?

1) Certainly satisfied

6.0

5.1

7.5

2) Satisfied

29.0

26.7

32.8

3) Not satisfied

26.5

26.4

26.5

4) Certainly not satisfied

9.3

11.0

6.3

5) No opinion/ do not know

29.3

30.7

26.9

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

32. Does conditions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip lead you to seek permanent emigration?

1) Yes

13.9

13.5

14.6

2) No

85.8

86.0

85.4

3) No opinion/ do not know

0.3

0.5

0.0

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

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

1) Haidar Abdul Shafi

9.6

7.9

12.6

2) Yasser Arafat

35.3

33.3

38.8

3) Ahmad Yasin

15.1

14.0

16.9

4) Others (specify ---- )

1.1

1.3

0.8

5) None of the above

22.1

24.2

18.7

6) I will not participate

14.8

17.2

10.8

7) No Opinion / Don't Know

1.9

2.2

1.4

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

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

1. Saeb Erikat

7.3

6.1

9.3

2. Hanan Ashrawi

5.8

6.3

4.9

3. Haidar Abdul Shafi

8.7

7.1

11.4

4. Ahmad Yassin

8.5

7.7

10.0

5. Farouq Kaddomi

5.5

5.9

4.9

6. Marwan Bargouthi

20.1

19.4

21.3

7. Ahmad Qurai'

1.0

0.6

1.6

8. Mahmoud Abbas

2.7

1.7

4.5

9. No one, will decide later

22.0

24.6

17.7

10. I will not participate

14.6

16.6

11.2

11. Others

0.5

0.5

0.6

12. No Opinion / Don't Know

3.2

3.5

2.6

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

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

1. PPP

0.9

1.1

0.6

2. PFLP

2.4

2.2

2.6

3. Fateh

25.8

23.3

29.9

4. Hamas

17.4

16.5

18.9

5. DFLP

0.4

0.5

0.2

6. Islamic Jihad

5.3

6.5

3.3

7. Fida

0.2

0.1

0.4

8. Independent Islamists

6.4

7.6

4.5

9. Independent Nationalists

5.6

6.7

3.9

10. None of the above

33.4

33.6

33.1

11. Others

2.1

1.8

2.6