Results of Poll # (13)
23-26 September 2004
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
26) And what about the institution of the justice system and
the courts, do they have the capacity to do their work (for example in
conflict resolution and in punishing criminals, corrupt individuals, and
those who violate the law? |
|||
|
1) Certainly yes |
8.5 |
8.3 |
8.9 |
|
2) Yes |
42.4 |
45.4 |
37.6 |
|
3) No |
38.0 |
37.1 |
39.4 |
|
4) Certainly no |
8.1 |
5.8 |
11.9 |
|
5) DK/NA |
3.0 |
3.4 |
2.2 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
27) And do
these institutions and courts do that or try to do that? |
|||
|
1) Certainly yes |
7.8 |
6.8 |
9.3 |
|
2) Yes |
60.4 |
63.2 |
55.8 |
|
3) No |
23.8 |
23.0 |
25.1 |
|
4) Certainly no |
4.3 |
2.7 |
6.9 |
|
5) DK/NA |
3.8 |
4.3 |
3.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
28) With regard to the events and disturbances that took place
in the Gaza Strip and some West Bank cities in July (such as the
demonstrations of armed men demanding reform, the kidnappings, the occupation
of some of the offices of the security services, and others), do you think
the causes and motivations were: |
|||
|
1) Internal |
37.1 |
33.8 |
42.6 |
|
2) External |
17.6 |
20.4 |
12.9 |
|
3) Internal and external |
40.7 |
40.4 |
41.2 |
|
4) DK/NA |
4.6 |
5.5 |
3.2 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
29) How do you explain these events,
are they in your view: |
|||
|
1) Power struggle and personal interests |
62.0 |
62.9 |
60.4 |
|
2) A call for reform and a public service |
29.8 |
27.6 |
33.5 |
|
3) Others, specify --- |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
|
4) DK/NA |
6.5 |
7.9 |
4.2 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
30) What
in your view will come out of it? |
|||
|
1) Internal infighting |
48.2 |
48.6 |
47.5 |
|
2) Internal reform |
25.2 |
23.9 |
27.5 |
|
3) Nothing |
21.2 |
22.0 |
19.8 |
|
4) DK/NA |
5.4 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
31) Do you believe the leadership of the Palestinian Authority
is serious in implementing the reforms demanded by the Palestinian
Legislative Council? |
|||
|
1) Certainly yes |
7.7 |
7.4 |
8.3 |
|
2) Yes |
43.4 |
46.5 |
38.2 |
|
3) No |
43.5 |
34.1 |
35.2 |
|
4) Certainly no |
9.6 |
6.9 |
13.9 |
|
5) DK/NA |
4.9 |
5.1 |
4.4 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
32) Who in your view is impeding
reform in the Palestinian Authority? (open question) |
|||
|
1) Arafat, the president, the leader |
11.6 |
11.3 |
11.9 |
|
2) The government, |
30.4 |
29.0 |
32.8 |
|
3) Occupation, |
38.7 |
42.0 |
33.4 |
|
4) Others |
11.3 |
11.7 |
10.7 |
|
5) No Opinion/Don’t know |
7.9 |
6.0 |
11.1 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
33) With regard to the campaign of
solidarity with the prisoners in Israeli jails during last month, was your
participation through: |
|||
|
1) Visits to the solidarity tents or taking part in marches |
27.1 |
24.9 |
30.7 |
|
2) Follow up by watching special TV shows on the issue |
66.8 |
68.9 |
63.2 |
|
3) Others, specify |
6.2 |
6.2 |
6.1 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
34) The years
of the intifada have witnessed the following
practices which increased recently. Tell us if these practices are acceptable
or unacceptable to you: |
|||
|
34-1)
Shootings in popular demonstrations and funerals |
|||
|
1) Highly acceptable |
1.1 |
1.6 |
0.2 |
|
2) Acceptable |
7.4 |
9.1 |
4.5 |
|
3) Unacceptable |
55.4 |
59.7 |
48.2 |
|
4) Highly unacceptable |
35.5 |
28.6 |
47.0 |
|
5) DK/NA |
0.8 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
34-2) Appearance of masked persons in
public streets and popular marches |
|||
|
1) Highly acceptable |
3.9 |
3.6 |
4.4 |
|
2) Acceptable |
30.3 |
27.7 |
34.5 |
|
3) Unacceptable |
47.7 |
49.5 |
44.8 |
|
4) Highly unacceptable |
16.2 |
16.9 |
14.9 |
|
5) DK/NA |
1.9 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
34-3Armed marches in public streets
and squares |
|||
|
1) Highly acceptable |
2.8 |
3.3 |
2.0 |
|
2) Acceptable |
24.9 |
22.7 |
28.5 |
|
3) Unacceptable |
53.6 |
55.0 |
51.1 |
|
4) Highly unacceptable |
17.2 |
17.1 |
17.4 |
|
5) DK/NA |
1.5 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
34-4) Firing rockets from Beit Hanoun area towards |
|||
|
1) Highly acceptable |
22.8 |
21.3 |
25.3 |
|
2) Acceptable |
52.3 |
56.2 |
45.9 |
|
3) Unacceptable |
17.5 |
14.1 |
23.2 |
|
4) Highly unacceptable |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
|
5) DK/NA |
3.3 |
4.4 |
1.4 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
34-5) Firing rockets against Israeli
settlements in the |
|||
|
1) Highly acceptable |
26.0 |
24.4 |
28.7 |
|
2) Acceptable |
57.5 |
58.6 |
55.8 |
|
3) Unacceptable |
10.8 |
10.0 |
12.3 |
|
4) Highly unacceptable |
3.2 |
3.5 |
2.6 |
|
5) DK/NA |
2.4 |
3.5 |
0.6 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
34-6) Liquidation by armed groups of persons accused of being
Israeli spies |
|||
|
1) Highly acceptable |
27.1 |
25.3 |
30.1 |
|
2) Acceptable |
46.6 |
47.6 |
44.8 |
|
3) Unacceptable |
18.7 |
18.6 |
18.8 |
|
4) Highly unacceptable |
4.0 |
4.4 |
3.4 |
|
5) DK/NA |
3.6 |
4.1 |
2.8 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
34-7) Burning by armed groups of headquarters and offices
belonging to the PA |
|||
|
1) Highly acceptable |
1.9 |
2.2 |
1.4 |
|
2) Acceptable |
4.8 |
4.5 |
5.3 |
|
3) Unacceptable |
65.2 |
66.7 |
62.6 |
|
4) Highly unacceptable |
26.5 |
24.8 |
29.4 |
|
5) DK/NA |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
34-8) Assassinations or attempted assassinations of public
figures or journalists |
|||
|
1) Highly acceptable |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
2) Acceptable |
2.2 |
2.6 |
1.6 |
|
3) Unacceptable |
63.7 |
64.5 |
62.4 |
|
4) Highly unacceptable |
31.1 |
29.8 |
33.3 |
|
5) DK/NA |
2.0 |
2.2 |
1.6 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
34-9)
Kidnappings of Palestinian officials accused of corruption |
|||
|
1) Highly acceptable |
11.3 |
10.1 |
13.3 |
|
2) Acceptable |
38.2 |
36.9 |
40.2 |
|
3) Unacceptable |
36.6 |
37.5 |
34.9 |
|
4) Highly unacceptable |
10.8 |
11.5 |
9.7 |
|
5) DK/NA |
3.1 |
3.9 |
1.8 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
34-10)
Kidnappings of foreigners residing or working in the Palestinian areas |
|||
|
1) Highly acceptable |
1.4 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
|
2) Acceptable |
6.2 |
6.3 |
6.1 |
|
3) Unacceptable |
59.1 |
59.8 |
58.1 |
|
4) Highly unacceptable |
31.7 |
30.7 |
33.2 |
|
5) DK/NA |
1.6 |
2.1 |
0.8 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
35) The following is a list of problems confronting the Palestinians today. Tell us which one in your opinion is the top priority, then tell us which one is the second in importance. |
|||
|
35-1) The
first priority is ----- |
|||
|
1) Unemployment and spread of poverty |
41.3 |
39.7 |
43.8 |
|
2) Continuation of the Israeli occupation and its daily practices |
35.4 |
38.1 |
30.9 |
|
3) Internal chaos |
7.6 |
8.4 |
6.3 |
|
4) Spread of corruption and lack of internal reform |
15.0 |
12.9 |
18.6 |
|
5) Others, specify ----- |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
|
6) DN/NA |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
35-2) The second priority ------ |
|||
|
1) Unemployment and spread of poverty |
27.6 |
28.7 |
25.9 |
|
2) Continuation of the Israeli occupation and its daily practices |
32.4 |
33.1 |
31.3 |
|
3) Internal chaos |
12.8 |
12.7 |
12.9 |
|
4) Spread of corruption and lack of internal reform |
26.6 |
25.1 |
29.1 |
|
5) Others, specify ----- |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
|
6) DN/NA |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
36) In general, how do you evaluate
the performance of: |
|||
|
36-1)
Palestinian Legislative Council |
|||
|
1) Very good |
3.7 |
2.6 |
5.7 |
|
2) Good |
26.5 |
26.5 |
26.5 |
|
3) Neither good nor bad |
30.3 |
29.6 |
31.5 |
|
4) Bad |
18.7 |
20.8 |
15.4 |
|
5) Very bad |
15.3 |
14.5 |
16.6 |
|
6) DN/NA |
5.5 |
6.1 |
4.4 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
36-2) The
Palestinian cabinet |
|||
|
1) Very good |
3.8 |
3.0 |
5.1 |
|
2) Good |
28.9 |
28.1 |
30.3 |
|
3) Neither good nor bad |
27.6 |
27.1 |
28.5 |
|
4) Bad |
21.9 |
24.4 |
17.6 |
|
5) Very bad |
13.7 |
12.2 |
16.2 |
|
6) DN/NA |
4.2 |
5.2 |
2.4 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
36-3) The
Judicial authorities and the courts |
|||
|
1) Very good |
5.0 |
3.3 |
7.9 |
|
2) Good |
34.0 |
33.7 |
34.5 |
|
3) Neither good nor bad |
25.9 |
27.3 |
23.6 |
|
4) Bad |
18.8 |
19.0 |
18.6 |
|
5) Very bad |
10.8 |
10.4 |
11.3 |
|
6) DN/NA |
5.5 |
6.3 |
4.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
36-4) Security
services and police |
|||
|
1) Very good |
3.7 |
2.9 |
5.1 |
|
2) Good |
31.7 |
28.3 |
37.4 |
|
3) Neither good nor bad |
25.0 |
25.9 |
23.6 |
|
4) Bad |
24.0 |
26.2 |
20.2 |
|
5) Very bad |
12.1 |
12.4 |
11.7 |
|
6) DN/NA |
3.4 |
4.3 |
2.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
36-5) The
institution of the presidency |
|||
|
1) Very good |
7.0 |
6.8 |
7.3 |
|
2) Good |
35.0 |
34.3 |
36.2 |
|
3) Neither good nor bad |
23.1 |
23.8 |
21.8 |
|
4) Bad |
14.9 |
15.8 |
13.3 |
|
5) Very bad |
11.3 |
10.9 |
11.9 |
|
6) DN/NA |
8.8 |
8.4 |
9.5 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
36-6)
Opposition factions and parties |
|||
|
1) Very good |
10.9 |
8.2 |
15.4 |
|
2) Good |
42.0 |
38.9 |
47.1 |
|
3) Neither good nor bad |
24.7 |
28.5 |
18.4 |
|
4) Bad |
11.8 |
10.7 |
13.5 |
|
5) Very bad |
4.0 |
5.2 |
2.0 |
|
6) DN/NA |
6.7 |
8.5 |
3.6 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
37) After reaching a peace agreement
between the Palestinian people and |
|||
|
1) Strongly support |
15.3 |
13.0 |
19.2 |
|
2) Support |
60.1 |
64.6 |
52.6 |
|
3) Oppose |
15.9 |
15.1 |
17.2 |
|
4) Strongly oppose |
7.1 |
5.5 |
9.7 |
|
5) DN/NA |
1.6 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
38) After reaching a peace agreement
between the Palestinian people and |
|||
|
1) Reconciliation is not possible ever |
47.3 |
41.8 |
56.5 |
|
2) Only in many generations to come |
14.5 |
13.9 |
15.6 |
|
3) Only in the next generation |
10.4 |
14.0 |
4.5 |
|
4) Only in the next decade |
6.2 |
7.3 |
4.3 |
|
5) On the next few years |
12.6 |
13.5 |
11.1 |
|
6) No Opinion /Don’t know |
9.0 |
9.6 |
8.1 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
39) Would you say that these days your
security and safety, and that of your family, is assured or not assured? |
|||
|
1) Completely assured |
1.7 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
|
2) Assured |
12.3 |
13.1 |
10.9 |
|
3) Not assured |
55.1 |
57.6 |
51.0 |
|
4) Not assured at all |
30.7 |
27.3 |
36.2 |
|
5) DK/NA |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
40) There are internal and external
calls for wide and fundamental domestic reforms and changes in the
institutions and authorities of the Palestinian Authority. Do you support or
oppose these calls? |
|||
|
1) Strongly support |
31.1 |
25.6 |
40.1 |
|
2) Support |
61.9 |
66.7 |
53.8 |
|
3) Oppose |
4.7 |
4.9 |
4.5 |
|
4) Strongly oppose |
1.1 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
|
5) No opinion/ do not know |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
41) In your opinion, can people in the
|
|||
|
1) Yes |
67.4 |
66.0 |
69.8 |
|
2) No |
30.1 |
30.9 |
28.8 |
|
3) DK/NA |
2.4 |
3.0 |
1.4 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
42) If you want to evaluate the status
of democracy and human rights in the Palestinian Authority, you would say it
is: |
|||
|
1) Very good |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
|
2) Good |
24.8 |
24.2 |
25.9 |
|
3) Not good and not bad |
24.5 |
24.9 |
23.9 |
|
4) Bad |
24.4 |
24.7 |
23.9 |
|
5) Very bad |
19.9 |
19.7 |
20.2 |
|
6) DK/NA |
2.2 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
43) Do you think that there is
corruption in PA institutions? |
|||
|
1) Yes |
87.9 |
86.8 |
89.9 |
|
2) No |
6.1 |
6.6 |
5.3 |
|
3) Don’t Know /No answer |
6.0 |
6.7 |
4.9 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
44) If yes, Will this corruption in PA
institutions increase, decrease or remain as it is in the future? |
|||
|
1) Will increase |
51.1 |
52.8 |
48.4 |
|
2) Will remain as it is |
15.0 |
18.0 |
10.1 |
|
3) Will decrease |
26.3 |
22.6 |
32.4 |
|
4) No opinion /Don't know |
7.5 |
6.6 |
9.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
45) In your view, in which of the
following PA institutions there is corruption? Is there corruption in: |
|||
|
45-1)
Ministries and government offices |
|||
|
1) Yes |
84.2 |
83.3 |
85.7 |
|
2) No |
9.0 |
9.1 |
8.8 |
|
3) DK/NA |
6.8 |
7.6 |
5.4 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
45-2)
Security services and police |
|||
|
1) Yes |
84.1 |
85.5 |
81.7 |
|
2) No |
10.7 |
9.1 |
13.3 |
|
3) DK/NA |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
45-3) Office
of the presidency |
|||
|
1) Yes |
63.6 |
61.9 |
66.4 |
|
2) No |
20.9 |
21.4 |
20.1 |
|
3) DK/NA |
15.5 |
16.7 |
13.5 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
45-4) The Legislative
Council |
|||
|
1) Yes |
72.6 |
74.3 |
69.9 |
|
2) No |
16.0 |
13.1 |
20.6 |
|
3) DK/NA |
11.4 |
12.6 |
9.5 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
46)
Concerning armed attacks against Israeli soldiers in the |
|||
|
1) Strongly support |
54.1 |
44.3 |
70.4 |
|
2) Support |
38.1 |
46.5 |
23.9 |
|
3) Oppose |
5.8 |
6.3 |
4.9 |
|
4) Strongly oppose |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
|
5) No opinion/ do not know |
1.5 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
47) Concerning armed attacks against
Israeli settlers in the |
|||
|
1) Strongly support |
50.5 |
41.7 |
65.2 |
|
2) Support |
39.6 |
46.1 |
28.7 |
|
3) Oppose |
7.8 |
9.6 |
4.9 |
|
4) Strongly oppose |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
|
5) No opinion/ do not know |
1.5 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
48) Concerning
armed attacks against Israeli civilians inside |
|||
|
1) Strongly support |
27.4 |
18.7 |
41.8 |
|
2) Support |
26.4 |
26.5 |
26.4 |
|
3) Oppose |
40.7 |
48.5 |
27.6 |
|
4) Strongly oppose |
3.6 |
3.9 |
3.2 |
|
5) No opinion/ do not know |
1.9 |
2.4 |
1.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
49) With regard to call for a cessation of violence
by both sides, I |
|||
|
1) Support it |
82.5 |
83.2 |
81.3 |
|
2) Oppose it |
15.7 |
14.3 |
18.1 |
|
3) No Opinion/ Don't know |
1.7 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
50) If an agreement is reached to
cease violence by both sides, but armed attacks against Israelis continued,
do you approve or oppose, in this case, the Palestinian Authority taking
measures to prevent them? |
|||
|
1) Approve |
59.3 |
58.9 |
60.0 |
|
2) Oppose |
36.7 |
35.9 |
37.9 |
|
3) Don’t Know /No answer |
4.0 |
5.2 |
2.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
51) Do you believe that armed
confrontations so far have helped achieve Palestinian rights in a way that
negotiations could not? |
|||
|
1) Definitely yes |
22.6 |
16.7 |
32.5 |
|
2) Yes |
41.0 |
43.9 |
36.1 |
|
3) No |
29.7 |
32.8 |
24.3 |
|
4) Definitely no |
4.0 |
3.0 |
5.5 |
|
5) Don’t Know /No answer |
2.8 |
3.5 |
1.6 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
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52) If separate elections for the
president of the Palestinian Authority were held today, whom would you
choose? |
|||
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1) Mahmud Zahhar |
15.1 |
13.9 |
17.1 |
|
2) Yasser Arafat |
34.9 |
34.8 |
35.2 |
|
3) Marwan Barghouti |
12.9 |
12.4 |
13.8 |
|
4) Others (specify ---- ) |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
|
5) None of the above, will decide later |
24.6 |
25.3 |
23.6 |
|
6) I will not participate |
10.1 |
10.9 |
8.7 |
|
7) No Opinion / Don't Know |
1.6 |
1.9 |
1.0 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
|
53) If separate elections for a Vice
President of the Palestinian Authority were held today, whom would you
choose? |
|||
|
1) Saeb Erikat |
5.7 |
5.3 |
6.3 |
|
2) Haidar Abdul Shafi |
12.2 |
11.1 |
14.0 |
|
3) Marwan Bargouthi |
22.2 |
24.2 |
18.9 |
|
4) Ahmad Quarai’ |
2.7 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
|
5) Mahmud Abbas |
2.0 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
|
6) Mohammad Dahlan |
3.6 |
1.2 |
7.5 |
|
7) Mahmud Zahhar |
11.5 |
10.8 |
12.6 |
|
8) No one, will decide later |
27.4 |
27.9 |
26.4 |
|
9) I will not participate |
10.0 |
11.2 |
7.9 |
|
10) Others (--------------) |
1.0 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
|
11) No Opinion / Don't Know |
1.9 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
|
|
Total% |
|
|
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54) Which of
the following political parties do you support? |
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|
1) PPP |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
|
2) PFLP |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
|
3) Fateh |
28.7 |
31.3 |
24.3 |
|
4) Hamas |
22.0 |
17.4 |
29.6 |
|
5) DFLP |
0.9 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
|
6) Islamic Jihad |
3.8 |
4.9 |
2.0 |
|
7) Independent Islamists |
5.5 |
4.9 |
6.7 |
|
8) Independent Nationalists |
7.0 |
7.8 |
5.7 |
|
9) None of the above |
28.7 |
29.3 |
27.8 |
|
10) Other, specify ------ |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
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