PSR poll No. 19

16-18 March 2006

	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
01)  Are you satisfied or not satisfied with the performance of Mahmud Abbas since his election as president of the PA?
1) very satisfied	9.2	8.3	10.6
2) satisfied	52.2	50.9	54.5
3) not satisfied	28.3	29.4	26.5
4) not satisfied at all	8.2	8.7	7.2
5) DK/NA	2.1	2.7	1.1
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
02) If new presidential elections were to take place in the PA, whom do you prefere to see president of the PA?
1) Mahmoud Abbas	36.5	36.0	37.2
2) Mahoud Zahhar	25.2	25.9	23.8
3) Mustafa Barghouti	15.0	13.9	16.8
4) Others	12.1	10.8	14.3
5) No Opinion/ Don't know	11.3	13.4	7.8
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
03) And if you were to select a vice president, whom would you choose?
1) Mahmoud Zahhar	10.5	11.8	8.2
2) Mohammad Dahlan	8.0	3.4	16.1
3) Marwan Barghouti	19.8	23.7	13.0
4) Mustafa Barghouti	5.9	6.3	5.2
5) Ahmad Quri’	1.9	2.6	0.7
6) Ismael Haneyeh	30.0	25.6	37.7
7) Saeb Erikat	5.6	6.6	3.9
8) Farouq Qaddomi	7.2	7.1	7.4
9) Others	3.7	4.5	2.3
10) No Opinion /Don’t know	7.4	8.5	5.5
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
04) To whom of the following lists did you vote in the legislative elections that took place in January 25, 2006?
1) alternative	1.7	1.8	1.6
2) independent Palestine	2.6	2.8	2.2
3) Abu Ali Mustafa	2.9	3.5	2.0
4) Abu al Abbas	0.4	0.4	0.5
5) freedom and social justice	0.2	0.3
6) change and reform	46.2	43.6	50.0
7) national coalition for justice and democracy	0.2	0.2	0.3
8) third way	1.0	1.5	0.3
9) freedom and independence	0.3	0.1	0.6
10) Palestinian justice	0.1	0.1	0.0
11) Fateh	44.4	45.7	42.4
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
05) If new elections are held today and the same lists that took part in the last PLC elections were nominated, for whom would you vote?
1) alternative	1.4	1.6	1.2
2) independent Palestine	3.5	3.8	2.9
3) Abu Ali Mustafa	2.6	3.0	2.0
4) Abu al Abbas	0.3	0.3	0.2
5) freedom and social justice	0.3	0.5	0.0
6) change and reform	47.0	44.7	50.7
7) national coalition for justice and democ	0.3	0.5	0.0
8) third way	0.8	1.1	0.3
9) freedom and independence	0.4	0.4	0.3
10) Palestinian justice	0.2	0.1	0.3
11) Fateh	38.9	40.3	36.6
12) none of the above/ DK/NA/ Do not remember	4.4	3.8	5.5
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
06) Given the results of PLC elections which took place about two months ago, some say that Hamas won because most voters wanted first and foremost (select one only):
1) a fighting authority that resists occupation	6.7	6.9	6.4
2) a clean authority that fights corruption	35.6	36.4	34.3
3) a strong authority that ends anarchy and chaos	9.4	9.2	9.7
4) an Islamic authority that rules according to Sharia and religion	36.6	35.4	38.7
5) other reasons: specify ----	9.3	10.1	7.8
6) DK/NA	2.4	2.1	3.0
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
07) Some say that Fateh Lost these elections because most voters first and foremost (select only)
1) punished it for the failure of the peace process	5.1	5.2	4.8
2) punished it for the spread of corruption in the PA	51.9	53.8	48.6
3) punished it for its inability to put an end to anarchy and chaos	17.2	14.8	21.3
4) it was divided leaderless	18.9	19.5	17.8
5) other reasons: specify -----	3.7	3.5	4.0
6) DK/NA	3.3	3.2	3.4
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
08) And why in your opinion did the Left (such as the PFLP, the DFLP, Fida, People’s Party, and al Mubadara) lose the elections
1) because it was divided	27.1	25.4	30.1
2) because of its political positions	15.5	15.1	16.4
3) because of lack of trust in its leadership	33.8	33.6	34.2
4) others: specify -------	11.0	12.1	9.1
5) DK/NA	12.5	13.8	10.2
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
09) Do you expect Hamas to succeed or fail in its work in leading and managing the affairs of the PA?
1) Certainly succeed	18.7	13.7	27.4
2) Succeed	51.7	54.4	47.1
3) fail	19.2	20.6	16.7
4) certainly fail	3.1	3.8	2.0
5) DK/NA	7.3	7.6	6.8
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
10) The PLO and the PA have recognized the state of Israel as part of the peace process which was based on the Oslo Agreement. Hamas refused and still refuses to recognize Israel. What do you think? Now that it has won the elections, should Hamas recognize or not recognize the state of Israel?
1) It should recognize the state of Israel	35.7	36.3	34.7
2) It should not recognize the state of Israel	60.8	59.6	63.0
3) DK/NA	3.5	4.1	2.3
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
11) The Western donor community provides the PA economic and financial assistance reaching about one billion dollars every year. Do you think the PA can or can not do without this assistance?
1) it certainly can do without it	7.5	6.2	9.7
2) it can do without it	23.0	23.7	21.7
3) it can not do without it	40.1	42.1	36.6
4) it certainly can not do without it	27.8	26.3	30.4
5) DK/NA	1.7	1.7	1.6
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
12) For the assistance to continue, the donor community demand that Hamas must recognize the state of Israel. Do you think Hamas should accept this demand and recognize Israel?
1) Certainly yes	11.6	11.4	12.1
2) yes	25.5	24.8	26.6
3) no	42.0	44.0	38.5
4) certainly no	17.2	16.0	19.5
5) DK/NA	3.7	3.8	3.4
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
13) If Hamas refuses to recognize Israel, do you think the donor community will indeed stop assisting the PA?
1) certainly it will stop the assistance	18.4	18.3	18.6
2) it will stop the assistance	32.0	34.2	28.0
3) it will not stop the assistance	35.3	34.7	36.4
4) certainly it will not stop the assistance	10.0	8.2	13.1
5) DN/NA	4.3	4.5	3.8
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
14) If the donor community does cut off its aid, do you believe the PA would collapse?
1) certainly it will collapse	17.7	14.9	22.5
2) it will collapse	33.5	35.3	30.4
3) it will not collapse	38.1	39.9	34.9
4) certainly it will not collapse	7.9	6.5	10.4
5) DK/NA	2.8	3.4	1.8
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
15) If the donor community cut off support to the PA, do you think Hamas would find alternative sources, for example from Arab and Muslim countries?
1) certainly it will find	24.5	19.3	33.6
2) it will find	53.5	57.8	46.1
3) it will not find	15.4	16.2	14.0
4) certainly it will not find	3.8	3.7	4.0
5) DK/NA	2.8	3.1	2.3
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
16) What do you think will happen? Do you expect Hamas to agree to the demands of the donor community by recognizing Israel or will it not agree to do that?
1) certainly it will agree	5.3	4.6	6.6
2) it will agree	35.1	37.1	31.6
3) it will not agree	42.5	43.0	41.7
4) certainly it will not agree	10.7	8.4	14.7
5) DK/NA	6.4	6.9	5.4
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
17) If Israel agrees to conduct peace negotiations with a Hamas-led PA, do you think the Hamas-led PA should or should not negotiate with Israel?
1) certainly it should negotiate	26.2	26.1	26.3
2) it should negotiate	48.9	51.1	45.0
3) it should not negotiate	16.7	15.3	19.2
4) certainly it should not negotiate	5.2	3.9	7.5
5) DK/NA	3.0	3.6	2.0
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
18) A conflict exists at the moment over who should control the security services: the cabinet led by Hamas or president Mahmud Abbas from Fateh. What do think, who should control the security services?
1) the cabinet	24.5	23.8	25.8
2) the president	27.1	25.5	29.9
3) both	37.1