PSR poll No. 19

16-18 March 2006

	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
27) Who will benefit politically more from further Israeli unilateral disengagement? Fateh or Hamas
1) Fateh	8.2	8.1	8.4
2) Hamas	16.5	16.9	15.9
3) both equally	50.4	49.5	51.9
4) neither one	21.6	21.6	21.7
5) DK/NA	3.3	4.0	2.0
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
28) If the PA decides to declare unilaterally an independent Palestinian state would you support or oppose such a declaration?
1) definitely support	12.5	12.2	13.1
2) support	46.7	46.9	46.3
3) oppose	32.2	32.0	32.6
4) definitely oppose	5.2	5.2	5.2
5) DK/NA	3.3	3.6	2.7
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
29) And would you support such a declaration if it were negotiated with Israel?
1) definitely support	19.7	20.0	19.1
2) support	60.6	61.7	58.7
3) oppose	15.1	13.7	17.5
4) definitely oppose	1.9	1.9	1.8
5) DK/NA	2.7	2.6	2.9
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
30) And generally speaking do you prefer to see the Palestinian Authority and Israel negotiate their differences or try to solve them unilaterally?
1) I definitely prefer to see them negotiate differences	57.3	58.0	56.1
2) I think I prefer to see them negotiate differences	24.6	25.3	23.5
3) I think I prefer to see them solve their differences unilaterally	9.0	7.4	11.8
4) I definitely prefer to see them solve differences unilaterally	5.3	5.1	5.5
5) DK/NA	3.8	4.2	3.2
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
31) And if both sides decide to go the unilateral path in handling the conflict between them who do you think will benefit from such a decision, Israel or the Palestinians?
1) Israel	41.3	44.4	35.8
2) Palestinians	13.8	11.3	18.2
3) both	25.9	25.0	27.5
4) neither	15.1	14.5	16.0
5) DK/NA	4.0	4.8	2.5
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
32) Will a decision to handle the conflict unilaterally increase or decrease the chances to eventually reach a final status settlement?
1) definitely increase the chances	5.8	5.9	5.7
2) increase the chances	22.3	18.7	28.4
3) decrease the chances	50.5	53.6	45.2
4) definitely decrease the chances	8.6	9.0	7.7
5) no change	6.6	6.5	6.6
6) DK/NA	6.3	6.2	6.4
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
33) Is it possible in your opinion to achieve in the future full economic, political, and physical separation from Israel?
1) Certainly possible	8.2	6.9	10.5
2) possible	39.0	38.1	40.6
3) not possible	40.6	43.4	35.6
4) certainly not possible	10.8	10.0	12.2
5) DK/NA	1.5	1.7	1.1
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
34) And if such a separation was possible, would you support or oppose it?
1) I would strongly support it	19.6	17.6	23.0
2) I would support it	55.0	55.5	54.2
3) I would oppose it	21.3	22.5	19.3
4) I would strongly oppose it	2.8	2.7	2.9
5) DK/NA	1.3	1.7	0.7
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
35) Do you support or oppose the current ceasefire between Palestinians and Israelis?
1) strongly support	18.4	17.1	20.7
2) support	53.5	54.5	51.8
3) oppose	22.1	22.5	21.3
4) strongly oppose	4.5	4.1	5.2
5) DK/NA	1.5	1.8	0.9
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
36)  If a peace agreement is reached, and a Palestinian state is established and recognized by Israel, would you support or oppose the efforts to reach full reconciliation between Israel and the Palestinian state?
1) Would strongly support	16.3	13.2	21.9
2) Would support	57.9	61.3	52.1
3) Would oppose	17.8	17.7	18.1
4) Would strongly oppose	6.2	6.0	6.6
5) DK/NA	1.7	1.9	1.3
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
37) After reaching a peace agreement between the Palestinian people and Israel and the establishment of a Palestinian state that is recognized by Israel, how soon do you think will reconciliation between the two peoples be achieved?
1) Reconciliation is not possible ever	44.5	44.9	43.7
2) Only in many generations to come	18.1	18.7	17.2
3) Only in the next generation	11.6	10.6	13.4
4) Only in the next decade	5.7	5.2	6.6
5) On the next few years	12.4	12.8	11.8
6) No Opinion /Don’t know	7.6	7.8	7.4
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
38) Concerning armed attacks against Israeli civilians inside Israel, I….
1) Strongly support	14.2	10.0	21.4
2) Support	38.2	35.7	42.5
3) Oppose	40.2	45.1	31.6
4) Strongly oppose	5.0	6.1	3.1
5) DK/NA	2.5	3.1	1.4
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
39) Do you believe that armed confrontations so far has helped achieved Palestinian national and political rights in ways that negotiations could not achieve?
1) Definitely yes	24.0	14.8	40.0
2) Yes	42.9	44.6	40.1
3) No	25.4	30.7	16.1
4) Definitely no	5.7	7.2	3.2
5) DK/NA	2.0	2.8	0.7
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
40) The following is a list of problems confronting the Palestinians today, tell us which one is the most important problem?
1) spread of unemployment and poverty	43.7	41.3	48.0
2) continuation of occupation and its daily practices	24.5	28.3	17.8
3) internal anarchy	6.6	4.9	9.5
4) spread of corruption and lack of internal reforms	23.6	23.4	23.9
5) others (specify: ----------- )	1.2	1.5	0.7
6) DK/NA	0.4	0.7	0.0
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
41) There is a proposal that after the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and the settlemnet of all issues in dispute, including the refugees and Jerusalem issues, there wil be a mutual recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people and Palestine as the state of the Palestinians people. Do you agree or disagree to this proposal?
1) Definitely agree	14.1	13.2	15.8
2) agree	52.3	55.9	46.0
3) disagree	24.2	22.5	27.0
4) definitely disagree	7.8	6.2	10.5
5) DK/NA	1.6	2.2	0.7
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
42) And what is the Palestinian majority opinion on this issue? Do most Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza support or oppose the recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people and Palestine as the state of the Palestinian people at the end of the peace process?
1) Majority supports	57.5	59.9	53.1
2) Majority opposes	34.1	30.2	41.0
3) DK/NA	8.4	9.9	5.9
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
43) Do you think that there is corruption in PA institutions?
1) Yes	91.3	91.7	90.7
2) No	5.1	5.3	4.8
3) DK/NA	3.6	3.1	4.5
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
44) If yes, Will this corruption in PA institutions increase, decrease or remain as it is in the future?
1) Will increase	19.2	19.6	18.5
2) Will remain as it is	9.4	8.3	11.3
3) will decrease	64.6	64.4	64.9
4) DK/NA	6.8	7.7	5.3
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
45) Would you say that these days your security and safety, and that of your family, is assured or not assured?
1) Completely assured	2.3	1.3	3.9
2) Assured	22.6	19.4	28.2
3) Not assured	59.3	61.9	54.7
4) Not assured at all	15.7	17.0	13.2
5) DK/NA	0.2	0.3	0.0
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
46) How would you evaluate the current status of democracy and human rights in the Palestinian Authority? Would you say it is:
1) Very good	5.4	4.1	7.5
2) Good	28.9	29.5	27.8
3) Fair	26.3	25.0	28.6
4) Bad	24.4	26.4	21.1
5) Very bad	13.0	12.9	13.1
6) DK/NA	1.9	2.0	1.8
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
47) Generally, do you see yourself as:
1) Religious	47.9	43.2	56.1
2) somewhat religious	47.7	51.8	40.7
3) not religious	3.8	4.3	3.0
4) DK/NA	0.5	0.7	0.2
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
48) Generally, do you see yourself as:
1) supportive of the peace process	64.4	61.1	70.1
2) opposed to the peace process	14.0	13.6	14.9
3) between support and opposition	20.9	24.5	14.8
4) DK/NA	0.7	0.9	0.2
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
49) Which of the following political parties do you support?
1) PPP	0.5	0.5	0.5
2) PFLP	3.3	3.2	3.4
3) Fateh	34.4	34.0	35.0
4) Hamas	36.7	34.2	41.0
5) DFLP	0.6	0.7	0.4
6) Islamic Jihad	2.0	2.5	1.1
7) National initiative (almubadara)	0.9	0.9	0.7
8) Independent Islamists	4.6	4.6	4.6
9) Independent Nationalists	2.4	2.9	1.6
10) None of the above	14.4	16.2	11.4
11) Other, specify	0.3	0.4	0.2
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
50) Regarding the Jericho Jail incursion and the Israeli arrest of Ahmad Sa’adat, do you view that the UK and the US as implicated in this operation?
1) yes, implicated	93.0	93.3	92.5
2) no, not implicated (go to Q52)	4.0	2.9	5.9
3) DN/NA (go to Q52)	3.0	3.8	1.6
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
51) Various Palestinian reactions to the jail incursion were witnessed. From among the following reactions which one would you approve?
1) only peaceful reactions	37.7	34.3	43.7
2) In addition I would also approve of attacks on a and burning of American and British facilities	8.9	9.2	8.5
3) In addition to all of the above, I would also approve of kidnapping of American and British nationals	11.5	11.0	12.3
4) In addition to all of the above, I would approve of armed attacks on American and British nationals	25.4	23.2	29.2
5) I do not approve of any reaction	13.5	18.4	5.0
6) DK/NA	2.9	3.9	1.2
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
52) People talk these days about the accuracy and impartiality of public opinion polls and those who conduct them after they all fail to predict the outcome of the legislative elections. How often do you trust polls?
1) I always trust polls	21.2	20.4	22.6
2) I sometime trust them and sometime do not	59.3	58.6	60.6
3) I never trust polls	17.1	18.0	15.5
4) DK/NA	2.4	3.0	1.3
53) Do you believe that people are truthful in the responses they give to pollsters?
1) people are always truthful	16.2	15.3	17.8
2) people are sometimes truthful and sometime untruthful	68.8	70.5	65.8
3) people are always untruthful	11.1	10.5	12.1
4) DK/NA	3.9	3.7	4.3
	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
54) And what about you? Were your responses to our questions today truthful or untruthful?
1) my responses to all the questions were truthful	85.4	83.4	89.0
2) my responses were sometime truthful and sometime untruthful	14.3	16.1	11.0
3) my responses were were always untruthful	0.3	0.5	0.0
4) DK/NA	0.0	0.0	0.0

 

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