Poll No. 21

14-16 September 2006

 

		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
00 )	From among the following satellite news stations, which one you watched most during the last two months?
	1) al Arabia	4.5	4.0	5.4
	2) al Jazeera	65.9	67.7	62.8
	3) al Hurra	0.3	0.5	0.0
	4) al Manar	13.1	14.3	11.1
	5) Palestine TV	4.1	2.6	6.6
	6) Do not watch TV	5.8	5.0	7.1
	7) others	2.2	2.5	1.8
	8) Do not have a dish	4.1	3.5	5.2
		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	7.2	5.0	11.1
	2) Satisfied	48.0	44.7	53.7
	3) Not satisfied	30.8	34.2	24.9
	4) not satisfied at all	10.0	11.1	8.2
	5) DK/NA	4.1	5.1	2.2
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
02)	If new presidential elections are to take place today, whom do you prefer to see as PA president?
	1) Mahmoud Abbas	30.9	25.8	39.7
	2) Ismael Haniyyah	24.1	21.4	28.6
	3) Marwan Barghouti	13.0	14.1	11.2
	4) Mustafa Barghouti	4.6	5.8	2.6
	5) Mahmoud Zahhar	3.0	3.5	2.1
	6) Others/ No one	19.6	24.2	11.6
	7) No Opinion/ Don’t know	4.9	5.2	4.3
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
03)	And if you were to select a vice president, whom would you choose?
	1) Ismael Haniyyah	19.9	17.4	24.2
	2) Mahmoud Zahhar	15.5	14.8	16.8
	3) Mohammad Dahlan	8.9	2.8	19.5
	4) Marwan Barghouti	15.0	15.2	14.6
	5) Saeb Erikat	7.4	8.5	5.3
	6) Farouq Qaddomi	6.9	8.5	4.1
	7) Mustafa Barghouti	6.6	8.6	3.1
	8) Others/ No one	16.0	19.1	10.7
	9) No Opinion/ Don’t know	3.8	5.1	1.6
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
04)	Are you satisfied or not satisfied with the performance of the Hamas government during the last six months in the following areas:
04-1	Enforce law and order and end anarchy
	1) Highly satisfied	5.7	5.0	7.0
	2) Satisfied	35.2	33.6	37.8
	3) Not satisfied	42.2	42.3	42.1
	4) Not satisfied at all	12.5	12.6	12.4
	5) DK/NA	4.4	6.5	0.8
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
04-2	Carry out reforms and fight corruption
	1) Highly satisfied	7.2	6.6	8.4
	2) Satisfied	38.7	37.5	40.7
	3) Not satisfied	38.3	38.5	38.0
	4) Not satisfied at all	10.7	10.2	11.5
	5) DK/NA	5.1	7.3	1.5
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
04-3	Reduce constraints of occupation and confront settlements and the wall
	1) Highly satisfied	4.4	4.4	4.6
	2) Satisfied	28.5	26.8	31.4
	3) Not satisfied	48.5	48.9	47.7
	4) Not satisfied at all	13.5	13.4	13.8
	5) DK/NA	5.0	6.5	2.5
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
04-4	Improve economic conditions such as solving the salary problem and fight poverty
	1) Highly satisfied	4.1	3.9	4.5
	2) Satisfied	22.2	19.9	26.1
	3) Not satisfied	50.0	53.0	44.8
	4) Not satisfied at all	19.3	17.3	22.6
	5) DK/NA	4.4	5.8	1.9
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
04-5	The overall performance of the government
	1) Highly satisfied	6.5	5.6	7.9
	2) Satisfied	35.4	34.6	36.8
	3) Not satisfied	41.4	42.3	40.0
	4) Not satisfied at all	12.2	11.4	13.6
	5) DK/NA	4.5	6.0	1.8
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
05)	An agreement has been reached between President Abu Mazin and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyyah on the formation of a national unity government. What kind of a national unity government do you prefer to see?
	1) National unity government from all factions under the leadership of Hamas	25.0	23.3	27.8
	2) National unity government led equally by Hamas and Fateh	45.8	42.9	50.8
	3) A non political government made up of technocrats (professionals) not led by Fateh or Hamas	23.5	26.8	17.9
	4) Other types (specify ---------------- )	2.8	3.3	1.9
		2.9	3.6	1.6
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
06)	In your view, what from among the following should be the top priority of the national unity government?
	1) Enforce law and order and end anarchy	31.8	27.6	39.0
	2) End the financial and political boycott of the PA	22.9	23.5	22.0
	3) revive the peace process and negotiations to end occupation	24.9	27.3	20.9
	4) Embark or political reforms including fighting corruption	18.1	18.8	16.7
	5) Others (specify: ----------------------- )	0.6	0.7	0.5
	6) DK/NA	1.7	2.1	0.9
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
08)	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	1.3	1.9	0.5
	2) Independent Palestine	2.6	3.1	1.7
	3) Abu Ali Mustafa	2.9	2.9	3.0
	4) Abu al Abbas	0.1	0.1	0.0
	5) Freedom and social justice	0.2	0.0	0.5
	6) Change and reform	38.0	36.9	39.7
	7) National coalition for justice and democracy	0.1	0.0	0.3
	8) Third way	1.4	1.6	1.0
	9) Freedom and independence	0.5	0.8	0.0
	10) Palestinian justice	0.1	0.0	0.2
	11) Fateh	40.9	38.9	43.9
	12) None of the above	12.0	13.9	9.2
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
09)	In general, how would you describe conditions of the Palestinians in the Palestinian areas these days?
	1) Very good	0.8	0.9	0.5
	2) Good	3.8	2.8	5.6
	3) So so	11.0	11.4	10.4
	4) Bad	35.2	36.3	33.3
	5) Very bad	49.2	48.7	50.3
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
10)	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	5.0	4.7	5.7
	2) yes	24.3	24.1	24.6
	3) no	43.1	44.7	40.4
	4) certainly no	23.4	21.4	26.9
	5) DK/NA	4.2	5.2	2.4
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
11)	In protest against the non-payment of salaries for six months, PA staff members and teachers have been striking. How do you view these strikes?
	1) Political strikes against the Hamas government	35.5	33.2	39.4
	2) Political strikes against the sanctions and the international community	16.0	13.5	20.4
	3) Non-political strikes protesting living conditions	46.3	50.6	39.1
	4) DK/NA	2.2	2.7	1.2
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
12)	In your opinion, what was the main reason for the outbreak of the war in Lebanon?
	1) Israel’s occupation of the Shaba farms	4.1	4.2	3.7
	2) Iran and Syria’s intention to hurt the US by hurting Israel	4.8	3.0	7.9
	3) Israeli calculated due to Hizballah’s taking over of South Lebanon and the threat it produced on Israel	64.7	65.2	63.9
	4) Israel’s excessive response to the abduction of the soldiers by Hizballah	20.7	21.0	20.2
	5) Other	1.3	2.0	0.2
	6) DK/NA	4.4	4.6	4.0
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
13)	In light of the war in Lebanon, do you support or oppose the taking of Israelis soldiers as prisoners by armed Palestinian factions in order to exchange them with Palestinian prisoners?
	1) Certainly support	27.1	23.2	33.8
	2) Support	47.8	50.4	43.4
	3) Oppose	20.3	21.1	18.8
	4) Certainly oppose	2.6	2.4	2.9
	5) DK/NA	2.2	2.9	1.1
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
14)	After the war in Lebanon and the way the leadership of Hizbullah has managed that war, did your confidence in the leadership of the various Palestinian factions increase or decrease?
	1) Certainly increase	9.9	8.3	12.8
	2) Increase	24.1	24.2	23.8
	3) Remains as it is	49.5	50.3	47.9
	4) Decrease	11.4	11.6	11.1
	5) Certainly decrease	1.9	2.1	1.5
	6) DK/NA	3.2	3.4	2.9
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
15)	I will read to you now several statements one can learn from the war in Lebanon. Please tell me how much you agree or disagree with each of them:
15-1	There is a need to establish soon a Palestinian state in order to prevent in the future a war between Palestinians and Israelis similar to the war in Lebanon
	1) Definitely agree	19.4	19.6	19.1
	2) Agree	64.8	64.2	65.8
	3) disagree	11.7	11.2	12.5
	4) definitely disagree	1.5	1.7	1.2
	5) DK/NA	2.6	3.3	1.4
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
15-2	Palestinians should emulate Hizbuallah by launching rockets at Israeli cities
	1) Definitely agree	16.2	14.8	18.6
	2) Agree	46.9	44.6	50.9
	3) disagree	32.5	35.5	27.4
	4) definitely disagree	2.0	1.9	2.1
	5) DK/NA	2.3	3.1	1.0
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
15-3	Palestinians can not count on Arab support to prevent Israeli attacks on them
	1) Definitely agree	18.9	20.3	16.3
	2) Agree	55.3	56.5	53.3
	3) disagree	20.7	18.2	25.1
	4) definitely disagree	2.1	1.3	3.4
	5) DK/NA	3.0	3.7	1.9
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
15-4	Palestinians need the support and understanding of the international community because they can not depend only on themselves
	1) Definitely agree	15.7	15.4	16.2
	2) Agree	59.9	60.4	59.2
	3) disagree	20.0	19.7	20.6
	4) definitely disagree	2.3	1.8	3.1
	5) DK/NA	2.1	2.7	0.9
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
15-5	Only after it ends its occupation of the West Bank Israel would be able to live in peace in this area
	1) Definitely agree	5.3	6.2	3.8
	2) Agree	36.0	38.6	31.4
	3) disagree	43.1	40.5	47.5
	4) definitely disagree	11.4	8.9	15.6
	5) DK/NA	4.3	5.8	1.7
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
15-6	Palestinians can not depend on armed action only and must reach a political settlement with Israel
	1) Definitely agree	12.5	12.1	13.1
	2) Agree	61.6	61.6	61.6
	3) disagree	19.7	19.7	19.7
	4) definitely disagree	2.9	2.5	3.8
	5) DK/NA	3.3	4.1	1.9
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
15-7	Israel will never allow the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital
	1) Definitely agree	18.6	19.9	16.2
	2) Agree	45.5	45.4	45.7
	3) disagree	27.1	25.8	29.4
	4) definitely disagree	5.3	4.9	5.8
	5) DK/NA	3.5	3.9	2.8
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
16)	Some Arab countries such as Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia have been critical of Hizbullah because it took an uncalculated adventure that hurt Lebanon. Do you support or oppose this attitude of these countries?
	1) Certainly support	1.2	0.9	1.7
	2) Support	7.7	6.3	10.1
	3) Oppose	51.6	55.1	45.5
	4) Certainly oppose	38.0	36.2	41.1
	5) DK/NA	1.5	1.5	1.6
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
17)	In your view did the war in Lebanon strengthen, weaken, or have no effect on Palestinian use of armed resistance to end the Israeli occupation?
	1) Certainly strengthened	37.0	34.2	41.8
	2) Strengthened	36.3	37.4	34.3
	3) have no effect	19.9	21.4	17.5
	4) Weakened	4.1	4.1	3.9
	5) Certainly weakened	1.1	1.2	1.0
	6) DK/NA	1.6	1.7	1.5
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
18)	In your view, who came out winner from the war in Lebanon: Hizbullah or Israel? Or neither of them?
	1) Neither	10.9	12.3	8.5
	2) Hizbullah	85.9	84.0	89.1
	3) Israel	1.7	2.1	1.0
	4) DK/NA	1.6	1.7	1.4
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
19)	Do you know or have you heard of Prime Minister Olmert’s Realignment plan?
	1) I know more or less all the details of the plan	4.5	4.3	4.8
	2) I generally know the plan and some of its details	10.8	12.1	8.4
	3) I have heard of the plan but I don’t know the details	22.4	24.1	19.3
	4) I never heard of the plan	61.9	59.1	66.7
	5) DK/NA	0.5	0.4	0.7
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
20)	According to Olmert’s plan, Israel will evacuate within a few years most of the settlements in the West Bank, while realigning into large blocks of settlements along the line of the separation fence. Do you welcome or not welcome this plan?
	1) Definitely welcome it	3.9	4.5	2.9
	2) Welcome it	22.1	24.2	18.4
	3) Do not welcome it	47.1	47.5	46.4
	4) Definitely do not welcome it	22.4	18.9	28.5
	5) DK/NA	4.5	4.9	3.8
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
21)	In your opinion, given the war in Lebanon and the violent confrontation with the Palestinians in Gaza, will Olmert’s Realignment plan take place during the current term of the government?
	1) Definitely will take place	2.7	3.4	1.5
	2) Think will take place	17.4	15.2	21.2
	3) Think will not take place	51.9	55.4	45.9
	4) Definitely it will not take place	13.1	9.5	19.3
	5) DK/NA	14.9	16.5	12.2
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
22)	Five to ten years from now, how do you see relations between        Palestinians and Israelis?
	1) As they are now	15.1	14.5	16.1
	2) More peace and cooperation	10.2	10.2	10.2
	3) Less peace and cooperation	10.6	10.1	11.4
	4) Conflict and violence	55.9	57.0	54.0
	5) Other (Specify ________ )	1.5	2.0	0.7
	6) DK/NA	6.7	6.2	7.5
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
23)	The Prisoners’ Document stated that negotiations with Israel is the responsibility of the PLO and president Abu Mazin. In you view, should Abu Mazin start permanent status negotiations with Israel?
	1) Certainly should	36.0	33.8	39.8
	2) Think he should	38.1	37.7	38.8
	3) Think he should not	13.4	13.3	13.6
	4) Certainly should not	8.7	10.0	6.5
	5) DK/NA	3.8	5.3	1.3
		Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
24)	In your view, is it possible or impossible these days to reach a compromise permanent status agreement with the Olmert government in negotiations conducted by Abu Mazin?
	1) Certainly possible	4.5	3.3	6.4
	2) Possible	39.7	34.3	48.8
	3) Impossible	39.2	41.3	35.6
	4) Certainly impossible	12.3	15.6	6.7
	5) DK/NA	4.4	5.5	2.5

 

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