PSR - Survey Research Unit: Poll No. 25 - Main Results in Numbers 00 ) From among the following satellite news stations, which one you watched most during the last two months

PSR Poll No. 25

06-08 September 2007

 

 

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

7.7

5.7

11.3

 

2) Al Jazeera

54.1

63.2

38.2

 

3) Al Hurra

0.3

0.5

 0.0

 

4) Al Manar

2.6

3.9

0.3

 

5) Palestine TV

17.1

9.0

31.3

 

6) Do not watch TV

7.4

7.1

7.8

 

7) Others

2.5

3.6

0.7

 

8) Do not have a dish

2.6

3.2

1.7

 

9) No Opinion/Don’t know

0.1

0.1

 0.0

 

10) al Aqsa TV

5.5

3.7

8.7

 

 

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

6.1

4.2

9.6

 

2) Satisfied

38.4

37.5

40.2

 

3) Not satisfied 

36.1

39.4

30.3

 

4) not satisfied at all

14.7

12.7

18.2

 

5) DK/NA

4.6

6.2

1.7

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

02)

If new presidential elections are to take place today, and Mahmud Abbas was nominated by Fateh and Ismail Haniyeh was nominated by Hamas, whom would you vote for?

 

1) Mahmoud Abbas

58.8

60.4

56.7

 

2) Ismael Haneyyeh

36.3

33.6

39.8

 

3 DK/NA

4.9

6.0

3.5

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

03)

And if the competition was between Marwan Barghouti representing Fateh and Ismael Haneyyeh representing Hams, whom would you vote for?

 

1) Marwan Barghouti

63.0

67.4

57.1

 

2) Ismael Haneyyeh

32.1

27.8

38.1

 

3) No Opinion/ Don’t know

4.8

4.8

4.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

05)

Less than two years after the legislative elections, do you believe the list and the individuals to whom you have voted for still represent your views or do they no longer represent your views?

 

1) certainly still represent my views

23.7

17.1

33.9

 

2) still represent my views

38.9

40.4

36.6

 

3) no longer represent my views

23.7

28.2

16.7

 

4) certainly no longer represent my views

8.1

7.7

8.8

 

5) DK/NA

5.6

6.6

4.0

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

06)

 

If new elections agreed to by all factions are held today and the same lists that took part in the last PLC elections were nominated, for whom would you vote?

 

1) alternative

1.0

1.5

0.3

 

2) independent Palestine

3.4

4.5

1.8

 

3) Abu Ali Mustafa

3.4

4.0

2.6

 

4) Abu al Abbas

0.5

0.5

0.3

 

5) freedom and social justice

0.2

 

0.5

 

6) change and reform

31.2

27.8

35.8

 

7) national coalition for justice and democracy

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

8) third way

1.1

1.9

0.0

 

9) freedom and independence

0.5

0.8

0.0

 

10) Palestinian justice

0.4

0.6

0.0

 

11) Fateh

48.3

46.5

50.7

 

12) none of the above/ DK/NA/ Do not remember

10.1

11.8

7.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

07)

Hamas carried out a military step in mid June against security headquarters belonging to the PA in the Gaza Strip and succeeded after that in controlling the Strip. Do you approve or disapprove of what Hamas did?

 

1) Strongly approve

5.6

2.3

11.3

 

2) Approve

16.4

14.8

19.3

 

3) Disapprove

43.2

48.7

33.5

 

4) Strongly disapprove

30.1

27.9

34.1

 

5) DK/NA

4.7

6.3

1.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

08)

After the events in the Gaza Strip and the assertion of control by Hamas, the Rafah Crossing, the only access to Egypt, was closed completely. Who in your view is the most responsible party for the closure of the Crossing: Hamas, Fateh, Israel, or Egypt?

 

1) Egypt

2.4

2.5

2.1

 

2) Fateh

14.7

12.1

19.2

 

3) Hamas

26.0

22.0

33.1

 

4) Israel

40.9

44.8

34.1

 

5) Other (________________)

7.5

8.0

6.6

 

6) DK/NA

8.5

10.6

4.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

09)

There is talk now in the aftermath of the developments in Gaza about early presidential and legislative elections. Do you support or oppose the conduct of such early elections?

 

1) Strongly Support

14.7

11.3

20.7

 

2) Support

47.4

49.0

44.5

 

3) Oppose

24.7

26.6

21.3

 

4) Strongly Oppose

8.5

7.3

10.7

 

5) No Opinion/ Don’t know

4.7

5.8

2.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

10)

President Mahmud Abbas dismissed the government of Ismail Haniyeh after the Gaza events about three months ago. But the prime minister of the dismissed government remained in his position in the Gaza Strip. Do you approve or disapprove of his decision to stay in his position?

 

1) Strongly approve

9.2

5.8

15.1

 

2) Approve

31.2

32.6

28.9

 

3) Disapprove

38.0

40.4

33.8

 

4) Strongly disapprove

14.0

12.1

17.4

 

5) DK/NA

7.6

9.1

4.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

11)

Tell us how do you evaluate the performance of the dismissed government of Ismail Haniyeh in the Gaza Strip? Is it good or bad?

 

1) Very Good

8.9

5.7

14.6

 

2) Good

22.6

22.0

23.6

 

3) Neither good nor bad

18.8

18.4

19.7

 

4) Bad

27.2

29.3

23.5

 

5) Very Bad

15.5

14.5

17.1

 

6) No Opinion/Don’t know

7.0

10.2

1.5

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

12)

Moreover, President Abbas appointed an emergency government headed by Salam Fayyad. After the ending of the emergency period and due to the inability of the PLC to convene, the government of Fayyad became a care taker one. Do you approve or disapprove of the continued functioning of this government?

 

1) Strongly approve

8.9

6.6

12.8

 

2) Approve

39.8

41.9

36.1

 

3) Disapprove

33.3

33.0

33.7

 

4) Strongly disapprove

10.4

8.3

14.0

 

5) DK/NA

7.7

10.2

3.4

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

13)

Tell us how do you evaluate the performance of the government headed by Salam Fayyad? Is it good or bad?

 

1) Very Good

11.0

7.5

17.2

 

2) Good

33.1

35.5

28.9

 

3) Neither good nor bad

16.4

18.0

13.6

 

4) Bad

20.4

19.2

22.6

 

5) Very Bad

7.6

4.8

12.5

 

6) No Opinion/Don’t know

11.3

14.9

5.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

14)

In your view, what from among the following should be the top priority of the government of  Salam Fayyad?

 

1) Enforce law and order and end anarchy

32.7

38.4

22.7

 

2) End the financial and political boycott of the PA

18.4

15.1

24.2

 

3) revive the peace process and negotiations to end occupation

18.4

17.5

20.1

 

4) Embark or political reforms including fighting corruption

22.2

21.6

23.3

 

5) Others (specify: ----------------------- )

3.8

3.3

4.7

 

6) DK/NA

4.4

4.1

5.0

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

15)

Now after the events in the Gaza Strip and the separation between the Palestinian authorities in Gaza and the Palestinian authorities in the West Bank, what do you expect to happen in the future? Will the separation remain or will the two authorities be unified?

 

1) the two authorities will be unified in the next few months

29.2

20.8

44.0

 

2) the two authorities will be unified but within a year or two

19.2

21.6

15.2

 

3) the two authorities will not be unified soon or in the next two years

20.4

23.6

14.9

 

4) separation between the West Bank and Gaza will be consolidated and will become permanent

21.9

25.5

15.7

 

5) DK/NA

9.2

8.6

10.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

16)

After the separation between Gaza and the West Bank, Hamas and the government of Ismail Haniyeh remained in power in Gaza and considered itself the legitimate government while president Abu Mazin formed a new government headed by Salam Fayyad and it too considered itself legitimate. What about you, which of the two government you consider legitimate, the government of Haniyeh or the government of Abu Mazin and Fayyad?

 

1) Haniyehs’ government is the legitimate one

29.8

26.9

35.0

 

2) Abu Mazin’s and Fayyad government is the legitimate one

37.5

37.5

37.4

 

3) Both governments are legitimate

5.1

5.2

4.8

 

4) Both governments are not legitimate

21.9

23.8

18.6

 

5) DK/NA

5.8

6.6

4.3

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

17)

As an exit strategy for the current crisis between Fateh and Hamas and the split of authority, Hamas’s position is to call for an unconditional dialogue with Abu Mazin based on the current status quo. Abu Mazin’s and Fateh’s position is that he would agree to such a dialogue but under one condition; Hamas must first transfer control of the PA Gaza headquarters to him and return to the status quo ante. Which of the two positions is closer to your view?

 

1) Hamas’s position

27.2

24.1

32.5

 

2) Abu Mazin’s and Fateh’s position

46.1

43.9

49.9

 

3) I disagree with both positions

23.5

27.5

16.7

 

4) DK/NA

3.2

4.5

1.0

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

18)

President Mahmud Abbas has issued a decree that has changed the Palestinian electoral law from the current mixed one of proportional representation and majoritarian systems based on districts to one that is fully based on proportional representation whereby all the West Bank and the Gaza Strip would constitute one electoral district and voting would be for party lists rather than to individuals and the share of each list in the seats of the parliament would be equal to the percentage of votes it received in the election. Do you support or oppose this change?

 

1) Strongly support

9.6

8.5

11.4

 

2) support

47.9

51.4

41.7

 

3) oppose

26.1

24.2

29.6

 

4) Strongly oppose

7.4

5.8

10.1

 

5) DK/NA

9.1

10.1

7.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

18a)

The presidential decree has further conditioned nomination of electoral lists to acceptance of the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, as well as the acceptance of the Declaration of Independence and the Basic law. Do you support or oppose this condition?

 

1) Strongly support

9.3

8.0

11.8

 

2) support

52.4

56.2

45.7

 

3) oppose

24.4

23.2

26.5

 

4) Strongly oppose

7.4

5.4

10.7

 

5) DK/NA

6.6

7.2

5.4