PSR - Survey Research Unit: Poll No. 27 - Main Results in Numbers Poll 27 main findings in numbers

PSR Poll No. 27

13-15 March 2008

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

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From among the following satellite news stations, which one you watched most during the last two months?

 

1) Al Arabia

6.1

4.8

8.5

 

2) Al Jazeera

54.2

62.4

39.9

 

3) Al Hurra

0.3

0.3

0.2

 

4) Al Manar

3.6

5.0

1.1

 

5) Palestine TV

11.2

9.4

14.4

 

6) Al-Aqsa TV

18.3

11.3

30.4

 

7) Do not watch TV

3.0

2.8

3.2

 

8) Others

1.1

1.0

1.4

 

9) Do not have a dish

2.2

3.0

0.7

 

10) No Opinion/Don’t know

0.1

 0.0

0.2

 

 

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

5.5

4.1

7.9

 

2) Satisfied

35.0

33.3

38.0

 

3) Not satisfied 

36.3

37.1

35.0

 

4) not satisfied at all

19.6

20.7

17.6

 

5) DK/NA

3.6

4.9

1.4

 

 

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

46.4

47.0

45.6

 

2) Ismael Haneyyeh

47.0

45.4

49.0

 

3 DK/NA

6.6

7.6

5.4

 

 

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

56.7

58.1

54.6

 

2) Ismael Haneyyeh

38.2

34.8

43.0

 

3) No Opinion/ Don’t know

5.1

7.1

2.3

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

05)

 

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

1.5

2.0

0.8

 

2) independent Palestine

3.5

5.0

1.3

 

3) Abu Ali Mustafa

4.0

4.6

3.2

 

4) Abu al Abbas

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

5) freedom and social justice

0.6

0.6

0.6

 

6) change and reform

34.8

30.9

40.4

 

7) national coalition for justice and democracy

0.4

0.4

0.5

 

8) third way

1.5

2.3

0.5

 

9) freedom and independence

0.4

0.2

0.6

 

10) Palestinian justice

0.2

0.2

0.2

 

11) Fateh

41.6

40.8

42.7

 

12) none of the above/ DK/NA

11.4

13.0

9.1

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

06)

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

7.6

6.6

9.2

 

2) Approve

18.8

16.0

23.7

 

3) Disapprove

45.3

46.5

43.3

 

4) Strongly disapprove

22.2

22.4

21.8

 

5) DK/NA

6.1

8.5

1.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

07)

President Mahmud Abbas dismissed the government of Ismail Haniyeh after the Gaza events about Nine 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

12.1

10.2

15.3

 

2) Approve

36.8

37.8

35.0

 

3) Disapprove

34.7

31.9

39.5

 

4) Strongly disapprove

10.2

11.3

8.4

 

5) DK/NA

6.3

8.8

1.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

08)

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

4.7

5.0

4.3

 

2) Approve

32.9

32.5

33.7

 

3) Disapprove

42.2

40.8

44.6

 

4) Strongly disapprove

13.1

12.5

14.2

 

5) DK/NA

7.0

9.2

3.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

09)

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

34.0

32.1

37.3

 

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

28.8

26.0

33.9

 

3) Both governments are legitimate

9.3

9.6

8.8

 

4) Both governments are not legitimate

24.4

28.0

18.2

 

5) DK/NA

3.4

4.3

1.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

10)

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

36.8

35.1

39.8

 

2) Abu Mazin’s and Fateh’s position

38.7

36.0

43.3

 

3) I disagree with both positions

21.9

25.5

15.5

 

4) DK/NA

2.7

3.4

1.4

 

 

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

14.7

11.0

21.2

 

2) Good

24.7

24.3

25.4

 

3) Neither good nor bad

20.4

20.8

19.8

 

4) Bad

19.7

19.7

19.6

 

5) Very Bad

14.0

14.3

13.3

 

6) No Opinion/Don’t know

6.6

9.9

0.7

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

12)

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

 

1) Very Good

4.3

3.1

6.4

 

2) Good

25.7

27.2

23.3

 

3) Neither good nor bad

22.0

23.7

19.2

 

4) Bad

24.9

24.0

26.3

 

5) Very Bad

16.8

14.8

20.1

 

6) No Opinion/Don’t know

6.3

7.2

4.7

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

13)

In general, how would you describe conditions of the Palestinians in the Palestinian areas in Gaza Strip these days?

 

1) Very good

0.9

0.4

1.8

 

2) Good

4.4

3.4

6.1

 

3) So so

6.8

5.4

9.2

 

4) Bad

30.1

29.9

30.6

 

5) Very bad

56.8

59.3

52.3

 

6) DK/NA

1.0

1.6

 

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

14)

In general, how would you describe conditions of the Palestinians in the Palestinian areas in the West Bank these days?

 

1) Very good

2.2

1.1

4.1

 

2) Good

18.9

13.7

27.9

 

3) So so

24.9

26.2

22.6

 

4) Bad

33.3

36.6

27.6

 

5) Very bad

18.3

21.9

12.1

 

6) DK/NA

2.4

0.6

5.7

 

 

 

 

 

15)

Generally, do you see yourself as:

 

1) Religious

48.4

43.3

57.2

 

2) Somewhat religious

47.9

52.1

40.7

 

3) Not religious

3.4

4.2

1.9

 

4) DK/NA

0.3

0.4

0.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

16)

Generally, do you see yourself as:

 

1) Supportive of the peace process

66.5

63.0

72.5

 

2) Opposed to the peace process

17.6

18.7

15.7

 

3) Between support and opposition

15.0

17.2

11.1

 

4) DK/NA

0.9

1.1

0.6

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

17)

Would you say that these days your security and safety, and that of your family, is assured or not assured?

 

1) Completely assured

6.8

2.0

15.1

 

2) Assured

30.2

30.0

30.7

 

3) Not assured  

48.0

50.2

44.0

 

4) Not assured at all 

15.0

17.8

10.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

23)

With regard to meetings between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and PA President Mahmud Abbas, do you see them beneficial and should be continued or do you see them unbeneficial and should be stopped?

 

1) Beneficial, and should continue

21.4

19.2

25.2

 

2) Unbeneficial and should stop

74.9

76.1

72.8

 

3) NO/DK

3.7

4.7

1.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

24)

Do you support or oppose the launching of rockets from the Gaza Strip against towns and cities inside Israel, such as Sderot and Ashkelon?

 

1) Certainly support

24.3

21.0

30.1

 

2) Support

39.3

41.6

35.2

 

3) Oppose

26.2

26.0

26.5

 

4) Certainly oppose

6.4

6.3

6.5

 

5) NA/DK

3.9

5.2

1.6

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

25)

Who, in your views, is responsible for the continued split in the PA between Gaza and the West Bank? Fateh or Hamas?

 

1) Hamas

17.0

13.7

22.6

 

2) Fateh

20.8

18.5

24.7

 

3) Both of them

53.8

57.9

46.8

 

4) No one

4.1

4.6

3.2

 

5) Other

2.5

2.5

2.5

 

6) No Opinion/ Don’t know

1.9

2.8

0.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

26)

What do you expect to happen now between Palestinians and Israelis, after increase in the level of violence and number of Palestinian and Israeli causalities and at the time the two sides started final status negotiations launched by the Annapolis Conference?

 

1) Negotiations will resume soon enough and armed confrontations will stop

12.9

14.0

10.9

 

2) Negotiations will resume but some armed attacks will continue

47.8

43.1

56.0

 

3) Armed confrontations will not stop and the two sides will not return to negotiations

34.5

37.1

29.9

 

4) DK/NA

4.9

5.8

3.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

27)

According to the Saudi plan, Israel will retreat from all territories occupied in 1967 including Gaza the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, and a Palestinian state will be established. The refugees problem will be resoved through negotiation in a just and agreed upon manner and in accordance with UN resolution 194 which allows return of refugees to Israel and compensation. In return, all Arab states will recognize Israel and its right to secure borders, will sign peace treaties with her and establish normal diplomatic relations.  Do you agree or disagree to this plan?

 

1) Certainly agree

8.2

8.2

8.2

 

2) agree

57.5

54.6

62.7

 

3) disagree

24.8

26.7

21.5

 

4) Certainly disagree

6.8

7.4

5.7

 

5) DK/NA

2.7

3.1

1.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

28A)

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 will 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

5.3

6.4

3.4

 

2) agree

51.8

53.4

48.9

 

3) disagree

29.8

30.0

29.4

 

4) definitely disagree

11.8

8.9

17.0

 

5) DK/NA

1.3

1.3

1.3

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

28B)

There is a proposal that as part of an Israeli Palestinian final status agreement there will be a mutual recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people and Palestine as the state of the Palestinian people. Do you agree or disagree to this proposal?

 

1) Certainly agree

5.5

6.7

3.5

 

2) Agree

47.9

49.2

45.8

 

3) Disagree

33.3

30.0

39.1

 

4) Certainly disagree

12.3

12.7

11.7

 

5) DK/NA

0.9

1.5

0.0

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

29)

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

46.7

46.8

46.6

 

2) Majority opposes

41.3

41.1

41.6

 

3) DK/NA

12.0

12.2

11.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

30)

And what is the Israeli majority opinion on this issue? Do most Israelis 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

40.1

36.4

46.4

 

2) Majority opposes

47.8

50.8

42.5

 

5) DK/NA

12.2

12.8

11.0

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

33)

Now 40 years after the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, what in your view are the chances for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state next to the state of Israel in the next five years? Are they high, medium, low, or none existent?

           

1) None existent

31.1

34.3

25.6

 

2) Low

37.2

37.5

36.7

 

3) Medium

24.2

21.8

28.4

 

4) High

5.3

4.2

7.3

 

5) DK/NA

2.2

2.3

2.0

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

34)

And what are your expectations regarding the chances for the success or failure of the negotiations launched by Annapolis conference? Will it succeed or fail in ending Israeli occupation?

 

1) Certainly will succeed

0.4

0.5

0.2

 

2) Will succeed

13.3

12.6

14.4

 

3) Will fail

49.1

50.3

47.1

 

4) Certainly will fail

30.8

29.3

33.4

 

5) DK/NA

6.4

7.3

4.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

35)

Concerning armed attacks against Israeli civilians inside Israel, I….

 

1) Strongly support

27.9

23.9

34.9

 

2) Support

38.6

38.4

38.8

 

3) Oppose

28.2

30.0

25.1

 

4) Strongly oppose

2.7

3.7

1.0

 

5) DK/NA

2.7

4.1

0.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

36)

And what about the bombing attack in the religious school in Jerusalem inside Israel in the first week of the current month of March in which eight Israeli students were killed in addition to the Palestinian attacker, do you support or oppose this attack?

 

1) Certainly support

41.9

37.9

48.8

 

2) Support

41.6

41.2

42.4

 

3) Oppose

12.0

14.3

8.0

 

4) Certainly oppose

1.4

1.9

0.5

 

5) DK/NA

3.2

4.8

0.4

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

37)

And what about the bombing attack in Dimona in Israel in early February of this year in which one Israeli woman was killed in addition to the two bombers, do you support or oppose this attack?

 

1) Certainly support

34.8

29.5

44.0

 

2) Support

42.6

41.0

45.4

 

3) Oppose

16.9

21.4

9.1

 

4) Certainly oppose

1.6

2.2

0.5

 

5) DK/NA

4.1

5.8

1.1

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

38)

Which of the following political parties do you support?

 

1) PPP

0.6

0.8

0.4

 

2) PFLP

3.3

3.7

2.7

 

3) Fateh

30.9

28.0

35.9

 

4) Hamas

24.7

19.6

33.5

 

5) DFLP

0.3

0.5

 0.0

 

6) Islamic Jihad

2.5

2.2

3.1

 

7) Fida

0.1

 0.0

0.2

 

8) National Initiative (Mubadara)

1.8

2.5

0.5

 

9) Independent Islamists

4.7

4.5

5.0

 

10) Independent Nationalists

4.5

4.4

4.5

 

11) None of the above

26.1

33.0

14.1

 

12) Other, specify

0.6

0.8

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

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