PSR - Survey Research Unit: Public Opinion Poll # 33
PSR Poll 33

 

 

 

PSR Poll No. 33

13-15 August 2009

 

                                                        

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

10.0

7.4

14.4

 

2) Al Jazeera

53.6

61.6

39.6

 

3) Al Hurra

0.2

0.2

0.2

 

4) Al Manar

2.2

3.1

0.7

 

5) Palestine TV

12.8

11.4

15.2

 

6) Al-Aqsa TV

9.4

4.5

17.8

 

7) Do not watch TV

8.5

8.4

8.6

 

8) Others

2.4

2.1

2.8

 

9) Do not have a dish

0.8

1.1

0.2

 

10) No Opinion/Don’t know

0.2

0.1

0.5

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

01)

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

 

1) Very good

2.6

2.6

2.6

 

2) Good

11.3

11.3

11.2

 

3) So so

15.4

17.4

11.9

 

4) Bad

35.3

36.7

32.7

 

5) Very bad

32.8

27.8

41.6

 

6) DK/NA

2.7

4.3

 

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

02)

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

 

1) Very good

7.6

5.1

12.0

 

2) Good

26.4

23.6

31.3

 

3) So so

26.5

31.8

17.4

 

4) Bad

24.5

26.8

20.5

 

5) Very bad

10.9

11.7

9.5

 

6) DK/NA

4.0

0.9

9.3

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

03)

Generally, do you see yourself as:

 

1) Religious

47.1

38.0

63.0

 

2) Somewhat religious

49.7

58.1

34.9

 

3) Not religious

2.9

3.3

2.1

 

4) DK/NA

0.4

0.6

0.0

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

04)

Generally, do you see yourself as:

 

1) Supportive of the peace process

65.9

59.2

77.6

 

2) Opposed to the peace process

18.5

21.5

13.2

 

3) Between support and opposition

14.3

17.9

7.9

 

4) DK/NA

1.3

1.4

1.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

05)

Do you think that there is corruption in PA institutions under the control of President Abu Mazin?

 

1) Yes 

67.5

71.1

61.2

 

2) No 

20.3

16.6

26.7

 

3) DK/NA

12.3

12.4

12.1

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

06)

If yes, will this corruption in PA institutions under the control of President Abu Mazin increase, decrease or remain as it is in the future?

 

1) Will increase   

50.5

57.0

37.5

 

2) Will remain as it is

17.6

17.9

16.9

 

3) Will decrease

25.5

19.2

38.2

 

4) DK/NA

6.4

5.8

7.4

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

07)

How would you evaluate the current status of democracy and human rights in the Palestinian Authority under Abu Mazin? Would you say it is:

 

1) Very good 

6.9

5.5

9.4

 

2) Good 

29.5

26.7

34.4

 

3) Neither bad nor good

24.7

26.1

22.3

 

4) Bad

22.2

24.2

18.8

 

5) Very bad

12.9

13.8

11.4

 

6) DK/NA

3.8

3.7

3.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

08)

How would you evaluate the current status of democracy and human rights in the Gaza Strip under Ismail Hanyieh government? Would you say it is:

 

1) Very good 

5.7

4.6

7.4

 

2) Good 

22.7

20.9

25.9

 

3) Fair

19.1

18.8

19.6

 

4) Bad

23.8

25.8

20.2

 

5) Very bad

19.3

16.5

24.2

 

6) DK/NA

9.5

13.3

2.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

09)

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

 

1) Completely assured

8.7

5.8

13.7

 

2) Assured

51.1

52.1

49.4

 

3) Not assured  

32.8

35.8

27.6

 

4) Not assured at all 

7.2

6.2

9.0

 

5) DK/NA

0.2

0.1

0.4

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

10)

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

7.6

6.9

8.9

 

2) Good

29.7

26.2

35.8

 

3) So so

22.3

21.4

23.8

 

4) Bad

21.9

22.5

20.7

 

5) Very bad

7.7

6.3

10.3

 

6) DK/NA

10.8

16.7

0.5

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

11)

Tell us how do you evaluate the performance of the government that was headed by Salam Fayyad until recently when he formed a new government? Is it good or bad?

 

1) Very good

6.3

6.3

6.3

 

2) Good

31.4

31.3

31.4

 

3) So so

24.1

23.1

25.8

 

4) Bad

22.6

22.5

22.7

 

5) Very bad

8.0

8.0

8.2

 

6) DK/NA

7.6

8.8

5.5

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

12)

Are you satisfied or not satisfied with the performance of Mahmud Abbas since his election as president of the PA?

 

1) Very satisfied

5.4

4.3

7.5

 

2) Satisfied

42.6

42.0

43.6

 

3) Not satisfied 

34.0

33.6

34.6

 

4) Not satisfied at all

14.7

15.8

12.7

 

5) DK/NA

3.3

4.3

1.6

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

13)

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) Mahmud Abbas

52.4

52.8

51.9

 

2) Ismail Haniyeh

38.3

36.4

40.8

 

3) DK/NA

9.3

10.9

7.3

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

14)

And if the competition was between Marwan Barghouti representing Fateh and Ismail Haniyeh representing Hamas, whom would you vote for?

 

1) Marwan Barghouti

62.2

66.4

56.1

 

2) Ismail Haniyeh

31.2

26.7

37.6

 

3) DK/NA

6.6

6.9

6.3

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

16)

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

1.3

0.9

1.8

 

2) Independent Palestine

3.2

3.7

2.6

 

3) Abu Ali Mustafa

4.1

5.2

2.6

 

4) Abu al Abbas

0.2

0.0

0.4

 

5) Freedom and social justice

0.4

0.5

0.3

 

6) Change and reform

28.0

24.6

33.2

 

8) Third way

1.0

1.4

0.3

 

9) Freedom and independence

0.2

0.4

0.0

 

10) Palestinian justice

0.4

0.7

0.0

 

11) Fateh

44.2

41.4

48.5

 

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

16.9

21.2

10.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

17)

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 governments you consider legitimate, the government of Haniyeh or the government of Abu Mazin and Fayyad?

 

1) Haniyehs’ government is the legitimate one

28.1

27.4

29.1

 

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

27.6

25.5

31.4

 

3) Both governments are legitimate

10.9

11.4

10.0

 

4) Both governments are not legitimate

28.2

29.6

25.7

 

5) DK/NA

5.3

6.1

3.7

18)

From among the following three Palestinian priorities, which in your opinion is the most important one today?

 

1) Gaza reconstruction

16.4

17.2

15.0

 

2) Reconciliation and reunification of the West Bank and the

56.6

57.6

54.9

 

3) Return to quite and opening of Gaza crossings

26.1

23.9

29.9

 

4) DK/NA

0.9

1.3

0.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

19)

Mahmud Abbas's term as president of the Palestinian Authority ends in January 2010, if no new presidential elections take place on that date, does he lose or does not lose his legitimacy as president of the PA?

 

1) Certainly loses legitimacy

17.4

16.1

19.5

 

2) Loses legitimacy

42.3

44.2

38.9

 

3) Does not lose legitimacy

26.9

25.3

29.6

 

4) Certainly loses legitimacy

3.5

2.8

4.8

 

5) DK/NA

10.0

11.6

7.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

20)

Similarly, the Palestinian Legislative Council's term ends in January 2010, if no new legislative elections take place on that date, does it lose or does not lose its legitimacy?

 

1) Certainly loses legitimacy

15.6

13.8

18.6

 

2) Loses legitimacy

43.2

44.4

41.1

 

3) Does not lose legitimacy

27.7

26.9

29.1

 

4) Certainly loses legitimacy

2.6

2.2

3.3

 

5) DK/NA

10.9

12.7

7.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

21)

If president Abbas calls for new legislative and presidential elections to take place in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on its constitutionally-mandated date in January 2010 but Hamas's dismissed government refused to allow it in the Gaza Strip, do you support or oppose holding elections in the West Bank only?

 

1) Certainly support

3.9

3.2

5.2

 

2) Support

21.5

24.4

16.5

 

3) Oppose

52.0

53.9

48.7

 

4) Certainly oppose

20.0

15.6

27.9

 

5) DK/NA

2.5

2.9

1.7

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

22)

And what if Hamas's dismissed government calls for new legislative and presidential elections to take place in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on its constitutionally-mandated date in January 2010 but Salam Fayyad's government refused to allow it in the West Bank, do you support or oppose holding elections in the Gaza Strip only?

 

1) Certainly support

2.7

2.0

3.9

 

2) Support

15.9

16.6

14.6

 

3) Oppose

58.2

61.7

52.0

 

4) Certainly oppose

20.3

15.9

28.1

 

5) DK/NA

2.9

3.8

1.4

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

23)

If Fateh-Hamas dialogue fails to lead to the formation of a national unity government, do you support holding legislative and presidential elections on its constitutionally-mandated date in early 2010 in agreement between the two sides under the supervision of a single election commission whereby Hamas’s dismissed government in Gaza insures conduct of elections in the Gaza Strip and Salam Fayyad’s government in the West Bank insures conduct of elections in the West Bank?

 

1) Certainly yes

6.5

6.9

5.8

 

2) Yes

34.1