10 July 2011
Palestinian Public Opinion Poll No (40)
Palestinians want Abbas’ and PLO’s policy to be the
platform of the reconciliation government and Fayyad to be its prime minister;
an overwhelming majority wants a real state in September, one that exercises
sovereignty in area C and at the international crossings with Jordan; and a
majority wants to participate in big peaceful demonstrations that would breach
checkpoints and block roads of Israeli settlers and army
16-18 June 2011
These are the results of the latest poll
conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip between 16-18 June 2011.
The poll was conducted after the signing of the reconciliation agreement
between Fateh and Hamas and during the continued turmoil and revolt in the Arab
World including the popular uprisings in Syria, Yemen and Libya. This period
witnessed increased PA official statements indicating insistence on going to
the UN for recognition of a Palestinian state in September. This press release
covers Palestinian domestic conditions, the performance of the governments of
Salam Fayyad and Ismail Haniyeh, the internal balance of power between Fateh
and Hamas, the future of the reconciliation agreement, and the views of the
public on the most vital Palestinian goals and the most serious problems
confronting Palestinians today. It also covers issues related to the peace
process and the expected September process. Total size of the sample is 1200
adults interviewed face to face in 120 randomly selected locations. Margin of
error is 3%.
For further details, contact PSR director,
Dr. Khalil Shikaki, or Walid Ladadweh at tel 02-296
4933 or email pcpsr@pcpsr.org.
Table of Contents:
Main Findings:
Findings of the second quarter of 2011
show that the reconciliation agreement between Fateh and Hamas has triggered
important changes in public attitudes and perceptions. Indeed, the agreement has removed,
almost completely, the issue of the split between West Bank and the Gaza Strip
from the list of critical problems in the minds of the public. But the fading
of the problem of the split led to the emergence of a new problem: the concern
that the agreement, once implemented, and a majority believes
that it will indeed be implemented, it will bring back international political
and financial sanctions and boycott. For this reason, and while findings show
that Hamas has benefited considerably from signing the agreement, a clear
majority of the public wants the new Palestinian government of specialists,
once formed, to implement the president’s and the PLO’s peace program and
policy rather than that of Hamas. Most importantly, the largest percentage
wants Salam Fayyad, Fateh’s candidate, to be the next prime minister. Indeed,
only a small minority wants Jamal Khodari, Hamas’
candidate, to be the next prime minister. Perhaps the public believes that if
Fayyad stays as prime minister and if he continues to implement Abbas’ peace
agenda and policies, the threat of boycott and sanctions would diminish or
disappear.
Findings
show a split in public attitude regarding the Obama proposal for terms of
reference for the peace process on borders and the national identity of Israel
and Palestine, both supported by half of the public. But three quarters of the
public oppose Obama’s suggestion that the Palestinian state should be
non-militarized and about two thirds reject the US position that going to the
UN in September to seek recognition of a Palestinian state would be a
mistake. Findings show that three
quarters of the Palestinians support an exercise of sovereignty over the
so-called area (C) including the deployment of Palestinian security forces in
those areas in the context of the UN recognition of Palestinian statehood. Similarly, three quarters support exercise of
Palestinian sovereignty over the Allenby international crossing with Jordan
even if such a step leads to the closure of the crossing. Findings indicate
that a majority wants to participate in big popular peaceful demonstrations
that would seek to breach checkpoints and to block roads used by Israeli
settlers and army.
(1) The future of the reconciliation agreement:
- A majority of 59% is optimistic
about the chances that the reconciliation agreement will be implemented,
but a similar majority (55%) expects the return of international financial
sanctions after the establishment of a reconciliation government
- A plurality prefers Fayyad as prime
minister and a majority wants the new government to follow the policies of
the PA president and the PLO rather than the policy of Hamas
- The public is divided over the
factors that led to the reconciliation agreement and half believes that
both Fateh and Hamas emerged winners from the agreement
A majority of
59% believes that Fateh and Hamas will succeed in implementing the
reconciliation agreement and in unifying the West Bank and the Gaza Strip while
37% believe they will fail. But a majority of 55% expects the return of
international boycott and financial sanctions after the formation of a new
reconciliation government and 37% do not expect that. Perhaps to reduce the
probability of such a development, a plurality prefers Abbas’ candidate for the
prime minister position over Hamas’ candidate: In a choice between Salam Fayyad
and Jamal Khodari, 45% of the public favors the
former and only 22% favor the latter. 12% favor other candidates and 21% remain
undecided. Perhaps for the same reason, a majority of 61% wants the new
government of reconciliation to follow the peace policies and agendas of
President Abbas and the PLO rather than Hamas’. Only 18% want the new
government to follow the peace policy and agenda of Hamas.
Belief that the
new government should follow the policies of Abbas and the PLO increases among
supporters of the peace process (69%) compared to those who are opposed to the
peace process (38%), among those who are “somewhat religious” (65%) compared to
those who are “religious” (54%), among supporters of Fateh (89%) compared to
supporters of Hamas (27%). Preference for Fayyad as the prime minister of the
reconciliation government increases among men (49%) compared to women (41%),
among the “somewhat religious” (50%) compared the “religious” (39%), among
supporters of the peace process (45%) compared to those who are opposed to the
peace process (17%), among supporters of Fateh (80%) compared to supporters of
Hamas (10%) and supporters of third parties and those who remain undecided (51%
each), and among holders of preparatory certificate and illiterates (48%)
compared to college and university graduates (42%). Half of the public (50%) says that both Fateh
and Hamas came out winners from the reconciliation agreement, 12% say Hamas
came out the winner, 11% say Fateh came out the winner, and 20% say neither
came out a winner. 29% believe that the reason a reconciliation agreement was
signed has to do with the fall of the Mubarak regime in Egypt while 27% believe
it was the youth demonstrations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip that was
responsible for forcing the two sides to sign the agreement. Moreover, 21%
believe the reason was the failure of negotiations with Israel while 12%
believe it was the eruption of youth demonstrations against the Syrian regime.
(2) Conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, performance of
the governments of Fayyad and Haniyeh, and presidential and legislative
elections
- Increase in the positive evaluation
of conditions in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, but positive evaluation
of West Bank condition remains higher than that of the Gaza Strip
- Positive evaluation of freedom of
the press in the West Bank is higher than it is in the Gaza Strip and the
same is true in regard to ability of citizens to criticize the government
without fear
- But perception of personal safety
and security is higher among residents of the Gaza Strip than among residents
of the West Bank
- Satisfaction with the performance
of president Abbas increases from 46% to 52%
- If new presidential elections where
to take place today, Abbas would receive 54% of the popular vote and
Haniyeh 38%; but if the competition was between Marwan Barghouti and
Haniyeh, the former would receive 61% and the latter 33%
- If new legislative elections were
to take place today, Hamas would receive 28% of the participants’ vote and
Fateh 42%. All third parties combined would receive 10% and the undecided
stands at 19%
- Three quarters support Abbas’
decision annulling articles in the penal code whereby those accused of
“family honor” killings are given light sentences
- 70% support Fateh’s decision to
expel Dahlan from its ranks
25% describe
conditions in the Gaza Strip as good or very good and 47% describe them as bad
or very bad. In our last poll, three months ago, in March 2011, 21% described
conditions in the Gaza Strip as good or very good and 56% said they were bad or
very bad. It is worth noting that a year ago, in June 2010,
only 9% described conditions in the Gaza Strip as good or very good. Today, 37%
describe conditions in the West Bank as good or very good and 29% describe them
as bad or very bad. Three months ago, these percentages stood at 33% and 33%
respectively. As can be seen in the following table, a year ago, positive
evaluation of conditions in the West Bank stood at 35%.
Table (1): Positive
evaluation (good or very good) of conditions in the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip
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West Bank
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Gaza Strip
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June 2011
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37%
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25%
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March 2011
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33%
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21%
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December
2010
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35%
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17%
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September
2010
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33%
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11%
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June 2010
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35%
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9%
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March 2010
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31%
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11%
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December
2009
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31%
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9%
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September
2009
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34%
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14%
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June 2009
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31%
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10%
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March 2009
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25%
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7%
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December
2008
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26%
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6%
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September
2008
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27%
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8%
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June 2008
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25%
|
5%
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March 2008
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21%
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5%
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December 2007
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31%
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8%
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September
2007
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27%
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8%
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71% say there
is corruption in the PA institutions in the West Bank while only 60% say there
is corruption in the institutions of the dismissed government in the Gaza
Strip. These percentages are similar to those obtained three months ago. But 61%
say there is, or there is to some extent, press freedom in the West Bank and 34%
say there is no such freedom in the West Bank. By contrast, 47% say there is,
or there is to some extent, press freedom in the Gaza Strip while 41% say there
is no such freedom in the Gaza Strip. Moreover, 31% say people in the West Bank
can criticize the authority in the West Bank without fear. By contrast, 25% say
people in the Gaza Strip can criticize the authorities in Gaza without fear. These
findings reflect an improvement in the situation in the Gaza Strip and a slight
decline in the West Bank compared to where things stood three months ago. Since
the split between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in June 2007, these
percentages have witnessed gradual and significant decrease. As the table below
shows, belief that people can criticize the authorities in the West Bank without
fear stood at 56% while 52% believed that people can criticize the authorities
without fear in the Gaza Strip. This is the first time since the split that we
have seen an increase in the percentage of those who believe that people in the
Gaza Strip can criticize the authorities there without fear. The change may be
due to changing perceptions of Hamas’ behavior in the Gaza Strip after the
signing of the reconciliation agreement.
Table (2): belief that people can criticize authorities in the West Bank
or Gaza Strip without fear
since the split between the two areas
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Date
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Ability to
criticize authorities in the West Bank
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Ability to
criticize authorities in the Gaza Strip
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June 2011
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31%
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25%
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March 2011
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33%
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19%
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December 2010
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27%
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19%
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September 2010
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30%
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24%
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March 2009
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37%
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29%
|
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August 2008
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47%
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42%
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September 2007
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56%
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52%
|
Perception of
safety and security stands at 56% in the West Bank and 80% in the Gaza Strip. This
finding indicates a large increase in the perception of safety and security in
the Gaza Strip compared to March 2011 when it stood at 67%. The difference may
reflect a perception change in light of the reconciliation agreement. Positive
evaluation of the performance of the governments of Ismail Haniyeh stands at 39%
and Salam Fayyad’s at 43%. Three months ago, these percentages stood at 31% and
39% respectively. Findings show that the percentage of Gazans who say that political,
security, and economic conditions force them to seek immigration to other
countries stands at 40%; in the West Bank, the percentage stands at 26%. Three
months ago, these figures stood at 37% and 21% respectively, which means that
the signing of the reconciliation agreement, despite the public support, has
nonetheless brought back concerns about international sanctions and boycott.
Percentage of
satisfaction with the performance of President Abbas stands at 52% while 45%
say they are dissatisfied with his performance. These percentages reflect an
increase in the level of satisfaction with the performance of the president,
which stood at 46% three months ago while the level of dissatisfaction stood at
51%. Satisfaction with the performance of the president stands at 47% in the
Gaza Strip and 55% in the West Bank. The increase in the percentage of
satisfaction with the performance of Abbas may be an outcome of the signing of
the reconciliation agreement. If new
presidential elections are held today, and only two were nominated, Abbas would
receive the vote of 54% and Haniyeh 38% of the vote of those participating. The
rate of participation in such election would reach 60%. In the Gaza Strip,
Abbas receives in this poll 51% and Haniyeh 44% and in the West Bank Abbas
receives 56% and Haniyeh 34%. These results are similar to those obtained in
our pervious poll three months ago. If the presidential elections were between
Marwan Barghouti and Ismail Haniyeh, the former would receive 61% and the
latter would receive 33% of the participants’ votes. The rate of participation
in this case would reach 67%. In the Gaza Strip, Barghouti receives 56% and
Haniyeh 40% and in the West Bank Barghouti receives 64% and Haniyeh 29%. These
results are similar to those obtained three months ago. Most popular figures selected by the public
as possible vice presidents from a list of five provided to respondents are
Marwan Barghouti (selected by 27% of the public), Ismail Haniyeh (22%), Salam Fayyad (17%) Mustafa Barghouti (9%)
and Saeb Erekat (4%).
If new
legislative elections are held today with the participation of all factions, 69%
say they would participate in such elections. Of those who would participate, 28%
say they would vote for Hamas and 42% say they would vote for Fateh, 10% would
vote for all other third parties combined, and 19% are undecided. These results
indicate an increase of two percentage points to each of Fateh and Hamas
compared to our results three months ago. Vote for Hamas in the Gaza Strip in
this poll stands at 36 % and in the West Bank 24%. Vote for Fateh in the Gaza
Strip is 43% and in the West Bank 42%.
Findings show
that an overwhelming majority of 75% supports and 19% oppose PA president
decision annulling articles in the penal code whereby those accused of “family
honor” killings are given light sentences. 70% support and 21% oppose the
decision by Fateh’s Central Committee to expel Mohammad Dahlan from Fateh and
transferring his file to the Attorney General’s office. Support for the
decision is similar in the West Bank (71%) and the Gaza Strip (68%) but opposition
to the decision increases to 28% in the Gaza Strip and drops to 17% in the West
Bank. Moreover, support for the decision is higher among supporters of Hamas
(90%) compared to supporters of Fateh (58%). 61% believe that differences of
opinion within Fateh regarding Dahlan reflect big and serious disagreement
within the movement while 33% believe they reflect a minor disagreement. Differences of opinion that erupted within
Hamas after the signing of the reconciliation agreement reflect big and serious
disagreement within the movement in the views of 42% of the public while 48%
believe that they reflect minor disagreements.
(3) Palestinian attitudes and expectations towards September
- 65%
support going to the UN to seek recognition of Palestinian statehood
despite American warning not to do so
- If
Palestinians go to the UN General Assembly, 57% believe they will obtain
recognition of their state from two thirds of the members, but 76% believe
the US will use its veto power in the Security Council
- 48%
believe that Palestine will become a UN member in September and 44% do not
believe so
- Two
thirds expect Israeli occupation to become harsher in response to the UN
vote
- The
public is split over the best means of forcing Israel to end its
occupation: about a third believes in armed attacks, another third
believes in peaceful resistance, and 26% believe negotiation is the answer
- 76%
want the PA to exercise sovereignty in September including the opening of
highways, an airport, and the deployment of security forces in area (C)
and 75% want Palestinian sovereignty over the Allenby crossing with Jordan
even if such step leads to the closure of the crossing
- 52%
say they will participate in peaceful demonstrations that would seek to
breach checkpoints and block roads after the UN recognition of the state
of Palestine
- A
majority of 58% believes that most of the European countries will recognize
the Palestinian state in September; despite this, a similar percentage
believes that the position of the EU member states is closer to the
Israeli position
President
Obama stated that it would be a mistake for the Palestinians to go to the UN in
September to obtain recognition for their state. Despite the Obama statement,
65% of the Palestinians believe the PA should go to the UN in September and 31%
believe it should not. Support for going to the UN despite the American warning
is higher among supporters of the peace process (71%) compared to those opposed
to the peace process (51%), among supporters of Fateh (75%) compared to
supporters of Hamas (61%), and among university and college graduates (70%)
compared to illiterates and those with elementary education (58%).
A
majority of 57% of the Palestinians believes that if the Palestinians turn to
the UN General Assembly for recognition of a Palestinian state, they will
succeed in obtaining a two thirds majority; 36% of the Palestinians believe
they will not succeed. A majority of Palestinians also believes that the US
will use its veto power in the UN Security Council in order to prevent the UN
from admitting the state of Palestine as a UN member. 76% of the Palestinians
think so, while 18% think that the US will not use its veto power. Palestinians
are split with regard to the question whether a state of Palestine will become
a UN member in September: 48% of the Palestinians think this will happen while
44% do not believe so.
Two
thirds believe that if the UN recognizes the state of Palestine, Israel will
respond by making the occupation worse and by increasing settlement building
while 18% think Israel will do nothing and the status quo will prevail. 13% of
the Palestinians think conditions in the occupied territories will become a
little better. We asked Palestinians how
they think Palestinians can force Israel to withdraw from the occupied
territories if the UN recognizes the Palestinian state. Palestinians are split:
34% think armed attacks on army and settlers, 32% think peaceful non-violent
resistance can force Israelis to withdraw, and 26% of the
Palestinians think negotiations with Israel can bring it to withdraw.
The preference for peaceful resistance
increases in the Gaza Strip (41%) compared to the West Bank (28%). But support
for armed resistance is also higher in the Gaza Strip (36%) compared to the
West Bank (32%). In the West Bank, support for negotiations stands at 30% while
in the Gaza Strip it stands at 17%. Support for peaceful resistance increases
among men (36%) compared to women (29%), among supporters of third parties
(42%) the undecided (38%) and supporters of Fateh (33%) compared to supporters
of Hamas (24%). Among supporters of Hamas, preference for armed resistance is
high, standing at 55%, while this percentage stands at 27% among supporters of
Fateh, 23% among supporters of third parties, and 21% among the undecided.
Support for peaceful resistance increases among students (40%) compared to
housewives (25%), and among users of the internet (36%) compared to those who
do not use the internet (29%).
We asked Palestinians what they think
the PA should do after the UN recognizes the Palestinian state in September.
76% think the PA president and government should enforce Palestinian
sovereignty over all the territories of the West Bank, for example by opening
roads in area C, start building an airport in
the Jordan valley, and deploy Palestinian security forces in area C even
if this leads to confrontations with the Israeli army and settlers. 20% think
the PA should not do that. Similarly, 75% think the PA should insist on
assuming control over the Allenby Bridge terminal from the Israeli side even if
this leads to the closure of the terminal. 20% think the PA should not do that.
Support for the exercise of sovereignty at the Allenby Bridge crossing even if
such a step leads to the closure of the crossing is almost identical in the
West Bank (75%) and the Gaza Strip (76%). Similarly, support for the exercise
of sovereignty in area (C), including the opening of roads and the deployment
of security forces, is almost identical in the West Bank (75%) and the Gaza
Strip (77%).
A majority of 58% of the Palestinians
think that most European
countries will recognize the Palestinian state in September, while 37% think that most European countries will not recognize it.
A majority of Palestinians (56%) thinks the position of
the EU countries regarding the peace process is closer to the Israeli position.
After
the UN recognition of a Palestinian state, if large peaceful demonstrations
were to take place in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in order to break
through check points and close Israeli army and settlers' roads, 52% of the
Palestinians say they think they will participate in them and 46% say they
think they will not. Willingness to participate in peaceful demonstrations
increases among residents of villages and towns in the West Bank (62%) and
refugee camps (55%) compared to cities (48%), among men (59%) compared to women
(45%), among supporters of third parties (71%) and supporters of Hamas (63%)
compared to supporters of Fateh (58%) and the undecided (54%), among those who
intend to participate in future elections (60%) compared to those who do not
intend to participate in future elections (36%). It also increases among
students (60%) compared to housewives (42%), among college and university
graduates (59%) compared to illiterates and those with elementary education
(48%), and among those who use the internet (57%) compared to those who do not
use it (48%).
A
majority of 51% of the Palestinians thinks that if such large peaceful
demonstrations were to take place in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, they
would contribute to speeding the process of ending Israeli occupation. But a
majority of Palestinians (64%) does not think that if a peaceful popular revolt,
like in Egypt or Tunisia, were to erupt against the Israeli occupation in the
West Bank it would be capable of ending occupation; 34% of Palestinians think
it would be capable of ending occupation. It is worth mentioning that an
overwhelming majority of 89% of the Palestinians sympathizes with the
demonstrators against the Assad regime in Syria and 90% sympathize with the
demonstrators against the regime in Yemen.
(4) The Peace
Process
- 50%
support and 46% oppose the Obama proposal to consider the 1967 borders
with mutually agreed swaps to be the basis for setting borders of
Palestine, but two thirds oppose Obama’s proposal to the have the state
non militarized
- 51%
support and 47% oppose Obama’s proposal calling for Palestinian
recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and the state of the Jewish people
and Palestine as a Palestinian state
- A
majority of 61% opposes Obama’s call for the Palestinians to return to
direct negotiations without a settlement freeze or an Israeli acceptance
of the principle of the 1967 borders with swaps
- 88%
believe the US position as outlined in the Obama speech is closer to the
Israeli position while 8% see it closer to the Palestinian position
- 63%
believe that it is Israel that determines US policy regarding the peace
process and 32% believe it is the US that determines the Israeli position
- 58%
support and 38% oppose the Saudi Initiative
- 62%
believe the chances for the establishment of a Palestinian state in the
next five years to be low or non existence and 37% believe it to be high
or medium
- Perception
of threat among Palestinians is very high: 81% believe that Israel’s long
term goal is to annex the West Bank and expel its inhabitants or deny them
their political rights. Moreover, 70% are worried that they or members of
their family would be hurt by Israelis
A
majority of 50% of Palestinians supports President Obama’s call for a
Palestinian state within the 1967 lines with territorial swaps; 46% oppose it.
With regard to the security issues, Palestinians oppose Obama’s proposal that
the Palestinian state will be demilitarized, it will have no airplanes, tanks,
missiles, or any other heavy armaments, and the Israeli army would carry out a
full and phased withdrawal from the Palestinian state. 66% of the Palestinians
disagree with this principle, and only 31% support it. President Obama also said that a permanent
peace should be based on the principle of two states for two peoples, the state
of Israel as a Jewish state and a homeland for the Jewish people, and the state
of Palestine as the state for the Palestinian people,
each would have the right to self determination, mutual recognition, and peace.
51% of the Palestinians support this principle, while 47% oppose it.
Support
for Obama’s call for the 1967 borders with swaps to be the terms of reference
for setting the borders of the Palestinian state increases in the Gaza Strip
(59%) compared to the West Bank (45%), among city residents (53%) compared to
residents of villages and towns (40%), among men (52%) compared to women (48%),
among the “somewhat religious” (52%) compared to the “religious” (47%), among
supporters of the peace process (55%) compared to those opposed to the peace
process (34%), among supporters of Fateh (63%) compared to supporters of Hamas
(39%), and among those whose age is 40 or higher (53%) compared to those whose
age is between 18-28 (49%).
President
Obama also called upon the Palestinians to return to negotiations with the
Netanyahu government, even though Prime Minister Netanyahu declared during his
stay in Washington DC that Israel will not freeze settlement construction and
refuses to accept the principle of returning to the lines of 1967 with swaps.
61% of the Palestinians think they should not accept the call to return to
negotiations. In light
of President Obama’s speech, a majority of 88% of the Palestinians thinks the
US position is closer to the Israeli position, while only 8% think it is closer
to the Palestinian position. Considering
the two speeches by Obama and Netanyahu during Netanyahu's visit to the US, we
asked Palestinians whom they think decide what the other should do regarding
the peace process. 63% said Israel decides what the US should do and 32% said
the US decides what Israel should do. 2% said neither decides what the other
should do.
58%
of the Palestinians support the Saudi initiative and 38% oppose it. The plan
calls for Arab recognition of and normalization of relations with Israel after
it ends its occupation of Arab territories occupied in 1967 and after the
establishment of a Palestinian state. The plan calls for Israeli retreat from
all territories occupied in 1967 including Gaza the West Bank, Jerusalem and
the Golan Heights, and the establishment of a Palestinian state. The refugee
problem will be resolved through negotiations in a just and agreed upon manner
and in accordance with UN resolution 194. 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. In our March 2011 poll there was a
similar level of support for the plan.
A
majority of 62% of Palestinians regards the chances for the establishment of an
independent Palestinian state next to the state of Israel in the next five
years as non-existent or low, 30% regard these chances as medium, and only 6%
regard these chances as high. Moreover, 70% are worried and 30% are not worried
that they or a member of their family may be hurt by Israelis in their daily
life or that their land would be confiscated or home demolished. The level of perceived threat regarding the
aspirations of Israel in the long run is very high. 60% of Palestinians think
that Israel’s goals are to extend its borders to cover all the area between the
Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and expel its Arab citizens, and 21%
think the goals are to annex the West Bank while denying political rights to
the Palestinians. Only 17% of the Palestinians think Israel’s aspirations in
the long run are to withdraw from part or all of the territories occupied in
1967.
(5) Most vital Palestinian goals and the main problems confronting
Palestinians today:
- Israeli withdrawal and the
establishment of a Palestinian state with the 1967 borders with East
Jerusalem as its capital is the most vital Palestinian goal in the eyes of
48% of the public while 26% believe that the most vital goal should be to
obtain the right of return
- The primary problem confronting
Palestinians today is unemployment and poverty followed by the
continuation of the Israeli occupation and settlement construction,
corruption, and the continued siege over the Gaza Strip
The largest
percentage (48%) believes that the first most vital Palestinian goal
should be to end Israeli occupation in the areas occupied in 1967 and build a
Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as
its capital. By contrast, 26% believe the first most vital goal should be to obtain
the right of return of refugees to their 1948 towns and villages, 15% believe
that it should be to build a pious or moral individual and a religious society,
one that applies all Islamic teachings, and 11% believe that the first and most
vital goal should be to establish a democratic political system that respects
freedoms and rights of Palestinians.
The largest
percentage (40%) believes that the second most vital Palestinian goal
should be to obtain the right of return of refugees to their 1948 towns and
villages. 25% believe that the second goal should be to end Israeli occupation
in the areas occupied in 1967 and build a Palestinian state in the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital, 19% believe that the
second goal should be to establish a democratic political system that respects
freedoms and rights of Palestinians, and 16% believe the second most vital goal
should be to build a pious or moral individual and a religious society, one
that applies all Islamic teachings.
The most
serious problem confronting Palestinian society today is the spread of poverty
and unemployment in the eyes of 36% of the public while 30% believe that it is
the continuation of occupation and settlement activities, 18% believe it to be
the corruption in some public institutions, and 11% believe it to be the siege
and the closure of the Gaza border crossings. Only 2% mentioned the absence of
national unity due to the West Bank-Gaza Strip split which was mentioned by 28%
in our previous poll in March 2011. It is clear that the signing of the
reconciliation agreement and the belief of the majority that the agreement will
indeed be implemented has removed this issue from among the list of main
problems as perceived by the public.
Poll No. 40
16-18 June 2011
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Total
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West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
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00)
|
From among the following satellite news stations,
which one you watched most during the last two months?
|
|
|
1) Al Arabia
|
16.7%
|
11.1%
|
27.7%
|
|
|
2) Al Jazeera
|
54.6%
|
60.0%
|
44.2%
|
|
|
3) Al Hurra
|
.4%
|
.3%
|
.6%
|
|
|
4) Al Manar
|
3.0%
|
4.1%
|
1.0%
|
|
|
5) Palestine TV
|
9.2%
|
10.1%
|
7.4%
|
|
|
6) Alaqsa
|
6.1%
|
2.3%
|
13.5%
|
|
|
7) Do not watch TV
|
6.6%
|
8.4%
|
3.2%
|
|
|
8) Others
|
2.4%
|
2.6%
|
2.2%
|
|
|
9) Do not have a dish
|
.3%
|
.3%
|
.3%
|
|
|
10) DK/NA
|
.6%
|
.9%
|
.0%
|
|
|
|
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
|
4.2%
|
3.9%
|
4.8%
|
|
|
2) Good
|
20.6%
|
18.9%
|
24.1%
|
|
|
3) So so
|
25.8%
|
24.0%
|
29.3%
|
|
|
4) Bad
|
30.6%
|
34.9%
|
22.2%
|
|
|
5) Very bad
|
16.6%
|
15.2%
|
19.3%
|
|
|
6) DK/NA
|
2.2%
|
3.2%
|
.2%
|
|
|
|
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
|
7.9%
|
5.8%
|
12.0%
|
|
|
2) Good
|
29.3%
|
27.8%
|
32.1%
|
|
|
3) So so
|
31.9%
|
33.3%
|
29.0%
|
|
|
4) Bad
|
21.5%
|
24.6%
|
15.4%
|
|
|
5) Very bad
|
7.1%
|
8.0%
|
5.3%
|
|
|
6) DK/NA
|
2.4%
|
.5%
|
6.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
03)
|
Generally, do you see yourself as:
|
|
|
1) Religious
|
43.1%
|
38.8%
|
51.4%
|
|
|
2) Somewhat religious
|
51.8%
|
56.1%
|
43.4%
|
|
|
3) Not religious
|
4.9%
|
4.9%
|
4.8%
|
|
|
4) DK/NA
|
.3%
|
.2%
|
.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
04)
|
Generally, do you see yourself as:
|
|
|
1) Supportive of the peace process
|
63.8%
|
64.6%
|
62.4%
|
|
|
2) Opposed to the peace process
|
17.5%
|
16.6%
|
19.4%
|
|
|
3) Between support and opposition
|
17.0%
|
16.8%
|
17.3%
|
|
|
4) DK/NA
|
1.7%
|
2.1%
|
.9%
|
|
|
|
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
|
70.7%
|
68.3%
|
75.4%
|
|
|
2) No
|
17.5%
|
17.8%
|
16.9%
|
|
|
3) DK-NA
|
11.8%
|
13.9%
|
7.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06)
|
Do you think that there is corruption
in PA institutions under the control of the dismissed government in the Gaza
Strip?
|
|
|
1) Yes
|
59.7%
|
53.2%
|
72.2%
|
|
|
2) No
|
21.3%
|
20.7%
|
22.4%
|
|
|
3) DK-NA
|
19.1%
|
26.1%
|
5.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
07)
|
In your view, is there a press
freedom in the West Bank?
|
|
|
1) Yes
|
20.8%
|
18.0%
|
26.3%
|
|
|
2) To some extent
|
40.3%
|
38.7%
|
43.5%
|
|
|
3) No
|
34.0%
|
38.3%
|
25.6%
|
|
|
4) DK-NA
|
4.8%
|
4.9%
|
4.6%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
08)
|
In your view, is there a press
freedom in the Gaza Strip?
|
|
|
1) Yes
|
16.5%
|
14.5%
|
20.4%
|
|
|
2) To some extent
|
30.6%
|
25.9%
|
39.8%
|
|
|
3) No
|
41.4%
|
42.9%
|
38.6%
|
|
|
4) DK-NA
|
11.5%
|
16.8%
|
1.2%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
09)
|
In your view, can people in the West
Bank today criticize the authority without fear?
|
|
|
1) Yes
|
31.4%
|
31.8%
|
30.7%
|
|
|
2) No
|
64.4%
|
63.6%
|
65.9%
|
|
|
3) DK-NA
|
4.2%
|
4.6%
|
3.4%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
10)
|
In your view, can people in the Gaza
Strip today criticize the authority without fear?
|
|
|
1) Yes
|
24.9%
|
23.8%
|
27.0%
|
|
|
2) No
|
64.5%
|
61.1%
|
70.9%
|
|
|
3) DK-NA
|
10.7%
|
15.1%
|
2.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
11)
|
Would you say that these days your
security and safety, and that of your family, is assured or not assured?
|
|
|
1) Completely assured
|
12.0%
|
7.0%
|
21.6%
|
|
|
2) Assured
|
52.3%
|
49.2%
|
58.3%
|
|
|
3) Not assured
|
31.3%
|
38.1%
|
18.3%
|
|
|
4) Not assured at all
|
4.2%
|
5.5%
|
1.6%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
.2%
|
.2%
|
.2%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
12)
|
Do current political, security, and
economic conditions lead you to seek emigration abroad?
|
|
|
1) Certainly seek to emigrate
|
11.0%
|
8.2%
|
16.5%
|
|
|
2) Seek emigration
|
19.4%
|
17.6%
|
23.0%
|
|
|
3) Do not seek emigration
|
36.0%
|
38.5%
|
31.2%
|
|
|
4) Certainly do not seek emigration
|
33.2%
|
35.5%
|
28.7%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
.3%
|
.2%
|
.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
13)
|
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
|
9.7%
|
7.7%
|
13.5%
|
|
|
2) Good
|
29.4%
|
30.2%
|
28.0%
|
|
|
3) So so
|
28.3%
|
26.3%
|
32.1%
|
|
|
4) Bad
|
15.4%
|
14.6%
|
17.1%
|
|
|
5) Very bad
|
5.8%
|
4.8%
|
7.7%
|
|
|
6) DK/NA
|
11.4%
|
16.5%
|
1.6%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
14)
|
Tell us how do you evaluate the
performance of the government headed by Salam Fayyad? Is it good or bad?
|
|
|
1) Very good
|
7.6%
|
7.4%
|
7.8%
|
|
|
2) Good
|
35.7%
|
38.0%
|
31.1%
|
|
|
3) So so
|
29.1%
|
28.0%
|
31.2%
|
|
|
4) Bad
|
16.7%
|
15.6%
|
18.7%
|
|
|
5) Very bad
|
5.9%
|
5.0%
|
7.6%
|
|
|
6) DK/NA
|
5.1%
|
6.0%
|
3.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
15)
|
Are you satisfied or not satisfied
with the performance of Mahmud Abbas since his
election as president of the PA?
|
|
|
1) Very satisfied
|
7.4%
|
7.1%
|
7.8%
|
|
|
2) Satisfied
|
44.7%
|
47.4%
|
39.5%
|
|
|
3) Not satisfied
|
31.5%
|
29.6%
|
35.1%
|
|
|
4) Not satisfied at all
|
13.0%
|
11.3%
|
16.2%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
3.5%
|
4.6%
|
1.4%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
16)
|
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
|
54.1%
|
56.1%
|
50.8%
|
|
|
2) Ismael Haniyyah
|
37.9%
|
34.1%
|
44.2%
|
|
|
4) DK/NA
|
8.0%
|
9.8%
|
5.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
17)
|
And if the competition was between Marwan Barghouti representing Fateh and Ismail Haniyeh
representing Hamas, whom would you vote for?
|
|
|
1) Marwan Barghouti
|
61.0%
|
63.9%
|
56.3%
|
|
|
2) Ismael Haniyyah
|
33.4%
|
29.2%
|
40.1%
|
|
|
4) DK/NA
|
5.7%
|
6.9%
|
3.7%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
18)
|
If you were to select a vice
president, whom would you select from among the following list of
candidates?
|
|
|
1) Ismail Haniyeh
|
21.7%
|
18.2%
|
28.4%
|
|
|
2) Salam Fayyad
|
17.1%
|
16.5%
|
18.3%
|
|
|
3) Marwan Barghouti
|
26.8%
|
28.1%
|
24.3%
|
|
|
4) Mustafa Barghouti
|
8.5%
|
8.5%
|
8.4%
|
|
|
5) Saeb Erekat
|
4.2%
|
3.6%
|
5.6%
|
|
|
6) Others
|
5.3%
|
5.8%
|
4.2%
|
|
|
7) DK/NA
|
16.4%
|
19.3%
|
10.8%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
20)
|
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
|
1.1%
|
1.5%
|
.5%
|
|
|
2) Independent Palestine
|
3.5%
|
4.4%
|
2.0%
|
|
|
3) Abu Ali Mustafa
|
3.4%
|
3.2%
|
3.7%
|
|
|
4) Abu al Abbas
|
.3%
|
.5%
|
.0%
|
|
|
5) Freedom and social justice
|
.0%
|
.0%
|
.0%
|
|
|
6) Change and reform
|
28.3%
|
23.7%
|
36.0%
|
|
|
7) National coalition for justice and
democracy
|
.1%
|
.0%
|
.3%
|
|
|
8) Third way(headed by Salam Fayyad)
|
1.1%
|
1.3%
|
.9%
|
|
|
9) Freedom and independence
|
.7%
|
1.0%
|
.2%
|
|
|
10) Palestinian justice
|
.1%
|
.1%
|
.3%
|
|
|
11) Fateh
|
42.4%
|
42.2%
|
42.7%
|
|
|
12) None of the above/ DK/NA/ Do not
remember
|
18.9%
|
22.2%
|
13.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
21)
|
The Palestinian society confronts
today various problems, like the continuation of occupation and settlements,
the spread of unemployment and poverty, the continuation of the siege and
blockade of the Gaza Strip and the closure of its border crossings, the
spread of corruption in public institutions, and others. Tell us, what in
your opinion, is the problem you see as the most fundamental, the one that
must be on the top priority of the Palestinian Authority?
|
|
|
1) Continuation of occupation and settlements,
|
29.6%
|
27.4%
|
33.9%
|
|
|
2) Spread of unemployment and poverty
|
35.5%
|
37.6%
|
31.6%
|
|
|
3) Lack of national unity due to the split between the West Bank
and Gaza Strip
|
2.4%
|
1.8%
|
3.7%
|
|
|
4) Continuation of the siege and blockade of the Gaza Strip
|
10.6%
|
6.7%
|
18.2%
|
|
|
5) The spread of corruption in public institutions
|
18.2%
|
21.8%
|
11.2%
|
|
|
88)DK/NA
|
1.0%
|
1.3%
|
.2%
|
|
|
99)Other
|
2.6%
|
3.4%
|
1.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
22-1)
|
From among the following vital
national goals, which in your view should the first most important one and
which should be the second most important goal that the Palestinian people
should strive to achieve?
|
|
|
1) Israeli withdrawal to the 1967
borders and the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital
|
47.7%
|
47.3%
|
48.6%
|
|
|
2) Obtain the right of return to
refuges to their 1948 towns and villages
|
25.9%
|
24.7%
|
28.4%
|
|
|
3) Establish a democratic political
system that respects freedoms and rights of Palestinians
|
11.3%
|
12.0%
|
9.9%
|
|
|
4) Build a pious or moral individual
and a religious society , one that applies all Islamic teachings
|
15.1%
|
16.1%
|
13.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
22-2)
|
From among the following vital
national goals, which in your view should the first most important one and
which should be the second most important goal that the Palestinian people
should strive to achieve?
|
|
|
1) Israeli withdrawal to the 1967
borders and the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital
|
24.9%
|
25.6%
|
23.5%
|
|
|
2) Obtain the right of return to
refuges to their 1948 towns and villages
|
40.3%
|
41.2%
|
38.4%
|
|
|
3) Establish a democratic political
system that respects freedoms and rights of Palestinians
|
19.1%
|
17.5%
|
22.2%
|
|
|
4) Build a pious or moral individual
and a religious society , one that applies all Islamic teachings
|
15.7%
|
15.6%
|
16.0%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
23)
|
If parliamentary and presidential
elections were to take place now, who you think will win, Fateh,
Hamas, or others?
|
|
|
1) Fateh
|
42.0%
|
43.3%
|
39.4%
|
|
|
2) Hamas
|
22.2%
|
19.8%
|
27.0%
|
|
|
3) Others
|
17.6%
|
16.6%
|
19.6%
|
|
|
4) DK/NA
|
18.2%
|
20.3%
|
14.0%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
24)
|
Fateh and Hamas have reached an agreement to unify the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip, the formation of a government of specialists, and
the holding of elections in a year from today. In your view, will the two
sides succeed in implementing the agreement and unifying the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip?
|
|
|
1) Certainly yes
|
7.9%
|
7.0%
|
9.6%
|
|
|
2) Yes
|
50.7%
|
50.2%
|
51.6%
|
|
|
3) No
|
29.6%
|
30.5%
|
27.9%
|
|
|
4) Certainly no
|
6.9%
|
7.6%
|
5.4%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
5.0%
|
4.7%
|
5.6%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
25)
|
In your view, what was the MAIN
REASON for the success in reaching an agreement between Fateh
and Hamas after about four years of division and animosity?
|
|
|
1) The end of the Mubarak regime in
Egypt after the youths’ revolt
|
29.0%
|
29.5%
|
28.2%
|
|
|
2) The eruption of youths’ revolt in
Syria against the Assad regime
|
11.6%
|
6.7%
|
21.0%
|
|
|
3) The failure of the
Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations
|
20.5%
|
22.8%
|
15.9%
|
|
|
4) The Palestinian youths’
demonstrations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip demanding an end to the
split
|
27.4%
|
27.0%
|
28.3%
|
|
|
5) Other (specify: ------)
|
5.3%
|
6.8%
|
2.6%
|
|
|
6) DK/NA
|
6.2%
|
7.3%
|
4.0%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
26)
|
In your view, who came out the wining
more from the agreement between Fateh and
Hamas?
|
|
|
1) Hamas came out winning more
|
11.8%
|
9.2%
|
17.0%
|
|
|
2) Fateh
came out winning more
|
10.8%
|
10.9%
|
10.8%
|
|
|
3) Both came out winning the same
|
48.9%
|
49.3%
|
48.1%
|
|
|
4) Both came out winning nothing
|
20.2%
|
20.5%
|
19.5%
|
|
|
5) Other (specify: ----------------)
|
3.2%
|
4.4%
|
1.0%
|
|
|
6) DK/NA
|
5.0%
|
5.7%
|
3.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
27)
|
In your view, what will happen after
the formation of a new Palestinian government of specialists, will
international boycott and financial sanctions return or will not return?
|
|
|
1) Certainly boycott and sanctions
will rerun
|
15.6%
|
15.1%
|
16.5%
|
|
|
2) Boycott and sanctions will rerun
|
39.3%
|
39.8%
|
38.3%
|
|
|
3) Boycott and sanctions will not
rerun
|
29.1%
|
30.1%
|
27.1%
|
|
|
4) Certainly boycott and sanctions
will not rerun
|
7.8%
|
6.7%
|
9.8%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
8.3%
|
8.3%
|
8.2%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
28)
|
President Abbas
says that the new government of specialists will follow his policies and the
policies of the PLO regarding the peace process and not the policies of
Hamas. Do you think the new government should indeed adopt and implement the
peace policies of the president and PLO or those of Hamas?
|
|
|
1) Certainly policies of president
and PLO
|
24.4%
|
24.4%
|
24.5%
|
|
|
2) Policies of president and PLO
|
36.5%
|
37.6%
|
34.3%
|
|
|
3) Policies of Hamas
|
13.9%
|
12.2%
|
17.2%
|
|
|
4) Certainly policies of Hamas
|
4.1%
|
2.5%
|
7.1%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
13.4%
|
15.2%
|
10.0%
|
|
|
6) No one
|
7.7%
|
8.1%
|
7.0%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
29)
|
For the next government, Hamas has
nominated Jamal Al Khodari as its candidate for
prime minister while Fateh has nominated Salam
Fayyad. Do you support the nomination of either one or would you prefer a
third candidate?
|
|
|
1) I prefer Khodari
|
22.3%
|
19.0%
|
28.7%
|
|
|
2) I prefer Fayyad
|
44.9%
|
44.7%
|
45.3%
|
|
|
3) I prefer a third one (name
----------------)
|
11.5%
|
13.6%
|
7.5%
|
|
|
4) DK/NA
|
21.3%
|
22.7%
|
18.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
30)
|
Lately, we have heard about public
disagreements among top Hamas leaders. Do you think these disagreements are
small and marginal or do you think they are big and fundamental?
|
|
|
1) Certainly small and marginal
|
6.2%
|
4.2%
|
10.2%
|
|
|
2) Small and marginal
|
41.6%
|
41.9%
|
41.0%
|
|
|
3) Big and fundamental
|
32.9%
|
33.2%
|
32.2%
|
|
|
4) Certainly big and fundamental
|
9.5%
|
8.2%
|
12.2%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
9.8%
|
12.5%
|
4.4%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
31)
|
Similarly, we have heard about
differences among top Fateh leaders, particularly
over the issue of member of parliament Mohammad Dahlan
and his membership in Fateh. Do you think these
differences are small and marginal or do you think they are big and fundamental?
|
|
|
1) Certainly small and marginal
|
3.4%
|
2.6%
|
4.9%
|
|
|
2) Small and marginal
|
29.2%
|
29.0%
|
29.5%
|
|
|
3) Big and fundamental
|
46.1%
|
45.5%
|
47.3%
|
|
|
4) Certainly big and fundamental
|
14.8%
|
14.5%
|
15.3%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
6.5%
|
8.3%
|
3.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
32)
|
Fateh Central Committee accused member of parliament Mohammad Dahlan of committing criminal acts and financial
irregularities. Dahlan denied the charges and
argued that the charges came in response to a personal disagreement with the
president including criticism of his sons. As a result, Fateh
has recently decided to expel Dahlan from the
movement and to send his file to the Attorney General Do you support or
oppose this Fateh decision?
|
|
|
1) Strongly support
|
24.8%
|
23.1%
|
28.1%
|
|
|
2) Support
|
45.0%
|
47.9%
|
39.4%
|
|
|
3) Oppose
|
16.2%
|
15.0%
|
18.4%
|
|
|
4) Strongly oppose
|
4.5%
|
2.1%
|
9.1%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
9.5%
|
11.8%
|
5.0%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
33)
|
President Abbas
issued a decree recently that abrogated the law that reduces the sentence of
those convicted of the crime of killing female relatives in the context of
what is called “family honor.” Now, the killers of these female relatives
will be treated just like other killers. Do you agree or disagree with this
decree?
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
32.4%
|
37.5%
|
22.5%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
42.1%
|
42.5%
|
41.4%
|
|
|
3) disagree
|
19.3%
|
15.3%
|
27.1%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
4.4%
|
3.2%
|
6.7%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
1.8%
|
1.5%
|
2.3%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
34)
|
Demonstrations have erupted in Syria
against the leader and the regime in that country; do you feel or do not feel
sympathies with the demonstrators?
|
|
|
1) Certainly sympathetic
|
43.9%
|
40.4%
|
50.7%
|
|
|
2) Sympathetic
|
45.1%
|
47.7%
|
40.2%
|
|
|
3) Unsympathetic
|
8.1%
|
8.7%
|
7.0%
|
|
|
4) Certainly unsympathetic
|
1.3%
|
1.4%
|
1.2%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
1.5%
|
1.8%
|
.9%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
35)
|
Demonstrations have erupted in Yemen
against the leader and the regime in that country; do you feel or do not feel
sympathies with the demonstrators?
|
|
|
1) Certainly sympathetic
|
43.7%
|
40.7%
|
49.6%
|
|
|
2) Sympathetic
|
46.2%
|
49.2%
|
40.3%
|
|
|
3) Unsympathetic
|
6.8%
|
6.7%
|
7.1%
|
|
|
4) Certainly unsympathetic
|
1.5%
|
1.6%
|
1.3%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
1.8%
|
1.9%
|
1.7%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
36)
|
What do you expect to happen between
Palestinians and Israelis now after the speech by president Obama and the
speech to the US Congress by prime minister Netanyahu?
|
|
|
1)The
two sides will soon return to negotiations
|
27.0%
|
28.9%
|
23.4%
|
|
|
2)
The two sides will soon return to negotiations but some armed attacks will continue
|
29.8%
|
24.3%
|
40.3%
|
|
|
3)
The two sides will not return to negotiations and armed attacks will not take
place
|
17.3%
|
15.9%
|
19.8%
|
|
|
4)The
two sides will not return to negotiations and armed attacks increase
|
16.0%
|
18.9%
|
10.4%
|
|
|
5)
DK/NA
|
10.0%
|
12.0%
|
6.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
37)
|
Now more than 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
|
23.6%
|
25.1%
|
20.8%
|
|
|
2) Low
|
38.6%
|
37.9%
|
40.1%
|
|
|
3) Medium
|
30.2%
|
29.0%
|
32.4%
|
|
|
4) High
|
6.3%
|
6.9%
|
5.1%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
1.3%
|
1.2%
|
1.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
38)
|
To what extent are you worried or not
worried that you or a member of your family could be hurt by Israel in your
daily life or that your land would be confiscated or home demolished?
|
|
|
1) Very Worried
|
26.9%
|
29.6%
|
21.6%
|
|
|
2) Worried
|
42.6%
|
39.1%
|
49.4%
|
|
|
3) Not worried
|
25.6%
|
26.3%
|
24.3%
|
|
|
4) Not worried at all
|
4.6%
|
4.9%
|
4.0%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
.3%
|
.1%
|
.7%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
39)
|
What do you think are the aspirations
of Israel for the long run?
|
|
|
1)
Withdrawal from the territories it occupied in 1967 after guaranteeing its
security
|
7.7%
|
5.7%
|
11.7%
|
|
|
2) Withdrawal form part of the occupied
territories after guaranteeing its security
|
8.8%
|
11.5%
|
3.5%
|
|
|
3) Annexation of the West Bank while denying
political rights of Palestinian citizens
|
21.0%
|
17.8%
|
27.3%
|
|
|
4) Extending the borders of the state of
Israel to cover all the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean
Sea and expelling its Arab citizens
|
60.3%
|
63.3%
|
54.5%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
2.1%
|
1.7%
|
3.0%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
40)
|
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 resolved
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
|
7.1%
|
5.3%
|
10.5%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
51.0%
|
48.0%
|
56.8%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
29.0%
|
31.9%
|
23.5%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
9.4%
|
10.3%
|
7.6%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
3.5%
|
4.5%
|
1.6%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
41)
|
There is a proposal that after the
establishment of an independent Palestinian state and the settlement 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) Certainly agree
|
3.5%
|
3.2%
|
4.0%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
43.9%
|
42.5%
|
46.7%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
38.4%
|
39.4%
|
36.4%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
12.5%
|
12.9%
|
11.6%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
1.7%
|
2.0%
|
1.3%
|
|
|
|
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
|
36.6%
|
37.6%
|
34.5%
|
|
|
2) Majority opposes
|
54.9%
|
52.7%
|
59.1%
|
|
|
3) DK/NA
|
8.5%
|
9.6%
|
6.4%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
43-1)
|
If
Palestinians pull out of the current talks or if peace negotiations fail,
would you in this case support or oppose the following option in the search
for achieving Palestinian rights?
Going to the Security Council to
obtain a recognition of a Palestinian state
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
23.7%
|
22.7%
|
25.8%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
56.4%
|
56.3%
|
56.5%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
16.1%
|
17.2%
|
14.0%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
2.4%
|
2.1%
|
2.9%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
1.5%
|
1.8%
|
.8%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
43-2)
|
Unilaterally declare the
establishment of a Palestinian state
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
13.1%
|
12.0%
|
15.2%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
50.0%
|
51.0%
|
48.0%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
32.0%
|
31.9%
|
32.1%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
3.4%
|
2.8%
|
4.5%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
1.6%
|
2.2%
|
.3%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
43-3)
|
Abandon the two state solution and
demand the establishment of one state 43-for Palestinians and Israelis
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
4.5%
|
4.0%
|
5.3%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
24.1%
|
25.5%
|
21.5%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
53.3%
|
54.2%
|
51.5%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
15.9%
|
13.3%
|
20.9%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
2.3%
|
3.1%
|
.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43-4)
|
Resort to popular non violent and
unarmed resistance
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
10.7%
|
10.3%
|
11.6%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
49.8%
|
51.6%
|
46.3%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
33.1%
|
31.3%
|
36.6%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
4.9%
|
5.0%
|
4.6%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
1.5%
|
1.8%
|
.9%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
43-5)
|
Return to the armed intifada and
confrontations
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
11.6%
|
8.0%
|
18.6%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
29.5%
|
25.8%
|
36.8%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
46.6%
|
51.5%
|
37.2%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
10.3%
|
12.0%
|
7.0%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
1.9%
|
2.6%
|
.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
43-6)
|
Dissolve the Palestinian
Authority
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
10.3%
|
8.8%
|
13.2%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
27.6%
|
28.0%
|
26.9%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
44.0%
|
45.2%
|
41.8%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
14.6%
|
13.3%
|
17.0%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
3.5%
|
4.7%
|
1.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
44)
|
If at the end of 2011 the Palestinian
side unilaterally declares the establishment of a Palestinian state without
an agreement with Israel, do you think such a declaration will lead to actual
change on the current conditions in the Palestinian areas with regard to
settlements and control of the occupation forces over roads and crossings in
the West Bank?
|
|
|
1) Certainly lead to positive change
|
4.0%
|
2.0%
|
7.8%
|
|
|
2) Will lead to change to the better
|
23.0%
|
20.8%
|
27.3%
|
|
|
3) Will not lead to any change, positive
or negative
|
28.2%
|
25.6%
|
33.3%
|
|
|
4) Will lead to negative change
|
32.8%
|
37.1%
|
24.3%
|
|
|
5) Certainly will lead to negative
change
|
9.3%
|
11.1%
|
5.7%
|
|
|
6) DK/NA
|
2.7%
|
3.3%
|
1.6%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
45)
|
In light of the successes achieved by
the peaceful revolts in Arab countries like Egypt and Tunisia, do you think
that if a peaceful popular revolution is to erupt against the occupation and
the settlements in the West Bank it would be capable of ending occupation or
stopping settlements?
|
|
|
1) Certainly capable
|
4.0%
|
2.1%
|
7.6%
|
|
|
2) Capable
|
30.2%
|
26.7%
|
37.1%
|
|
|
3) Incapable
|
48.4%
|
51.9%
|
41.5%
|
|
|
4) Certainly incapable
|
15.3%
|
16.6%
|
12.8%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
2.1%
|
2.7%
|
1.0%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
46)
|
If no agreement is reached on the
resumption of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and armed confrontations
between Palestinians and Israelis erupted, do you think they will help
achieve Palestinian national rights in ways that negotiations could not?
|
|
|
1) Certainly they will help
|
7.8%
|
5.1%
|
13.2%
|
|
|
2) Will help
|
39.8%
|
36.8%
|
45.7%
|
|
|
3) Will not help
|
41.7%
|
45.1%
|
35.1%
|
|
|
4) Certainly they will not help
|
7.2%
|
9.0%
|
3.5%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
3.5%
|
4.0%
|
2.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
47)
|
In outlining the principles or terms
of reference to the resumptions of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations,
President Obama announced last month that the borders of the Palestinian
state should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps. Do you
agree or disagree with this principle?
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
5.2%
|
3.5%
|
8.4%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
44.7%
|
41.8%
|
50.2%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
39.1%
|
42.2%
|
33.1%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
7.3%
|
8.9%
|
4.1%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
3.8%
|
3.5%
|
4.2%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
48)
|
Moreover, President Obama announced
that the principle regarding security is that both sides have the right to
self defense and that the Israeli army would carry out a full and phased
withdrawal from the Palestinian state, a state that would be non militarized,
meaning that it will have no heavy armaments such as airplanes, tanks,
missiles, artillery, and others. Do you agree or disagree with this
principle?
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
3.4%
|
2.8%
|
4.5%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
27.4%
|
22.6%
|
36.7%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
47.4%
|
50.6%
|
41.3%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
18.4%
|
20.5%
|
14.3%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
3.4%
|
3.5%
|
3.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
49)
|
Moreover, President Obama said that a
permanent peace should be based on the principle of two states for two
peoples, the state of Israel as a Jewish state and a homeland for the Jewish
people, and the state of Palestine as the state for the Palestinian people
and whereby each would have the right to self determination, mutual
recognition, and peace. Do you agree or disagree with this principle?
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
5.0%
|
4.5%
|
6.0%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
45.6%
|
45.8%
|
45.2%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
39.3%
|
39.1%
|
39.6%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
7.9%
|
8.5%
|
6.7%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
2.2%
|
2.0%
|
2.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
50)
|
Moreover, President Obama indicated
in his speech that it would be a mistake for the Palestinians to go the UN in
September to obtain a recognition for their state
and added that such recognition would be symbolic and will be opposed by the
US. Do you think the Palestinian side should go to the UN next September
despite this US position in order to obtain a recognition
of their state?
|
|
|
1) Certainly agree
|
17.4%
|
17.8%
|
16.5%
|
|
|
2) Agree
|
47.8%
|
46.6%
|
50.1%
|
|
|
3) Disagree
|
26.0%
|
26.8%
|
24.4%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Disagree
|
4.9%
|
5.1%
|
4.6%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
4.0%
|
3.8%
|
4.4%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
51)
|
In your view, will a state of
Palestine become or will not become a member of the UN in September?
|
|
|
1) Certainly will become a UN member
|
5.7%
|
3.8%
|
9.4%
|
|
|
2) Will become a UN member
|
41.9%
|
42.1%
|
41.5%
|
|
|
3) Will not become a UN member
|
35.6%
|
35.7%
|
35.4%
|
|
|
4) Certainly will not become a member
|
8.2%
|
9.1%
|
6.5%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
8.6%
|
9.4%
|
7.2%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
52)
|
In light of what the American
president said in his speech, do you think the US position today is closer to
the Palestinian or Israeli position?
|
|
|
1) Certainly Palestinian
|
1.0%
|
.4%
|
2.1%
|
|
|
2) Palestinian
|
6.8%
|
6.8%
|
6.9%
|
|
|
3) Israeli
|
56.1%
|
56.5%
|
55.5%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Israeli
|
31.5%
|
31.9%
|
30.8%
|
|
|
5) To neither
|
2.6%
|
2.5%
|
2.8%
|
|
|
6) DK/NA
|
2.0%
|
2.0%
|
1.9%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
53)
|
After the speech by President Obama,
Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a speech in front of the US Congress. Looking
at the two speeches and regarding the peace process in general, do you think
the US is the country that decides what Israel should do or is it Israel that
decide what the US should do?
|
|
|
1) Certainly the US decides what
Israel should do
|
15.1%
|
12.7%
|
19.9%
|
|
|
2) The US decides what Israel should
do
|
16.7%
|
16.6%
|
16.9%
|
|
|
3) Israel decides what the US should
do
|
39.8%
|
40.7%
|
38.2%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Israel decides what the
US should do
|
23.6%
|
25.5%
|
20.0%
|
|
|
5) Neither country decides what the
other should do
|
1.8%
|
1.9%
|
1.5%
|
|
|
6) DK/NA
|
2.9%
|
2.6%
|
3.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
54)
|
During his stay in Washington DC,
Prime Minister Netanyahu declared that Israel will not freeze settlement
construction and refuses to accept the principle of returning to the lines of
1967 with swaps. Despite this Israeli position, President Obama called upon
the Palestinians to return to negotiations with the Netanyahu government. In
your view, should or should not the Palestinians accept the call to return to
negotiations?
|
|
|
1) Certainly should return
|
8.0%
|
7.7%
|
8.7%
|
|
|
2) Should return
|
27.0%
|
27.1%
|
26.8%
|
|
|
3) Should not return
|
37.4%
|
40.0%
|
32.5%
|
|
|
4) Certainly should not return
|
23.7%
|
21.0%
|
28.9%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
3.8%
|
4.2%
|
3.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
55)
|
President Abbas
says that there is no point in returning to negotiations without an
acceptable term of reference or a freeze on settlement construction and that
he intends to go to the UN in September to seek a recognition of a
Palestinian state. Do you support or oppose this Palestinian intention?
|
|
|
1) Certainly support
|
20.9%
|
19.7%
|
23.0%
|
|
|
2) Support
|
55.3%
|
56.5%
|
53.0%
|
|
|
3) Oppose
|
18.5%
|
18.2%
|
19.0%
|
|
|
4) Certainly oppose
|
2.4%
|
2.9%
|
1.5%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
3.0%
|
2.7%
|
3.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
56)
|
In order to join the UN as a member state,
the Palestinian state needs the positive votes of the majority of the members
of the UN Security Council with no use of veto, in your view, will the US use
or not use its veto power in the UN Security Council in order to prevent the
UN from admitting the state of Palestine as a UN member?
|
|
|
1) Certainly it will use it
|
25.2%
|
25.6%
|
24.4%
|
|
|
2) It will use it
|
50.8%
|
51.4%
|
49.5%
|
|
|
3) It will not use it
|
15.7%
|
15.1%
|
16.9%
|
|
|
4) Certainly it will not use it
|
2.5%
|
3.0%
|
1.6%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
5.9%
|
4.9%
|
7.6%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
57)
|
But recognition of the Palestinian
state could be done by the UN General Assembly by a majority vote even if Palestine is not
accepted as a member state. In this case, Palestine will need a two-third
majority in the General Assembly. In your view, will a two third majority
vote or not vote in favor of the Palestinian demand?
|
|
|
1) Certainly will vote in favor
|
6.1%
|
4.8%
|
8.7%
|
|
|
2) Will vote in favor
|
50.5%
|
50.0%
|
51.3%
|
|
|
3) Will not vote in favor
|
31.1%
|
32.0%
|
29.4%
|
|
|
4) Certainly will not vote in favor
|
4.4%
|
5.9%
|
1.6%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
7.9%
|
7.3%
|
9.0%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
58)
|
In your view, if the UN recognizes
the state of Palestine, how will Israel respond?
|
|
|
1) Will do nothing, status quo in
occupied areas will remain the same
|
17.9%
|
14.7%
|
24.0%
|
|
|
2) Occupation policies will become
worse and settlement activities will increase
|
65.9%
|
70.2%
|
57.6%
|
|
|
3) Conditions in occupied territories
will become a little better
|
13.3%
|
11.4%
|
16.9%
|
|
|
4) Other: specify --------------
|
.4%
|
.4%
|
.4%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
2.5%
|
3.2%
|
1.1%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
59)
|
After the UN issues its recognition
of the Palestinian state next September, do you think the PA president and
his government should enforce Palestinian sovereignty over all the
territories of the West Bank, for example by opening roads in area C or by
starting to build an airport in the Jordan valley, or by deploying
Palestinian security forces in area C, even if this lead to confrontation
with the Israeli occupation forces and settlers?
|
|
|
1) Certainly should
|
18.1%
|
17.4%
|
19.6%
|
|
|
2) Should
|
57.4%
|
57.2%
|
57.6%
|
|
|
3) Should not
|
17.0%
|
19.0%
|
13.2%
|
|
|
4) Certainly should not
|
2.8%
|
3.2%
|
1.9%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
4.8%
|
3.3%
|
7.7%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
60)
|
And after the UN issues its
recognition of the Palestinian state, do you think the Palestinian side
should insist on assuming control of the Allenby Bridge terminal from the
Israeli side even if this lead to the closure of the terminal and the
cessation of Palestinian movement across the bridge to and from Jordan?
|
|
|
1) Certainly should
|
21.1%
|
22.2%
|
18.9%
|
|
|
2) Should
|
54.0%
|
52.4%
|
57.1%
|
|
|
3) Should not
|
17.5%
|
18.4%
|
15.6%
|
|
|
4) Certainly should not
|
2.7%
|
3.3%
|
1.5%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
4.8%
|
3.8%
|
6.9%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
61)
|
And after the UN issues its
recognition of the Palestinian state how do you think Palestinians can force
the Israelis to withdraw from the territories of the Palestinian state?
|
|
|
1) Popular peaceful demonstrations
that would break through check points and block roads used by army and
settlers
|
32.3%
|
27.7%
|
41.3%
|
|
|
2) Armed attacks on army and settlers
|
33.5%
|
32.1%
|
36.3%
|
|
|
3) Return to negotiations with the
Israeli government
|
25.9%
|
30.4%
|
17.2%
|
|
|
4) Other (specify: ------------- )
|
3.0%
|
4.2%
|
.5%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
5.3%
|
5.6%
|
4.7%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
62)
|
After the recognition of the
Palestinian state next September, if large peaceful demonstrations were to
take place in the West Bank and Jerusalem in order to break through check
points and close army and settler roads, do you think you will participate in
such demonstrations? [to be asked only to West Bank including East Jerusalem
residents]
|
|
|
1) Certainly yes
|
16.7%
|
16.7%
|
.0%
|
|
|
2) Yes
|
34.9%
|
34.9%
|
.0%
|
|
|
3) No
|
38.9%
|
38.9%
|
.0%
|
|
|
4) Certainly no
|
7.0%
|
7.0%
|
.0%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
2.4%
|
2.4%
|
.0%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
63)
|
If such large peaceful demonstrations
were to take place in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, do you think they
would contribute to speeding the process of ending Israeli occupation?
|
|
|
1) Certainly yes
|
11.5%
|
9.2%
|
16.0%
|
|
|
2) Yes
|
39.8%
|
38.6%
|
42.1%
|
|
|
3) No
|
38.6%
|
42.0%
|
32.0%
|
|
|
4) Certainly no
|
6.9%
|
7.2%
|
6.4%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
3.1%
|
2.9%
|
3.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
64)
|
In your view, will most European
countries recognize the Palestinian state next September?
|
|
|
1) Certainly will
|
4.9%
|
3.3%
|
8.0%
|
|
|
2) Will
|
52.7%
|
52.4%
|
53.4%
|
|
|
3) Will not
|
33.6%
|
34.9%
|
31.1%
|
|
|
4) Certainly will not
|
2.9%
|
2.5%
|
3.6%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
5.9%
|
6.9%
|
3.9%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
65)
|
And generally speaking, do you think
the position of the EU and its countries today regarding the peace process is
closer to the Palestinian or Israeli position?
|
|
|
1) Certainly Palestinian
|
4.0%
|
2.6%
|
6.7%
|
|
|
2) Palestinian
|
29.6%
|
29.6%
|
29.5%
|
|
|
3) Israeli
|
40.0%
|
39.6%
|
40.7%
|
|
|
4) Certainly Israeli
|
15.7%
|
16.4%
|
14.5%
|
|
|
5) To neither
|
7.5%
|
7.9%
|
6.8%
|
|
|
6) DK/NA
|
3.2%
|
3.8%
|
1.8%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
66)
|
And do you think the EU and its
countries are serious or not serious in their efforts to help Palestinians
end occupation and build their state?
|
|
|
1) Certainly serious
|
6.7%
|
3.9%
|
12.1%
|
|
|
2) Serious
|
41.0%
|
37.8%
|
47.2%
|
|
|
3) Not serious
|
35.4%
|
41.3%
|
23.9%
|
|
|
4) Certainly not serious
|
11.0%
|
10.8%
|
11.3%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
6.0%
|
6.3%
|
5.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
67)
|
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says
that the most important problem between Palestinians and Israelis is the
Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people. In
your view, if the Palestinians recognized Israel as the state for the Jewish
people, would this change the position of the Netanyahu government on the
peace process making it more moderate?
|
|
|
1) Certainly would
|
3.2%
|
2.0%
|
5.5%
|
|
|
2) Would
|
20.2%
|
18.2%
|
24.0%
|
|
|
3) Would not
|
44.1%
|
45.1%
|
42.2%
|
|
|
4) Certainly would not
|
28.6%
|
31.1%
|
23.8%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
3.9%
|
3.6%
|
4.6%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
68)
|
Concerning armed attacks against
Israeli civilians inside Israel, I….
|
|
|
1) Strongly support
|
9.2%
|
6.3%
|
14.9%
|
|
|
2) Support
|
31.0%
|
26.4%
|
39.7%
|
|
|
3) Oppose
|
47.7%
|
52.5%
|
38.4%
|
|
|
4) Strongly oppose
|
10.5%
|
12.6%
|
6.3%
|
|
|
5) DK/NA
|
1.6%
|
2.1%
|
.7%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
69)
|
Which of the following political
parties do you support?
|
|
|
1) PPP
|
.3%
|
.3%
|
.3%
|
|
|
2) PFLP
|
2.5%
|
2.0%
|
3.7%
|
|
|
3) Fateh
|
32.9%
|
31.3%
|
36.1%
|
|
|
4) Hamas
|
18.2%
|
13.9%
|
26.4%
|
|
|
5) DFLP
|
.7%
|
.7%
|
.7%
|
|
|
6) Islamic Jihad
|
1.0%
|
.7%
|
1.6%
|
|
|
7) Fida
|
.2%
|
.2%
|
.3%
|
|
|
8) National inititiative
(Almubadara)
|
1.3%
|
1.7%
|
.5%
|
|
|
9) Independent Islamist
|
2.6%
|
2.5%
|
2.7%
|
|
|
10) Independent nationalist
|
4.1%
|
3.8%
|
4.5%
|
|
|
11)third way headed by Salam Fayyad
|
1.1%
|
1.5%
|
.5%
|
|
|
12) None of the above
|
33.9%
|
40.0%
|
22.2%
|
|
|
13) Others
|
1.2%
|
1.6%
|
.5%
|
|
|
|
Total
|
West Bank
|
Gaza Strip
|
|
70)
|
If you use the internet to surf
social sites like Facebook, Twitter, and various groups or to
access email, how many times do you normally do that?
|
|
|
1) More than once a day
|
9.2%
|
6.7%
|
14.1%
|
|
|
2) Daily
|
18.6%
|
17.8%
|
20.1%
|
|
|
3) Between 2-5 times weekly
|
10.3%
|
8.6%
|
13.6%
|
|
|
4) Once a week
|
6.8%
|
6.1%
|
8.2%
|
|
|
5) Once a month
|
4.5%
|
3.9%
|
5.7%
|
|
|
6) Others (specify -----)
|
.8%
|
.3%
|
1.7%
|
|
|
7) Does not apply—I have no email and
do not visit social sites
|
49.8%
|
56.6%
|
36.6%
|