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Publication Date: 3 July 2013
Fieldwork:18-20 June 2013
Sample Size: 1200 Palestinian in the West Bank and Gaza
Margin of error: + 3 %
Highlights:
- 57 percent of respondents say that Palestinian society is heading in the wrong direction.
- Only 4 percent of West Bank respondents and 6 percent of Gazans evaluate the performance of their government in job creation as "good."
- 52 percent agree with the appointment of Dr. Rami Hamdallah for the PM position.
- 37 percent of Palestinian respondents choose the Hamdallah led-government while 17 percent choose the Haniyeh-led government.
- 61 percent believe that the newly formed government will continue the policies of the Fayyad government or will make minor changes.
- 27 percent view the Hamdallah government as an independent, technocratic government.
- 68 percent do not know the names of any of the ministers in the Hamdallah government. Only 2 percent say that they know the names of all the ministers.
- 54 percent approve of the overall performance of President Abbas.
- 35 percent of respondents approve of the overall performance of PM Haniyeh.
- 94 percent of Gazans support the immediate conduct of elections.
- 67 percent support an immediate return to negotiations if Israel were to freeze settlement activity.
- 17 percent believe that the changes taking place elsewhere in the Arab World positively influence the Palestinian situation.