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Publication date: 19 March 2014
Fieldwork date: 9-11 March 2014
Sample size: 1,200 Palestinians in the West Bank & Gaza Strip
Margin of error: + 3 %
Highlights:
- 49 percent of Palestinian respondents are pessimistic about the future and 66 percent believe that things are heading in the wrong direction.
- 53 percent of respondents say that their family's economic situation is worse than it was a year ago. In contrast, 33 percent state that it has stayed the same.
- 52 percent support a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, while 46 percent oppose.
- 48 percent of respondents believe that the “Kerry Peace Plan” or Framework Agreement will fail in producing a final status agreement.
- 20 years after Oslo, 64 percent believe that Palestinians are now farther from achieving their goal of a Palestinian state.
- 55 percent of respondents say that they have received limited or no information on the current round of negotiations.
- 49 percent support the current round of negotiations, while 44 percent oppose it.
- 44 percent of Palestinian do not support a resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli situation involving further concessions, even if President Abbas states that it would best serve Palestinian interests.
- 77 percent of Palestinian respondents believe that the Palestinian Authority is serious about negotiations leading to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, while only 13 percent believe the same about Israel.
- 44 percent of respondents stated that Jerusalem is the most significant issue that could impede a resolution between Palestinians and Israelis.
- 48 percent would support an extension of negotiations if President Abbas were to accept the Framework Agreement as the basis of such a decision, while 45 percent would oppose, and 7 percent are uncertain.