Polls

2 February 2011: The Peace Process & Internal Politics

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English Report                 English Results

Arabic report                     Arabic Results

 

Publication Date: 2 February 2011

Fieldwork: 19-20 January 2011

Sample size: 1200 Palestinians (West Bank and Gaza)

Margin of error: ±3%

Highlights: 

  • 74 percent positively view the latest events in Tunisia.
  • 41 percent predict that Egypt will be the next Arab country in line for change.
  • The majority of Palestinian respondents believe that negotiations should resume only after a full freeze of settlement construction.
  • 71 percents support non-violent means to end the Occupation. 
  • 73 percent believe that the PA should directly petition the UN Security Council to declare a Palestinian state.
  • 83 percent support a move by the PA to petition the Security Council for a resolution freezing settlement construction.
  • 59 percent did not think that the outcome of the American mid-term Congressional elections would affect the peace process.
  • 63 percent of the respondents believe that Palestinian society is heading in the wrong direction.
  • There is no significant shift in the Palestinian attitudes toward the performance of the West Bank and Gaza governments since the October 2010 poll.
  • The vast majority of Palestinians (79 percent) support the conduct of municipal, legislative and presidential elections as soon as possible.
  • The overwhelming majority (71 percent) of respondents believe reconciliation talks between  Fatah and Hamas are the best means to end the domestic political division.
  • In hypothetical parliamentary elections, Fatah (35 percent) is the most popular of electoral lists, followed by Hamas (14 percent). However, 34 percent of voters are undecided or seeking other options

 

 

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