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English Report English Results
Publication Date: 16 December 2011
Fieldwork: 22-24 November 2011
Sample size: 1200 Palestinians (West Bank and Gaza)
Margin of Error: +3%
Highlights:
- The majority of Palestinians (85 percent) support holding a parliamentary election next May 2012 as agreed to in the revised Cairo Agreement.
- Palestinians continue to place the highest importance on achieving national reconciliation with 96 percent stating that it is important or somewhat important.
- 49 percent believe that the Palestinian society is moving in the right direction, whereas 46 percent have the opposite view.
- 70 percent support the UN bid for statehood.
- 45 percent select economic development and job creation as their top internal priority.
- The PLO continues to be the most trusted institution at 73 percent, followed by the PA (68 percent) and the PLC (65 percent).
- The majority of Palestinians have negative views of the governments in both Gaza and the West Bank when it comes to the commitment to democracy, transparency and human rights.
- Respondents give Marwan Barghouthi their highest positive evaluation (86 percent), followed by President Abbas (72 percent) and Ahmad Sa’adat (69 percent).
- In a presidential election: Abbas would receive 44 percent of the vote; whereas Haniyeh would receive 18 percent.
- In a PLC election: Fateh would receive 46 percent of the public's support; whereas Hamas would receive17 percent.