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Publication Date: 16 April 2013
Fieldwork: April 2-4, 2013
Sample Size: 1200 Palestinian in the West Bank and Gaza
Margin of error: ±3%
Highlights:
- 52 percent of respondents say that Palestinian society is heading in the wrong direction.
- 31 percent of respondents continue to strongly believe that the November confrontation in Gaza and the resulting cease-fire agreement constitute a victory for Palestinians.
- 44 percent prefer the Fatah/Abbas approach to resolving the Palestinian issue, compared to 28 percent who prefer the Hamas approach.
- 85 percent of respondents support the immediate conduct of legislative and presidential elections.
- If elections were held today, 41 percent of respondents say they would vote for Fatah; Hamas follows with 17 percent.
- About one third are either undecided or will not vote.
- In a 12-man race for the presidency, Abbas receives 31 percent, Haniyeh 13 percent and Marwan Barghouthi 8 percent.
- In a two-way race, 46 percent will vote for Abbas and 23 percent will vote for Mashaal.
- Optimism about reconciliation declines from 69 percent in February to 58 percent.
- 39 percent perceive the performance of the Fayyad government as negative.
- 27 percent perceive the performance of the Haniyeh government as negative.
- If given a choice, 44 percent would not select the Fayyad government or the Haniyeh government.
- The approval rate of President Abbas stands at 55 percent; Haniyeh at 39 percent and Fayyad at 35 percent.
- 51 percent support an unconditional and immediate return to negotiations.
- 47 percent listened or heard about President Abbas’s conference with President Obama in Ramallah.
- At the present time, 44 percent of Gazans are less supportive of the changes in Egypt since its revolution.