For more details, please see the following:
English Report English Results
Arabic Report Arabic Results
Publication Date: 24 March 2012
Fieldwork: 5-12 March 2012
Sample Size: 1380 Palestinians in the West Bank & Gaza
Margin of error: ± 2.5 %
Highlights:
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The overall approval rate of President Abbas is at 59 percent; 45 percent approves of Fayyad’s overall performance and 34 percent approves of Haniyeh’s performance.
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Dissatisfaction with government of Haniyeh in Gaza reaches a peak with the continuation of the fuel and electricity crises in the strip; Dissatisfaction with the government of Fayyad increases with the discussions over its proposed austerity plan.
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46 percent of the overall West Bank & Gaza sample places the most blame on Israel for the ongoing fuel crisis in Gaza, followed by Hamas (27 percent).
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In contrast, 48 percent of Gazans place the most blame on Hamas for the ongoing fuel crisis, followed by Israel (21 percent).
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The majority of Palestinians (55 percent) believe that things are moving in the wrong direction.
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36 percent of respondents have heard of the Fayyad government's austerity plan.
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64 percent of West Bank respondents and 75 percent of Gazans state that their tax system is unfair.
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62 percent judge the Haniyeh government unfavorably in the field of job creation, compared to 49 percent with an unfavorable view of the Fayyad government's performance in the same field.
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West Bank and Gaza respondents tend to be critical of their own governments with higher negative ratings of the Haniyeh government among Gazans.
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Two thirds support the Doha Agreement that stipulates the appointment of Mahmoud Abbas as a prime minister for a unity interim government.
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Abbas and Fayyad are most trusted to lead the proposed unity interim government.