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Publication date: 2 January 2014
Fieldwork date: 21-23 December 2013
Sample size: 1,200 Palestinians in the West Bank & Gaza Strip
Margin of error: + 3 %
Highlights
- 50 percent of Palestinian respondents are pessimistic about the future and 63 percent believe that things are going in the wrong direction.
- 49 percent support the current round of negotiations, while 47 percent oppose it.
- 52 percent support a two-state solution, while 46 percent oppose.
- 58 percent are pessimistic about the prospects of the current round of negotiations; 36 percent are optimistic.
- 20 years after Oslo, 63 percent believe that Palestinians are now farther from achieving their goal of a Palestinian state.
- 59 percent believe that a peace agreement will never be reached.
- 58 percent approve of the performance of President Abbas while 34 percent disapprove.
- 42 percent would choose a Hamdallah-led government and 19 percent a Haniyeh-led government. 34 percent would not choose either of the two governments.
- 61 percent are dissatisfied with the performance of electricity providers during the Winter Storm Alexa; 87 percent in Gaza and 45 percent in the West Bank.
- 33 percent are dissatisfied with the performance of government in responding to the storm. In contrast, 66 percent are satisfied.
- Power outages are considered the most important impact of the snow storm by 53 percent, followed by agricultural damage at 10 percent.