Views on the Palestinian Infrastructure and Political System

Which leader is capable of ending the internal conflict?:(Near East Consulting, May 22 and 24, 2007)

Abu Mazen	12%
Khaled Masha'al	6%
Marwan Barghouti	18%
Ismael Hanieh	5%
Mahmoud Dahlan	9%
Mahmoud Zanhar	2%
Others	5%
No one can end the conflict	45%

Do you support declaring a state of emergency in the Gaza Strip? (Near East Consulting, May 22 and 24 2007)

Yes	56%
No	44%

Do you support calling early presidential and legislative elections? (Near East Consulting, May 22 and 24 2007)

Yes	69%
No	31%

What should Abu Mazen do to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip? (Near East Consulting, May 22 and 24 2007)

Leave the situation the way it is	12%
Dissolve the PA and declare a state of emergency	38%
Call for early elections	50%

Has the time come for PA President Mahmoud Abbas to resign? (Near East Consulting, May 22 and 24 2007)

Yes	48%
No	52%

Has the time come for the national unity government to resign? (Near East Consulting, May 22 and 24 2007)

Yes	60%
No	40%

Will the crisis between Hamas and Fateh end, or explode out of control? (Near East Consulting, May 22 and 24 2007)

It will end completely	25%
It will spiral out of control	75%

A civil war is: (Near East Consulting, May 22 and 24 2007)

Very likely	38%
Likely	27%
Unlikely	29%
Very unlikely	6%

Do you think that the current government is capable of implementing the security plan that it declared to put an end to the security mayhem?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	18.6%
No	73.5%
No opinion/ I don't know	7.9%

Do you think that the Mecca Accord will hold for long between Fateh and Hamas?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	6.9%
No	67.2%
Maybe	21.6%
No opinion/I don't know	4.3%

Do you think that the National Unity Government will continue to perform its duties in the coming period or will collapse?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

It will continue to perform its duties	19.1%
It will collapse	68.6%
No opinion/I do not know	12.3%

Do you think that Hamas is really concerned with the success of a Unity Government?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	35.3%
No	54.4%
No opinion/ I don't know	10.3%

Do you think that Fateh is really concerned with the success of a Unity Government?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	37.0%
No	50.9%
No opinion/ I don't know	12.1%

Do you think that the National Unity Government succeeded, if partially, to ease up the political sanctions imposed on the Palestinian Authority?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	24.0%
No	70.9%
No opinion/ I don't know	5.1%

Do you think that the National Unity Government succeeded, if partially, to ease up the financial sanctions imposed on the Palestinian Authority?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	21.4%
No	74.5%
No opinion/ I don't know	4.1%

Do you think that the present government is capable of securing the salaries of its employees in the near future?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	26.6%
No	61.8%
No opinion/ I don't know	11.6%

Do you think that the National Unity Government is capable of solving the problem of salaries?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	28.7%
No	60.5%
No opinion/ I don't know	10.8%

If the current government fails to improve the security and economic conditions, will you ask this government to resign?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	71.4%
No	23.1%
No opinion/ I don't know	5.4%

If the current government fails in performing its duties, what is the alternative?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Conducting new elections	48.1%
Dissolving the Palestinian Authority	21.3%
Forming a new government	22.2%
No opinion/I don't know	5.4%

Lately, there have been voices calling for dissolving the Palestinian Authority. Do you support or reject this motion?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

I support	46.0%
I reject	47.1%
No opinion/ I don't know	6.9%

If the current government resigns, do you think that there will be a possibility for an agreement between the factions to form a new government?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	37.9%
No	51.4%
No opinion/ I don't know	10.7%

Under the current circumstances, do you think that the National Unity Government will survive until the end of this year?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	34.6%
No	51.2%
No opinion/ I don't know	15.2%

Do you think that the resignation of the Minister of the Interior Affairs is one step towards the collapse of the National Unity Government?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	48.2%
No	39.8%
No opinion/ I don't know	12.0%

Do you think that the last confrontations in the Gaza Strip practically aborted the Mecca Accord?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	59.0%
No	35.1%
No opinion/ I don't know	5.9%

Do you think that the National Unity Government is capable of controlling the situation in the Gaza Strip at the present?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	19.0%
No	75.4%
No opinion/ I don't know	5.7%

Do you think that the resignation of the Minister of the Interior will initiate a new crisis between Fateh and Hamas over the vacant position at the Ministry?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

Yes	59.3%
No	27.9%
No opinion/ I don't know	12.8%

Do you think that the National Unity Government came as a result of--?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

The desire of Fateh and Hamas to share authority	24.8%
Pressures exerted by the Palestinian Public	27.0%
Pressures exerted by some Arab countries	18.7%
Foreign pressures	23.5%
No opinion/I don't know	6.0%

Do you support or reject giving the responsibilities of negotiations with Israel to the PLO only?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

I support	52.2%
I reject	40.1%
No opinion/ I don't know	7.7%

Do you support or reject the reformation of the PLO so that it would include all nonmember Palestinian factions?: : (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

I support	76.2%
I reject	18.1%
No opinion/ I don't know	5.7%

If new presidential elections are conducted, whom do you vote for: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

For a Fateh candidate	33.1%
For a Hamas candidate	16.8%
For a candidate from the left	5.7%
For an independent candidate	16.4%
No opinion/I don't know	28.1%

If new PLC elections are conducted, whom do you vote for: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

For a Fateh candidate	32.2%
For a Hamas candidate	17.4%
For a candidate from the left	5.5%
For an independent candidate	17.0%
No opinion/I don't know	27.9%

Which of the following political affiliations do you support?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University , May 17-19, 2007)

People's Party	1.2%
Democratic Front	1.9%
Islamic Jihad	2.4%
Fateh	34.3%
Hamas	18.7%
Fida	0.3%
Popular Front	4.4%
Palestinian National Initiative	0.5%
I am an independent nationalist	6.5%
I am an independent Islamist	3.5%
None of the above	25.3%
Others	0.7%

In General, What is the extent of your optimism towards the Palestinian Future? Would you say you are optimistic, somewhat optimistic, or pessimistic? (Jerusalem Media & Communications Center, February 2006)

To what extent would you say the elections process was free and fair? (Jerusalem Media & Communications Center, February 2006)

Given the elections results, to what extent you say that the elected members re present your point of view? (Jerusalem Media & Communications Center, February 2006)

How concerned are you from Hamas enforcing social restrictions on the Palestinians? (Jerusalem Media & Communications Center, February 2006)

If you voted for Hamas , why so? (Jerusalem Media & Communications Center, February 2006)*

*This question was asked who said that they voted for Hamas

Regardless of whom you voted for, why do you think most People voted for them? (Jerusalem Media & Communications Center, February 2006)

The status of the Palestinian Judiciary system is: (PCPO, November 16-21, 2005)

The ad hoc committee at the PLC has called for the dismissal of all heads of the security departments and their deputies, who failed in performing their duties properly, from their offices and the appointment of new Palestinian cadres. Do you support this call or not? (PCPO, October 26, 2005)

How do you evaluate the performance of the following Palestinian institutions since the election of President Mahmoud Abbas?