Palestinian Attitudes About Peace With Israel
(2009)
Palestinian Attitudes About Peace Table of Contents
Do you support or oppose the Saudi Peace Initiative? (Truman Institute/PCPSR)
| |
June 2009 |
August 2009 |
| Support |
57% |
64% |
| Oppose |
40% |
34% |
Do you accept or reject yielding to American pressure to accept and implement the Arab (Saudi) Peace Initiative? (Truman Institute/PCPSR)
| |
December 2008 |
August 2009 |
| Accept |
56% |
58% |
| Reject |
39% |
39% |
Follow up: What do you believe the other side's response to such pressure would be? (Truman Institute/PCPSR)
| |
December 2008 |
August 2009 |
| Israel will accept such pressure |
49% |
46% |
| Israel will reject such pressure |
|
49% |
Do you think that
the policy of US President Obama will
increase or reduce the chances of reaching
a just peace between the Palestinians and
Israelis? (Jerusalem Media
& Communications Center, June 2009)
| |
Total |
West Bank |
Gaza |
| It will increase the chances |
35.4% |
36.3% |
33.9% |
| It will reduce the chances |
11.5% |
12.1% |
10.5% |
| It won't make any difference |
49.1% |
46.8% |
53.1% |
| Don't know |
3.2% |
3.9% |
1.8% |
| No answer |
0.8% |
0.9% |
0.7% |
Do you think that the presence of the Likud Government headed by Netanyahu has a positive or a negative impact
on the chances of achieving peace with
the Arabs and Palestinians? (Jerusalem Media & Communications
Center, June 2009)
| |
Total |
West Bank |
Gaza |
| It has a positive impact |
7.6% |
7.9% |
7.1% |
| It has a negative impact |
61.1% |
62.2% |
59.2% |
| It has no impact whatsoever |
31.1% |
29.6% |
33.7% |
| No answer |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.0% |
To what extent do
you support the Arab Peace Initiative?
(Jerusalem
Media & Communications Center, June
2009)
| |
Total |
West Bank |
Gaza |
| Strongly support |
18.1% |
17.4% |
19.4% |
| Somewhat support |
51.3% |
52.8% |
48.7% |
| Somewhat oppose |
16.6% |
14.1% |
21.0% |
| Strongly oppose |
9.8% |
10.5% |
9.6% |
| Don't know |
3.7% |
5.0% |
1.3% |
| No answer |
0.5% |
0.2% |
0.0% |
On final status options for Israel and Palestine (OneVoice Movement, April 22, 2009)
| |
Essential |
Desirable |
Acceptable |
Tolerable |
Unacceptable |
| 1. Historic Palestine - From the Jordanian river to the sea as an Islamic Waqf |
59% |
12% |
7% |
5% |
12% |
| 2. Historic Palestine - From the Jordanian river to the sea |
71% |
11% |
5% |
3% |
7% |
| 3. One joint state - A state in which Israelis and Palestinians are equal citizens |
18% |
13% |
10% |
12% |
43% |
| 4. One shared state - Bi-national federal state in which Israelis and Palestinians share power |
8% |
7% |
7% |
12% |
59% |
| 5. Two state solution - Two states for two peoples: Israel and Palestine |
38% |
15% |
10% |
11% |
24% |
| 6. Political status quo with economic development of Palestinian/the West Bank/Gaza (territories) |
32% |
10% |
8% |
8% |
40% |
| 7. Confederation between West Bank and Jordan and between Gaza and Egypt |
12% |
7% |
7% |
5% |
65% |
Do you expect that negotiations with the new government will be more successful in ending settlement expansion and bringing peace or do you expect settlements to continue to expand and peace efforts to fail? (Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, March 1-7, 2009)
| Negotiations will be more successful in ending settlement expansion and bringing peace |
7% |
| Settlements will continue to expand and peace efforts will fail |
62% |
Do you think that chances for the establishment of an independent Palestinian State next to the State of Israel in the next five years are 'non-existent or low' or 'medium or high'? (Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, March 1-7, 2009)
| Non-existent or low |
73% |
| Medium or high |
24% |
Do you support or oppose return to Palestinian-Israeli final status negotiations before an Israeli freeze on settlement activity? (Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, March 1-7, 2009)
Do you support or oppose the renewal of the cease fire in Gaza? (Truman Research Institute/PCPSR, March 1-7, 2009)
What is your attitude towards peace negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis? (Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, January 25-31, 2009)
| Strongly favor |
20.6% |
| Somewhat favor |
53.6% |
| Somewhat oppose |
11.5% |
| Strongly oppose |
12.7% |
| I don't know |
2.2% |
What is your attitude towards a Palestinian-Israeli cease-fire at present? (Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, January 25-31, 2009)
| Strongly favor |
49.3% |
| Somewhat favor |
38.9% |
| Somewhat oppose |
5.8% |
| Strongly oppose |
4.0% |
| I don't know |
1.9% |
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