Palestinian Attitudes About the United States of America
Do you worry that the United States could become a military threat to your country someday? (Pew)
| |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
| Very/Somewhat worried |
73% |
75% |
91% |
How much confidence do you have in U.S. President Barack Obama? (Pew, May 2011)
| Not too much/No confidence |
84% |
| A lot/Some confidence |
14% |
Do approve or disapprove of U.S. President Barack Obama's handling of each of the following issues? (Pew, May 2011)
| |
Approve |
Disapprove |
| Calls for political change in the Middle East |
33% |
63% |
| The Israeli-Palestinian conflict |
13% |
84% |
| Iran |
16% |
80% |
How would you describe your attitudes toward the Obama Administration policy in the Middle East? (PCPO, October 2010)
| Hopeful |
15.0% |
| Neither discouraged nor hopeful |
50.7% |
| Discouraged |
34.3% |
When you look back at the past year of the Obama Administration, which one of the following policies are you most disappointed with? (PCPO, October 2010)
| Palestine/Israel |
46.8% |
| Iraq |
13.8% |
| Attitudes toward Islam |
18.2% |
| Afghanistan |
8.6% |
| Human rights |
6.2% |
| Spreading democracy |
3.9% |
| Economic assistance |
2.5% |
Do you think that the United States will exert pressure on Israel to lead the direct talks to a successful end? (An-Najah, September 2010)
| Yes |
33.4% |
| No |
60.5% |
| No opinion/Don't know |
6.0% |
Do you think, in general, the United States of America strongly supports, somewhat supports, somewhat doesn't support or doesn't support at all Israel? (PCPO, July 12, 2010)
| Supports |
93.1% |
| Doesn't support |
5.0% |
| Don't know |
1.9% |
Do you think that US President Obama's policy is more supportive of Israel or the Palestinians? (Truman Institute/PCPSR)
| |
August 2009 |
December 9-15, 2009 |
| More supportive of the Israelis |
64% |
69% |
| More supportive of the Palestinians |
7% |
3% |
| Supportive of both sides equally |
23% |
22% |
Do you believe that the US has abandoned its demand from Israel to implement a comprehensive freeze on settlement construction? (Truman Institute/PCPSR, December 10-12, 2009)
| Believe |
55% |
| Do not believe |
39% |
Do you support or oppose unconditional return to negotiations, as requested by the US, before Israel implements a comprehensive freeze on settlement construction that would include East Jerusalem? (Truman Institute/PCPSR, December 10-12, 2009)
What do you want the US's future role in the conflict to be? (Truman Institute/PCPSR)
| |
December 2008 |
August 2009 |
| The US should play a more active role |
57% |
61% |
| The US should not intervene |
35% |
29% |
| The US should continue to play its current role in the peace process |
4% |
6% |
If the US does play a more active role, do you expect this involvement will be a success or a failure? (Truman Institute/PCPSR)
| |
December 2008 |
August 2009 |
| Will be successful |
49% |
56% |
| Will be a failure |
30% |
26% |
| Will have no impact |
16% |
15% |
Do you think Israel or the Palestinians would benefit more if the US intervened strongly in the peace process? (Truman Institute/PCPSR)
| |
December 2008 |
August 2009 |
| Israel would benefit more |
66% |
61% |
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% |
See also: Israeli Attitudes About the United States of America
Palestinian Public Opinion Table of Contents
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