Palestinian Attitudes About the United States of America
Do you think that US President Obama's policy is more supportive of Israel or the Palestinians? (Truman Institute/PCPSR, August 2009)
| More supportive of the Israelis |
64% |
| More supportive of the Palestinians |
7% |
| Supportive of both sides equally |
23% |
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% |
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