Views on Government Infrastructure and Political System
(2007)
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)
Do you support calling early presidential and legislative elections? (Near East Consulting, May 22 and 24 2007)
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)
Has the time come for the national unity government to resign? (Near East Consulting, May 22 and 24 2007)
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, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survery Research)
| |
May 17-19, 2007 |
August 28-30, 2008 |
| People's Party |
1.2% |
0.5% |
| Democratic Front |
1.9% |
0.7% |
| Islamic Jihad |
2.4% |
1.6% |
| Fateh |
34.3% |
30.8% |
| Hamas |
18.7% |
20.4% |
| Fida |
0.3% |
0.0% |
| Popular Front |
4.4% |
4.6% |
| Palestinian National Initiative |
0.5% |
0.8% |
| I am an independent nationalist |
6.5% |
2.9% |
| I am an independent Islamist |
3.5% |
2.9% |
| None of the above |
25.3% |
33.9% |
| Others |
0.7% |
1.0% |
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