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Section One: Living Conditions

  1.At the present time, how do you evaluate your family's economic conditions?

1) Very good

4.8

5.3

4.1

2) Good

14.8

13.8

16.4

3) Fair

38.5

38.5

38.5

4) Bad

26.1

27.0

24.6

5) Very bad

15.7

15.3

16.3

  2.During the past three years, would you say that your family has:

1) Completely lost its income

26.9

26.8

27.1

2) Partially lost its income

59.2

63.0

53.0

3) Maintained its income at its original level

13.5

9.8

19.5

4) Increased its income

0.4

0.4

0.4

  3.Does the family have a working breadwinner?

1) Yes

72.4

75.0

68.3

2) No

27.6

25.0

31.7

  4. If the answer was yes, who is the breadwinner?

1) The husband

59.0

54.2

67.8

2) The wife

2.8

3.2

2.3

3) One of the male children

23.1

24.7

20.1

4) One of the female children

1.9

2.5

0.8

4) Others

13.2

15.5

9.0

  5.Monthly income per household (NIS)?

1) No Income

4.8

5.1

4.3

2) Less than 700

29.5

25.7

35.5

3) 700-1000

21.5

19.5

24.8

4) 1001-1700

19.6

19.7

19.6

5) 1701-2500

14.2

16.4

10.7

6) 2501-3000

5.7

7.1

3.5

7) More than 3000

4.6

6.5

1.6

  6.Is the present family income sufficient to cover the needs of the family?

1)Yes

11.2

10.6

12.2

2) To an extent

28.5

27.2

30.6

3) No

60.3

62.2

57.2

  7.At present, do you feel secure about yourself, your family, and your property?

1) Yes                         

16.3

16.2

16.4

2) To an extent

19.9

19.0

21.4

3) No

63.8

64.9

61.9

  8.Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future?

1) Optimistic

35.4

31.5

41.7

2) In between

24.5

22.6

27.6

3) Pessimistic

39.5

44.9

30.6

4) Do not know

0.6

0.9

0.2

  9.If you had a chance to immigrate, would you?

1) Yes

19.7

20.7

18.2

2) No

78.6

77.2

80.9

3) Don’t know/No opinion

1.7

2.1

0.9

Section Two: Evaluation of Intifada

10.Three years after the beginning of the Intifada, are you satisfied with its status?

1) Yes

16.1

13.1

21.0

2) To an extent

20.4

18.1

24.1

3) No

62.3

67.6

53.7

4) Don’t know/No opinion

1.2

1.2

1.2

11.Do you feel that the Intifada is actually continuing?

1) Yes

83.3

82.8

84.2

2) No

12.7

12.3

13.3

3) Don’t know/No opinion

4.0

5.0

2.5

12.How do you feel about the Intifada’s prospects in terms of serving the interests of the Palestinian people?

1) Optimistic

43.4

36.6

54.5

2) Somewhat optimistic

21.5

21.0

22.3

3) Pessimistic

31.6

37.1

22.6

4) No opinion

3.5

5.2

0.6

13.Three years after the advent of the Intifada, who do you think have gained?

1) The Palestinians made more gains than the Israelis

29.9

25.2

37.6

2) The Israelis made more gains than the Palestinians

25.0

30.2

16.6

3) Neither the Palestinians nor the Israelis made any gains

40.8

39.7

42.6

4) No opinion

4.3

4.9

3.2

14.Do you believe that attacks against Israeli civilians in Israeli cities will lead to

1) Positive results for the Palestinian cause

44.4

40.2

51.2

2) Negative results for the Palestinian cause

32.5

35.5

27.6

3) Neither a negative nor a positive result for the Palestinian cause

17.6

16.9

18.6

4) No opinion

5.6

7.3

2.7

15.There are calls by Palestinian parties and personalities to halt military attacks against Israeli civilians inside Israeli cities, do you agree or disagree with such a call? 

1) Agree

16.4

19.7

11.1

2) Agree, only if Israel decided to halt attacks against Palestinian civilians.

53.3

50.8

57.5

3) Disagree 

26.4

24.9

28.9

4) No opinion

3.8

4.6

2.5

Section Three: Emergency government

16.Do you have an understanding of the meanings and implications of the (emergency status) as declared by President Yasser Arafat?

1) Yes

27.7

27.7

27.6

2) No

72.3

72.3

72.4

17.Article "110 " of the Basic law stipulates that “when national security is threatened, by war, occupation through an invasion or coupe or natural disaster, the President is allowed to declare emergency for no more than 30 days. Do you support or oppose?

1) Yes

59.6

61.6

56.3

2) No

24.7

22.4

28.6

3) No opinion

15.7

16.1

15.1

18.Article "111" stipulates that “no restrictions on rights and freedoms may be imposed except as much as is necessary to achieve the goals stated in the Presidential decree on emergency. Do you support or oppose?

1) Yes

58.9

61.1

55.4

2) No

24.4

22.2

28.1

3) No opinion

16.7

16.8

16.5

19.Do you support the Presidential Decree declaring (emergency)?

1) Yes

62.9

64.1

61.0

2) No

25.6

22.8

30.2

3) No opinion

11.5

13.2

8.9

20.Do you support or oppose an (emergency government) headed by Mr. Ahmad Qurea as stated in the Presidential Decree?

1) Yes

41.2

43.0

38.4

2) No

39.3

35.1

46.1

3) No opinion

19.5

21.9

15.5

21.Do you believe that the P.A has the right to take all necessary measures to preserve law and order in the Palestinian areas

1) Yes

75.8

75.4

76.3

2) No

20.5

20.0

21.5

3) No opinion

3.7

4.6

2.2

22.Do you trust more a government headed by A. Qurea or M. Abbas?

1) A. Qurea

18.7

19.4

17.7

2) M. Abbas

6.2

4.9

8.3

3) Neither

60.8

59.1

63.5

 4) No opinion

14.3

16.6

10.6

23.Do you believe that this emergency government (headed by Qurea) has more chances to succeed than the previous government?

1) Yes

41.2

42.5

38.9

2) No

40.3

36.8

46.1

3) No opinion

18.5

20.7

15.0

24.Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the ability of the new government led by Ahmad Qura' (Abu Ala) to improve the general living conditions of the Palestinians?

1) Optimistic

30.8

31.5

29.7

2) In between

30.3

28.0

34.1

3) Pessimistic

32.5

32.3

32.9

4) Do not know

6.4

8.3

3.4

25.Do you believe that the new ministerial cabinet is qualified to perform a proper job?       

1) Yes

21.3

20.5

22.7

2) To an extent

32.5

30.3

36.1

3) No

34.7

34.7

34.6

4) Do not know

11.5

14.5

6.6

26.Do you think that the new government will succeed in unifying the security agencies?

1) Yes

45.2

43.3

48.4

2) No

36.4

35.2

38.5

3) Don't know

18.3

21.5

13.1

27.Do you think that the new government will succeed in improving the performance of governmental institutions?

1) Yes

45.7

47.0

43.6

2) No

37.7

34.6

42.8

3) Don't know

16.6

18.5

13.5

28.Do you think that the new government will succeed in rooting out corruption in governmental institutions?

1) Yes

35.2

36.0

33.9

2) No

51.9

48.5

57.3

3) Don't know

12.9

15.4

8.8

29.Out of the following priorities, which one do you believe should be most important on the agenda of the new government?

1) The withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian cities

51.4

50.1

53.5

2) Improving of economic conditions

18.7

19.1

18.1

3) Rooting out corruption

8.5

7.4

10.3

4) Dealing with social chaos

7.1

8.3

5.2

5) Reinforcing the rule of law

4.4

4.4

4.5

6) Resuming  negotiations

4.1

3.8

4.6

7) Holding elections

2.6

2.9

2.1

8) Improving the performance of institutions

0.5

0.6

0.4

9) Others

2.6

3.4

1.4

30.Do you believe that Palestinians must give the new government a fair chance to implement its proposed programs?

1) Yes

77.3

77.9

76.3

2) No

17.2

15.5

20.0

3) No opinion

5.5

6.6

3.7

31.Did you have a chance to review (in part or in full) the Presidential Decree announcing an (emergency government)?

1) Yes

32.4

33.4

30.7

2) No

67.6

66.6

69.3

32.Are you satisfied that the following were appointed as ministers in the new emergency government?

Sa’eb Oraykat

1) Satisfied       

51.7

45.2

62.2

2) To an extent

12.5

14.7

9.0

3) Not satisfied

16.1

18.2

12.6

4) Can’t judge as I don’t have enough information

19.7

21.9

16.2

Nabil Sha’ath

1) Satisfied       

39.2

33.7

48.2

2) To an extent

15.2

17.6

11.3

3) Not satisfied

21.4

20.5

22.8

4) Can’t judge as I don’t have enough information

24.2

28.2

17.7

Ahmad Qurea

1) Satisfied       

32.4

31.7

33.6

2) To an extent

17.5

16.3

19.4

3) Not satisfied

23.8

23.2

24.7

4) Can’t judge as I don’t have enough information

26.3

28.8

22.2

Na’eim Abu-Elhumous

1) Satisfied       

40.7

36.0

48.2

2) To an extent

11.4

12.6

9.4

3) Not satisfied

14.1

13.8

14.6

4) Can’t judge as I don’t have enough information

33.9

37.6

27.8

Salam Fayad

1) Satisfied       

26.9

19.6

38.8

2) To an extent

8.3

9.9

5.9

3) Not satisfied

14.9

15.0

14.8

4) Can’t judge as I don’t have enough information

49.8

55.5

40.6

Jawad El- Teibi   

1) Satisfied       

22.6

17.4

31.3

2) To an extent

6.7

5.4

8.9

3) Not satisfied

14.8

14.9

14.6

4) Can’t judge as I don’t have enough information

55.9

62.4

45.3

Jamal El- Shoubaky

1) Satisfied       

18.0

16.2

20.9

2) To an extent

9.2

9.6

8.5

3) Not satisfied

15.8

13.3

19.7

4) Can’t judge as I don’t have enough information

57.1

60.9

50.8

Naser Yousef

1) Satisfied       

16.2

11.3

24.2

2) To an extent

7.2

6.4

8.6

3) Not satisfied

18.0

15.7

21.7

4) Can’t judge as I don’t have enough information

58.6

66.7

45.5

Abd-elrahman hamad

1) Satisfied       

17.9

12.0

27.5

2) To an extent

6.9

5.5

9.0

3) Not satisfied

15.0

11.6

20.6

4) Can’t judge as I don’t have enough information

60.3

70.9

42.9

33.          In general, how do you evaluate the make-up of the new cabinet (ministers)?

1) Sa’eb Oraykat

64.4

57.9

74.3

2) Na’eim Abu-Elhumous

61.5

57.7

66.8

3) Slam Fayad

53.6

44.1

65.3

4) Nabil Sa’ath

51.7

46.9

58.5

5) Jawad El- Teibi  

51.3

46.1

57.1

6) Abd-elrahman hamad

45.0

41.1

48.2

7) Ahmad Qurea

44.0

44.5

43.2

8) Jamal El- Shoubaky

41.9

41.4

42.6

9) Naser Yousef

39.1

33.8

44.4

34.          In general, how do you evaluate the make-up of the new cabinet (ministers)?

1) Good

22.5

23.3

21.4

2) Fair

34.5

29.5

42.5

3) Weak

30.2

30.1

30.3

4) Don’t know

12.8

17.1

5.8

35.          In general, how do you evaluate the performance of President Yasser Arafat?

1) Positive

62.6

59.1

68.3

2) Fair

24.4

26.0

21.9

3) Negative

9.9

11.0

8.1

4) No opinion

3.0

3.8

1.7

36.          Which of the following political groups do you support?

1) Fateh

25.5

25.1

26.4

2) Hamas

18.5

15.6

23.2

3) Independent, with Islamic leaning

5.0

4.3

6.2

4) Islamic Jihad

4.3

4.3

4.3

5) Independent, with Fateh leaning

3.3

4.0

2.2

6) PFLP

2.4

2.0

3.1

7) Independent, with left wing leaning

0.8

1.3

0

8) PPP

0.7

0.6

0.8

9) DFLP

0.6

0.5

0.8

10) Feda

0.1

0.2

0

11) Other Islamic Factions 

0.1

0.1

0

12) None

38.5

41.9

33.0

37.          Presently, are you a member of any of these political groups?

1) Yes

10.3

9.1

12.4

2) No

87.8

88.8

86.1

3) No opinion

1.9

2.1

1.5

Section Four: Negotiations

38.          Do you think that Israel will place obstacles to cause the new government to fail?

1) Yes

71.6

71.7

71.3

2) No

19.6

17.4

23.0

3) Don't know

8.9

10.9

5.7

39.          Do you think that the United Sates will place obstacles to cause the new government to fail?

1) Yes

66.8

66.3

67.7

2) No

23.0

22.0

24.5

3) Don't know

10.2

11.7

7.8

40.          Do you believe that the United States is serious about implementing the Road Map?

1) Yes

17.6

19.1

15.3

2) No

74.5

71.5

79.2

3) Don't know

7.9

9.4

5.5

41.          Do you support or oppose the negotiations with the Israelis?

1) Support

60.5

62.0

58.1

2) Oppose

36.5

34.3

40.1

3) No opinion

3.0

3.7

1.8

42.          Do you think that Israel has a genuine desire to achieve peace with the Palestinians?

1) Yes

9.6

10.3

8.5

2) No

87.4

86.6

88.7

3) Don't know

3.0

3.1

2.7

43.