|
First Section: Living Conditions
|
|
|
|
Total % |
West Bank% |
Gaza Strip% |
|
1.
How
do you evaluate the economic conditions of your family? |
|
1) Very good |
3.9 |
4.7 |
2.6 |
|
2) Good |
12.2 |
14.0 |
9.1 |
|
3) Fair |
36.4 |
36.2 |
36.6 |
|
4) Bad |
29.2 |
29.0 |
29.5 |
|
5) Very Bad |
18.3 |
16.1 |
22.1 |
|
|
|
2.
Are
you optimistic or pessimistic? |
|
|
1) Optimistic |
30.6 |
27.6 |
35.5 |
|
|
2) In between |
23.6 |
24.2 |
22.6 |
|
|
3) Pessimistic |
45.6 |
47.8 |
41.8 |
|
|
4) Do not know |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
|
|
3.
Do
you feel secure about the future of the coming generations? |
|
1) Yes |
47.3 |
39.2 |
61.0 |
|
2) To some extent |
20.2 |
23.7 |
14.4 |
|
3) No |
31.9 |
36.4 |
24.2 |
|
4) Don’t know/No opinion |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
|
4.
At
the present time, do you feel safe/secure (about yourself, your family,
and property)? |
|
1) Yes |
41.2 |
36.5 |
49.1 |
|
2) To some extent |
18.1 |
18.6 |
17.2 |
|
3) No |
36.4 |
39.5 |
31.2 |
|
4) Don’t know/No opinion |
4.3 |
5.3 |
2.6 |
|
5.
Is
there a working breadwinner for the family? |
|
1) Yes, regular |
38.6 |
40.7 |
35.3 |
|
2) Irregular / Part time |
44.6 |
54.8 |
27.6 |
|
3) No |
16.7 |
4.6 |
37.2 |
|
6.
Do
you feel that your family is going through a financial crisis? |
|
1) Yes |
64.1 |
61.1 |
69.1 |
|
2) To some extent |
23.3 |
26.5 |
18.0 |
|
3) No |
12.6 |
12.4 |
12.9 |
|
7.
Does
your financial situation allow your family to cover the following
expenses? |
|
Food and nutritional needs |
|
1) Yes |
40.3 |
44.6 |
33.1 |
|
2) To some extent |
48.4 |
45.3 |
53.7 |
|
3) No |
11.1 |
10.1 |
13.2 |
|
Health expenses |
|
1) Yes |
26.2 |
29.6 |
20.5 |
|
2) To some extent |
37.6 |
37.2 |
38.3 |
|
3) No |
36.2 |
33.2 |
41.1 |
|
Transportation and communication
expenses |
|
1) Yes |
24.7 |
30.6 |
14.7 |
|
2) To some extent |
36.9 |
37.5 |
35.7 |
|
3) No |
33.4 |
27.8 |
42.9 |
|
4) Doesn’t apply |
5.1 |
4.1 |
6.7 |
|
Educational expenses |
|
1) Yes |
22.5 |
25.4 |
17.7 |
|
2) To some extent |
28.0 |
28.7 |
26.9 |
|
3) No |
31.1 |
28.4 |
35.6 |
|
4) Doesn’t apply |
18.4 |
17.6 |
19.8 |
|
Rent |
|
1) Yes |
4.4 |
6.2 |
1.3 |
|
2) To some extent |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.0 |
|
3) No |
9.5 |
11.3 |
6.4 |
|
4) Doesn’t apply |
80.9 |
77.1 |
87.3 |
|
8.
Compared with before the PLC elections of January 2006, do you feel that
your family income has…… |
|
1) Improved? |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
|
2) Declined? |
63.4 |
61.2 |
66.9 |
|
3) Stayed the same? |
34.5 |
36.8 |
30.8 |
|
4) Don’t know. |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
|
9.
Compared with before the PLC elections of January 2006, do you feel more
or less secure? |
|
1) More secure |
13.9 |
7.2 |
25.0 |
|
2) Less secure |
40.6 |
40.8 |
40.3 |
|
3) No change |
45.5 |
52.0 |
34.7 |
|
Second Section: Evaluation of
Institutions |
|
10.
How
do you evaluate the performance of the following institutions in dealing
with the ongoing crisis in the
Palestinian Territories? |
|
The Government |
|
1) Good |
25.6 |
22.5 |
30.9 |
|
2) Medium |
23.0 |
22.6 |
23.6 |
|
3) Weak |
43.1 |
44.8 |
40.4 |
|
4) No opinion |
8.3 |
10.1 |
5.1 |
|
The Presidential Office |
|
1) Good |
23.1 |
21.5 |
25.7 |
|
2) Medium |
24.0 |
23.5 |
24.8 |
|
3) Weak |
46.2 |
45.8 |
46.7 |
|
4) No opinion |
6.8 |
9.2 |
2.8 |
|
The PLC |
|
1) Good |
20.7 |
15.6 |
29.3 |
|
2) Medium |
20.5 |
21.5 |
18.8 |
|
3) Weak |
45.8 |
46.9 |
44.0 |
|
4) No opinion |
12.9 |
15.9 |
8.0 |
|
NGOs |
|
1) Good |
14.8 |
13.7 |
16.6 |
|
2) Medium |
25.9 |
26.7 |
24.7 |
|
3) Weak |
40.7 |
38.5 |
44.3 |
|
4) No opinion |
18.6 |
21.1 |
14.4 |
|
Private sector and banks |
|
1) Good |
13.5 |
13.5 |
13.4 |
|
2) Medium |
24.2 |
26.1 |
21.1 |
|
3) Weak |
46.3 |
42.7 |
52.3 |
|
4) No opinion |
16.0 |
17.7 |
13.2 |
|
Political groups |
|
1) Good |
12.6 |
11.7 |
14.1 |
|
2) Medium |
20.9 |
20.2 |
22.2 |
|
3) Weak |
54.3 |
53.5 |
55.7 |
|
4) No opinion |
12.1 |
14.6 |
8.0 |
|
International organizations |
|
1) Good |
11.1 |
8.1 |
15.9 |
|
2) Medium |
16.6 |
16.2 |
17.2 |
|
3) Weak |
57.7 |
58.4 |
56.6 |
|
4) No opinion |
14.7 |
17.3 |
10.3 |
|
11.
Do
you believe that the government is serious about resolving the current
crisis? |
|
1) Yes |
61.6 |
58.7 |
66.4 |
|
2) No |
32.1 |
33.4 |
30.0 |
|
3) Don’t know |
6.3 |
7.9 |
3.6 |
|
12.
Do
you believe that the government is capable of resolving the current
crisis? |
|
1) Yes |
42.4 |
38.3 |
49.3 |
|
2) No |
48.4 |
51.0 |
44.0 |
|
3) Don’t know |
9.2 |
10.7 |
6.7 |
|
13.
The
Minister of Interior established and dispatched
a (security force) in Gaza comprised of members of Hamas and other
factions, do you support or oppose the establishment of such a force? |
|
1) Yes |
49.2 |
44.2 |
57.5 |
|
2) To some extent |
39.4 |
39.9 |
38.5 |
|
3) No |
11.4 |
15.8 |
4.0 |
|
14.
Do
you support or oppose the establishment of this force, if the President
said no to its establishment? |
|
1) Yes |
34.7 |
31.1 |
40.8 |
|
2) No |
54.9 |
55.2 |
54.3 |
|
3) Don’t know |
10.4 |
13.7 |
4.9 |
|
15.
Do
you support or oppose the establishment of a similar force in the
West Bank? |
|
1) Yes |
45.9 |
43.2 |
50.5 |
|
2) No |
44.9 |
44.8 |
44.9 |
|
3) Don’t know |
9.2 |
11.9 |
4.5 |
|
16.
How
do you evaluate the role of the following parties in leading to the
current crises? Did they play ……. in leading to the crisis? |
|
Israel |
|
1) A primary role |
95.7 |
95.8 |
95.5 |
|
2) A moderate role |
2.2 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
|
3) No role |
2.2 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
|
The United States |
|
1) A primary role |
94.8 |
94.5 |
95.3 |
|
2) A moderate role |
3.1 |
3.5 |
2.3 |
|
3) No role |
2.1 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
|
The European Union |
|
1) A primary role |
76.4 |
75.3 |
78.1 |
|
2) A moderate role |
18.1 |
19.7 |
15.3 |
|
3) No role |
5.6 |
5.0 |
6.6 |
|
The Arab countries |
|
1) A primary role |
58.5 |
61.9 |
52.9 |
|
2) A moderate role |
27.6 |
26.4 |
29.5 |
|
3) No role |
14.0 |
11.8 |
17.6 |
|
Fateh |
|
1) A primary role |
33.5 |
31.9 |
36.1 |
|
2) A moderate role |
30.1 |
31.0 |
28.5 |
|
3) No role |
36.5 |
37.1 |
35.4 |
|
Hamas |
|
1) A primary role |
32.8 |
32.5 |
33.3 |
|
2) A moderate role |
19.8 |
21.8 |
16.4 |
|
3) No role |
47.4 |
45.7 |
50.3 |
|
17.
What
is the best means to transfer money from international donors to the
Palestinian society? |
|
1) Through the President’s office |
18.8 |
19.7 |
17.4 |
|
2)Through an international institution such as the World Bank |
26.0 |
24.9 |
27.8 |
|
3) None of these two choices, but through the Ministry of Finance |
49.0 |
47.9 |
50.9 |
|
4) Don’t know |
6.2 |
7.6 |
3.9 |
|
18.
In
dealing with the current crisis faced by the Palestinians, which one of
these proposals do you support? |
|
1)
Continuation of the current Hamas-led government |
21.0 |
18.8 |
24.7 |
|
2)
Forming a unified government with all political parties |
63.7 |
64.4 |
62.4 |
|
3)
Forming a technocratic government of independents |
11.6 |
12.8 |
9.7 |
|
4)
Don’t know |
3.7 |
4.0 |
3.2 |
|
19.
As to
funding the Palestinian National Authority, which one of these two
directions do you support? |
|
1)
Hamas continues to reject recognizing Israel, while reaching out to
countries like Iran and the Arab world to get funding |
60.8 |
58.4 |
64.8 |
|
2)
Hamas recognizes Israel and continue to receive funding from the
international community |
31.0 |
32.1 |
29.1 |
|
3)
Others |
8.2 |
9.4 |
6.1 |
|
20.
Do
you believe that the current government is handling the issue of
international funding..? |
|
1)
Appropriately |
26.2 |
21.5 |
34.0 |
|
2)
Somewhat Appropriately |
31.5 |
32.2 |
30.4 |
|
3)
Not Appropriately |
33.9 |
35.2 |
31.8 |
|
4)
Don’t know |
8.4 |
11.0 |
3.8 |
|
21.
What
is your evaluation of the performance of the current government? |
|
|
1) Good |
31.2 |
26.8 |
38.8 |
|
|
2) To some extent |
29.7 |
31.7 |
26.4 |
|
|
3) Weak |
35.7 |
36.8 |
33.9 |
|
|
4) Don't know |
3.3 |
4.7 |
1.0 |
|
|
22.
Do
you believe that the government distributes the funds that it collects to
needy Palestinians in a fair manner? |
|
|
1) Yes |
30.9 |
27.3 |
37.0 |
|
|
2) To some extent |
54.3 |
54.1 |
54.7 |
|
|
3) No |
14.7 |
18.6 |
8.3 |
|
|
23.
What
is your evaluation of the performance of Prime Minister Ismail Haneyyeh? |
|
|
1) Good |
57.2 |
50.6 |
68.4 |
|
|
2) Fair |
20.4 |
24.3 |
13.9 |
|
|
3) Weak |
15.7 |
16.6 |
14.2 |
|
|
4) I don’t know |
6.7 |
8.5 |
3.5 |
|
|
24.
What
is your evaluation of the performance of President Mahmoud Abbas? |
|
|
1) Good |
47.5 |
46.3 |
49.6 |
|
|
2) Fair |
26.4 |
27.2 |
24.9 |
|
|
3) Weak |
22.7 |
22.4 |
23.1 |
|
|
4) I don’t know |
3.4 |
4.0 |
2.4 |
|
|
25.
Do
you support or oppose that the Prime Minister, other ministers and
political groups use mosques as platforms to promote their political
agenda? |
|
|
1) Yes |
28.3 |
28.2 |
28.4 |
|
|
2) To some extent |
67.9 |
66.8 |
69.7 |
|
|
3) No |
3.8 |
5.0 |
1.9 |
|
|
26.
Do
you believe that preachers in mosques play a positive or a negative role
in dealing with the current crisis? |
|
|
1) Positive |
58.0 |
55.7 |
61.8 |
|
|
2) Negative |
31.6 |
32.2 |
30.7 |
|
|
3) Don’t know |
10.4 |
12.1 |
7.5 |
|
|
27.
Do
you believe that mosques are used to instigate against some Palestinian
leaders? |
|
|
1) Yes |
15.2 |
12.0 |
20.4 |
|
|
2) To some extent |
26.4 |
28.3 |
23.3 |
|
|
3) No |
51.1 |
51.3 |
50.8 |
|
|
4) Don’t know |
7.3 |
8.4 |
5.5 |
|
|
28.
Do
you believe that Arab and local media play a positive or a negative role
in dealing with the current crisis? |
|
|
1) Positive |
42.5 |
39.9 |
46.8 |
|
|
2) Negative |
49.1 |
50.0 |
47.7 |
|
|
3) Don’t know |
8.4 |
10.1 |
5.5 |
|
|
29.
Do
you believe that the media instigate against some Palestinian leaders? |
|
|
1) Yes |
49.7 |
47.4 |
53.4 |
|
|
2) To some extent |
41.2 |
41.7 |
40.3 |
|
|
3) No |
9.1 |
10.8 |
6.2 |
|
|
Third Section: National Dialogue and
the Referendum |
|
30.
Do
you believe that the national dialogue serves mainly the interests of the
political groups or the interests of the public? |
|
1) The political groups |
33.2 |
36.0 |
28.5 |
|
2) The general public |
58.7 |
54.8 |
65.2 |
|
3) No opinion |
8.1 |
9.2 |
6.3 |
|
31.
Do
you think that the political groups participating in the national dialogue
take into consideration the opinions and views of the public? |
|
1) Yes |
32.9 |
28.4 |
40.3 |
|
2) To some extent |
31.1 |
30.4 |
32.1 |
|
3) No |
31.0 |
34.5 |
25.2 |
|
4) No opinion |
5.1 |
6.7 |
2.4 |
|
32.
Do
you believe that the political groups are serious about resolving the
current crises? |
|
1) Yes |
44.3 |
41.6 |
48.9 |
|
2) To some extent |
25.0 |
25.6 |
23.8 |
|
3) No |
26.4 |
27.1 |
25.2 |
|
4) Don’t know |
4.3 |
5.6 |
2.2 |
|
Do you support or oppose the following
statements? |
|
33.
The
PLO is the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian People. |
|
1) Support |
73.5 |
71.8 |
76.4 |
|
2) Oppose |
22.5 |
23.7 |
20.6 |
|
3) No Opinion |
3.9 |
4.5 |
3.0 |
|
34.
Hamas
and Islamic Jihad joining the PLO. |
|
1) Yes |
82.5 |
82.2 |
83.1 |
|
2) To some extent |
15.0 |
14.8 |
15.3 |
|
3) No |
2.5 |
3.0 |
1.6 |
|
35.
The
establishment of a Palestinian state on the occupied territories of 1967. |
|
1) Yes |
84.2 |
83.9 |
84.7 |
|
2) To some extent |
13.6 |
13.4 |
13.9 |
|
3) No |
2.2 |
2.7 |
1.3 |
|
36.
Forming a national unity government with all political forces represented. |
|
1) Yes |
90.7 |
90.0 |
91.7 |
|
2) To some extent |
7.1 |
7.3 |
6.8 |
|
3) No |
2.2 |
2.7 |
1.4 |
|
37.
Commitment to resistance with a focus in the occupied territories. |
|
1) Yes |
83.4 |
81.2 |
87.0 |
|
2) To some extent |
12.6 |
13.6 |
11.0 |
|
3) No |
4.0 |
5.2 |
2.0 |
|
38.
A
Palestinian united political initiative on the basis of a national unity
program and international legality. |
|
1) Yes |
89.6 |
88.1 |
92.1 |
|
2) To some extent |
6.8 |
7.7 |
5.4 |
|
3) No |
3.6 |
4.3 |
2.5 |
|
39.
Reforming and modernizing the security apparatus |
|
1) Yes |
94.0 |
93.4 |
94.9 |
|
2) To some extent |
3.6 |
3.8 |
3.3 |
|
3) No |
2.4 |
2.8 |
1.7 |
|
40.
Protecting and reinforcing the PNA as the core for the future Palestinian
state. |
|
1) Yes |
91.4 |
91.4 |
91.5 |
|
2) To some extent |
5.6 |
5.3 |
6.1 |
|
3) No |
2.9 |
3.2 |
2.4 |
|
41.
Commitment to democracy and to regular elections. |
|
1) Yes |
94.1 |
93.3 |
95.4 |
|
2) To some extent |
3.8 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
|
3) No |
2.1 |
2.7 |
1.1 |
|
42.
Do
you support or oppose that the (Prisoners’ Declaration) be the basis for a
national unity program? |
|
1) Support |
81.1 |
80.4 |
82.1 |
|
2) Oppose |
13.0 |
12.7 |
13.5 |
|
3) No opinion |
5.9 |
6.8 |
4.4 |
|
43.
Do
you support or oppose that President Mahmoud Abbas calls for a referendum
in case that the national dialogue does not reach a fruitful ending? |
|
1) Support |
76.8 |
77.7 |
75.3 |
|
2) Oppose |
18.5 |
16.8 |
21.2 |
|
3) No opinion |
4.8 |
5.5 |
3.6 |
|
44.
If a
referendum is about adopting the (Prisoners’ Declaration) as a basis for
national consensus, will you vote (Yes) or (No)? |
|
1) Yes |
77.0 |
76.1 |
78.6 |
|
2) No |
13.3 |
12.9 |
14.1 |
|
3) Don’t know |
9.7 |
11.0 |
7.4 |
|
45.
If
PLC elections took place today, which one of the following lists would you
vote for? |
|
1)
Change and Reform |
36.9 |
34.3 |
41.4 |
|
2)
Fateh Movement |
36.6 |
35.6 |
38.2 |
|
3) Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa |
2.0 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
|
4)
Independent Palestine |
1.2 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
|
5)
The Third Way |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
|
6)
Martyr Abu Al-Abbas |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
|
7)
The Alternative |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
|
8) National coalition for Justice and Democracy |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
|
9)
The Palestinian Justice |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
|
10)
Freedom and social Justice |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
11) Freedom and independence |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
12) Others |
21.5 |
24.7 |
16.1 |
|
46.
Which
of the following political groups do you support? |
|
1) Fateh |
35.7 |
35.5 |
36.0 |
|
2) Hamas |
32.7 |
32.5 |
32.9 |
|
3) Independent, with Islamic leaning |
4.1 |
3.4 |
5.2 |
|
4) Independent, with Fateh leaning |
2.8 |
2.3 |
3.7 |
|
5) PFLP |
2.3 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
|
6) Islamic Jihad |
1.0 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
|
7) DFLP |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
|
8) Independent Palestine |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
|
9) Feda |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
|
10) Third Way |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
|
11) Other Islamic Factions |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
|
12) PPP |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
|
13) Other Leftist Faction |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
14) Independent, with Leftist leaning |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
15) Other National Faction |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
16) None |
19.5 |
22.0 |
15.2 |
