• Field Research: July 24-26, 2003

• Date of Publication: August 5, 2003

• Sample Size: 1200 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

• Number of Sampling Localities: 75

• Margin of Error: ± 3%

Headlines

• 74% support the current truce (where Palestinian factions have declared a halt on attacks against Israeli targets).

• 61% support a renewal of the truce for another 3 months.

• 78% believe that Israel will not abide by the truce.

• 27% evaluate the Prime Minister’s performance as (good); 34% as (fair), and 28% as (weak).

• 79% say that the Israeli Government is placing obstacles in the face of the new Palestinian Government.

• Another 56% say that the new Government is facing internal obstacles.

• 73% support the conduct of legislative and local elections.

• A majority (over 55%) will not vote for the current members.

• 77% support a legislative council based on proportional representation.

• If elections were held now, Islamic groups (including Hamas and Islamic Jihad and independent Islamists) will get about 32% of the vote, Fateh will get about 29%, and the leftists will get about 7%.

• Over 83% support a constitution that guarantees equality between Christians and Muslims, and men and women.

•  For questions or inquiries, please contact Dr. Nader Said or Ayman Abdulmajeed at the listed numbers.

• DSP opinion polls are supervised by an independent Palestinian team of academic experts (see our website).

• All results represent the opinions of the respondents and do not represent the viewpoint of Birzeit University or the Development Studies Programme or any other related body.

• For details on our methodology, refer to our web page.

• Many thanks go to the field researchers, and to the nternational Republican Institute (IRI) for their support.