| Living Conditions, the Truce, the New Palestinian Government and Elections 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. |
2003 Opinion Poll #13
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