Quarterly Updates for (16 Aug 2016 — 15 Nov 2016)

The following data come from a poll conducted by An-Najah National University’s Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies (OPSSC) on 13–15 October 2016. The results are based on a survey of 1,362 men and women from the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. The complete poll, the 53d in a series, can be found at www.najah.edu.

 

 

1. Do you support or reject the [PA’s] decision to postpone municipality and local council elections after the ruling of the Palestinian Supreme Court to conduct them only in the West Bank?

  West Bank Gaza Strip Total
1) I support 37.5% 31.8% 35.4%
2) I reject 54.6% 62.6% 57.6%
3) Don’t know/Not applicable 7.9% 5.6% 7.0%

2.  Do you believe that the current circumstances are suitable for conducting municipality and local council elections?

  West Bank Gaza Strip Total
1) Yes 56.3% 53.0% 55.1%
2) No 39.3% 39.6% 39.4%
3) Don’t know/Not applicable 4.4% 7.4% 55.5%

3. In your opinion, who is responsible for postponing the municipality and local council elections?

  West Bank Gaza Strip Total
1) The PA 37.9% 8.4% 27.1%
2) Fatah 8.6% 11.6% 9.7%%
3) Hamas 5.7% 31.6% 15.2%
4) Both Hamas and Fatah 25.3% 31.6% 27.6%
5) Some other Palestinian factions 5.5% 2.2% 4.3%
6) Some independent personalities 3.9% 1.0% 2.9%
7) Don’t know/Not applicable 13.1% 13.6% 13.3%

4. Do you expect municipality and local council elections to be conducted in the near future?

  West Bank Gaza Strip Total
1) Yes 57.8% 44.2% 52.8%
2) No 36.9% 46.8% 40.5%
3) Don’t know/Not applicable 5.3% 9.0% 6.7%

5. Do you support or reject the French Initiative which calls for holding an international conference for peace in the Middle East?

  West Bank Gaza Strip Total
1) I support 53.8% 59.6% 55.9%
2) I reject 35.5% 25.0% 31.6%
3) Don’t know/Not applicable 10.7% 15.4% 12.4%

6. Do you think that the French Initiative to foster the possibilities of peace between Palestinians and Israelis will succeed or fail?

  West Bank Gaza Strip Total
1) It will succeed 17.4% 22.6% 19.3%
2) It will fail 68.8% 53.2% 63.1%
3) Don’t know/Not applicable 13.8% 24.2% 17.6%