JMCC Public Opinion Poll No. 15
On Palestinian Attitudes Towards
the Peace Process
April 1996
A random sample of 1,279 people over the age of 18 were interviewed face-to face throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip on 5-6 April 1996. The interviews were conducted in randomly selected homes, and the subjects inside each home were also selected randomly according to Kish tables. The interviews were conducted in 69 sampling points chosen randomly according to population concentrations. In villages and refugee camps, interviewers were instructed as to which street to take and the method of locating the building from which the household and the respondent are to be selected. As for cities where more than one sampling points were selected, the interviewers were instructed which neighborhood to choose and the manner by which they located the households.
In the West Bank, 842 people were surveyed (including Jerusalem) and 473 were surveyed in the Gaza Strip.
The margin of error is # 3 percent, with a confidence level of 95 percent.
Local of Respondents - West Bank (including East Jerusalem) 65.9%, Gaza Strip 34.1%
The average of age of the respondents was 33 years.
Q.1 How optimistic are you in the future of the Palestinian?
|
Total |
|
| Very Optimistic |
22.2% |
| Somewhat optimistic |
53.1% |
| Pessimistic |
15.1% |
| Very pessimistic |
7.3% |
| No answer |
2.3% |
Q.2 To what extent do you support or oppose the Palestinian-Israeli Taba agreement on the interim period?
|
Total |
|
| Strongly support |
17.8% |
| Somewhat support |
42.6% |
| Do not support |
15.9% |
| Not familiar with it |
18.2% |
| No answer |
5.5% |
Q.3 Do you support or oppose the peace process?
|
Total |
|
| Support |
76.9% |
| Oppose |
13.4% |
| Other |
0.4% |
| No answer |
9.3% |
Q.4 How would you rate the Palestinian Authority's performance?
|
Total |
|
| Good |
31.0% |
| Average |
43.8% |
| Bad |
20.3% |
| Other | 0.9% |
| No answer | 4.9% |
Q.5 How would you rate Yasser Arafat's performance as PA President?
|
Total |
|
| Good |
44.8% |
| Average |
32.9% |
| Bad |
14.9% |
| No answer |
7.4% |
Q.6 Which political or religious party you trust most?
|
Total |
|
| Fateh |
33.4% |
| Hamas |
7.9% |
| PFLP |
1.6% |
| DFLP |
0.3% |
| Jihad |
1.6% |
| PPP |
1.3% |
| FIDA |
0.5% |
| Democ Coalition |
0.3% |
| Islam / Other |
5.9% |
| Others |
0.4% |
| Do not trust anyone |
29.3% |
| No answer |
17.6% |