JMCC Poll no. 68 June 2009
Press Release
A public opinion poll conducted by Jerusalem Media & Communications Center
The JMCC's public opinion poll conducted during the period 20-24 June, 2009,
Jerusalem Office
Email: poll@jmcc.org
www.jmcc.org/publicpoll/results/2009/68_june_english.pdf

A random sample of 1199 people over the age of 18 was interviewed
face-to-face throughout
the West Bank and Gaza Strip between 20-24 June 2009.In the West Bank 760
people were surveyed. In the Gaza Strip: 439 people were surveyed

Results:

Q.1 In general, how optimistic or pessimistic do you feel towards the
future?
Would you say you are: very optimistic, optimistic, pessimistic, or very
pessimistic
Very optimistic 7.5 Optimistic 60.5 Pessimistic 23.5 Very Pessimistic 8.3
No answer 0.2

Q.2 In general, how would you evaluate the performance of Prime Minster Dr.
Salam
Fayyad ? would you say: good, average, or bad
Good 30.0 Average 38.1 Bad 27.4 Don't know 3.8 No answer 0.7

Q.3 A new Palestinian government headed by Dr. Salam Fayyad has been formed
recently.
Do you consider the step of forming this government a positive step that
serves the
Palestinian interests or a negative step that harms the Palestinian
interests? Or do you
think the step does not make any difference?
A positive step that serves the Palestinian interests 35.8
A negative step that harms the Palestinian interests 23.3
A step that does not make any difference 37.4
Don't know 2.9 No answer 0.6

Q.4. One month after the formation of the new government of Salam Fayyad,
how satisfied
are you regarding the performance of this new government in general? Would
you say you
are very satisfied, satisfied, dissatisfied or very dissatisfied?
Very satisfied 10.8 Satisfied 37.8 Dissatisfied 29.0 Very dissatisfied 15.5
Don't know 5.8 No answer 1.1

Q.5 How satisfied are you regarding the performance of Salam Fayyad's
government in
the economic field? Would you say you are very satisfied, satisfied,
dissatisfied or very
dissatisfied?
Very satisfied 13.3 Satisfied 35.3 Dissatisfied 29.7 Very dissatisfied 17.4
Don't know 3.7 No answer 0.6

Q.6 How satisfied are you regarding the performance of Salam Fayyad's
government in the
security field? Would you say you are very satisfied, satisfied,
dissatisfied or very
dissatisfied?
Very satisfied 13.3 Satisfied 36.4 Dissatisfied 29.1 Very dissatisfied 16.3
Don't know 4.3 No answer 0.6

Q.7 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way President (Abu Mazen) is
performing his job as a president of the PNA?
Very satisfied 18.8 Somewhat satisfied 29.4 Somewhat dissatisfied 15.5 Very
dissatisfied 33.9
No answer 2.4

Q.8 In general how would you evaluate the performance of the Security
Services?
Good 34.8 Average 36.8 Bad 26.7 No answer 1.7

Q. 9 Recently, do you think that the Palestinian Security Services have
improved, became worse,
or did not change in terms of order, security and law enforcement?
improved 47.0 worse 21.9 didn't change 28.3
Don't know 2.3 No answer 0.5

Q.10 According to your assessment and observation, do you think that the
priority of the
security services in the West Bank\Gaza Strip* is to maintain internal order
and security
for the Palestinian citizen or is it to prevent any resistance activities
against Israel?
55.8% To maintain internal order and security for the Palestinian citizen
36.3% To prevent resistance activities against Israel
6.3% Don't know 1.6% No answer
. This question was asked in the West Bank about the Security services in
the West Bank and in
Gaza Strip about the security services in Gaza Strip

Q11. If PLC elections were to take place today, which party would you vote
for? Fatah, Hamas, Popular Front, National Initiative, Islamic Jihad, PPP,
Democratic Front, or FIDA?
Fatah 38.5 Hamas 18.8 Popular Front 5.6 Islamic Jihad 2.3
National Initiative 2.2 Democratic Front 1.0 PPP 0.8
FIDA 0.2 I won't vote 26.5 No answer 4.1

Q12. Do you expect that the Palestinian internal dialogue sponsored by Cairo
would
succeed? Or do you think it would fail to achieve a national unity
government?
succeed 37.0 fail 52.1 Don't know 9.3 No answer 1.6
0
Q13. Which party do you think is responsible for the failure of the
Palestinian internal
dialogue so far? Hamas, Fatah, Israel, the Arab countries or other parties?
Israel 26.5 Hamas 23.5 Fatah 15.1 The Arab Countries 13.8
Hamas & Fatah * 7.4 All Parties * 2.7 Others 3.3Don't know 5.8
No answer 1.9
* These answers were not included as part of the options read to the
interviewee

Q.14 Some believe that a two-state formula is the favored solution for the
Israeli -Palestinian
conflict, while others believe that historic Palestine cannot be divided and
thus the favored
solution is a bi-national state on all of Palestine where Palestinians and
Israelis enjoy equal
representation and rights. Which of these solutions do you prefer?
55.2% Two-state solution : an Israeli and a Palestinian
20.6% Bi-national state on all of historic Palestine
10.8% Palestinian State *
01.0% Islamic State *
00.3% Others
09.3% No solution
01.8% I don't know
01.0% No answer
* These answers were not included as part of the options read to the
interviewee

Q15. The General Conference of Fatah Movement has been postponed several
times so far;
do you expect that Fatah Movement would succeed in holding its general
conference this
coming summer? Or do you believe that Fatah would never succeed in holding
its general
conference? Or that it would succeed in holding its general conference
within an
unidentified period in the future?
this coming summer 26.6 never 33.8
within an unidentified period in the future 28.0
Don't know 9.8 No answer 1.8

Q16. One of the points of disagreement that obstruct holding Fatah General
Conference is
the venue to host the conference; some members of Fatah want to hold it
inside the West
Bank while others want to hold it abroad; what do you think? Do you think
that Fatah's
interest is to hold the conference inside the West Bank or abroad?
inside the West Bank 52.3 abroad 35.1
Don't know 10.3 No answer 2.3

Q.17 To what extent do you support the Arab Peace Initiative? Do you
strongly support it,
support it, oppose it, or strongly oppose it?
Strongly support 18.1 Somewhat support 51.3
Somewhat oppose 16.6 Strongly oppose 9.8
Don't know 3.7 No answer 0.5

Q.18 Five months after Obama assumed his post as President of the United
States, and
according to your observation on the performance of the new US
Administration towards
the Middle East, do you think that there is improvement in the methods
adopted by the
United States in dealing with the Middle East problems? Or there is retreat?
Or there is no
change?
improvement 40.6 retreat 6.6 no change 49.8
Don't know 2.8 No answer 0.2

Q.19 United States President Obama delivered a speech in Cairo on June 4;
did the speech
make you feel more optimistic, more pessimistic, or it didn't change your
ideas on the
United States policies towards the Middle East?
More optimistic 37.9 More pessimistic 9.5
It didn't change my opinion 48.0
Don't know 4.5 No answer 0.1 0

Q20. News reports talk about American-Israeli disagreement on the Israeli
settlement
activities; do you think that the United States is serious on its attempts
to force Israel to
halt settlement expansion in the West Bank, including Jerusalem? Or do you
think that the
United States is not serious?
erious 31.8 not serious 60.0
Don't know 7.7 No answer 0.5

Q21. Do you think that the policy of the new US President Obama will
increase or reduce
the chances of reaching a just peace between the Palestinians and Israelis?
Or that his
policies won't make any difference?
increase 35.4 reduce11.5 won't make any difference 49.1
Don't know 3.2 No answer 0.8

Q22. Four months after the formation of the Likud Government headed by
Netanyahu, do
you think that the presence of this government has positive impact on the
chances of
achieving peace with the Arabs and Palestinians? Or does it have negative
impact? Or it
has no impact whatsoever?
positive impact 7.6 negative 61.1 no impact whatsoever 31.1
No answer 0.2

Q23. Which Palestinian political or religious faction do you trust the most?
Fatah 34.9 Hamas 18.8 PFLP 4.4
Islamic Jihad 2.8 Other Islamic Factions 0.8 Others 2.4
Don't trust anyone 30.4 No answer 5.5
* These answers were not included as part of the options read to the
interviewee

Q24. Which Palestinian personality do you trust the most?
Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) 17.8 Ismaeel Haniyeh 14.8
Marwan Barghouthi 8.5 Salam Fayyad 4.2
Mustafa Barghouthi 2.7 Ahmad Sa'adat 2.6
Mohamad Dahlan 2.5 Khaled Mish'al 2.0
Ramadan Shalah 1.2 Others 5.1 Don't trust anyone 32.9
No answer 5.7
* These answers were not included as part of the options read to the
interviewee