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Thursday, April 28, 2016
JMCC Poll of Young Palestinians: West Bankers oppose military operations (46.5%:37.8%) and Knifing (57.4%:46.4%)

Poll No. 86 April 2016

Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre
POBox: 25047 Jerusalem
Tel: 02-2976555
Fax: 02-2976557
Email: poll@jmcc.org
Website: www.jmcc.org

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Jerusalem Office
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Fax: +972-2-581 96 65
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http://www.jmcc.org/documentsandmaps.aspx?id=871

A random sample of 1000 people over the age of 15-29 was interviewed
face-to-face throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip between 13th - 19th
April 2016.
In the West Bank: 635 people were surveyed, in the Gaza Strip : 365 people
were surveyed .

The margin of error is +/-3 percent, with a confidence level of 95%.

Results:

Q1- In general, to what extent do you feel optimistic or pessimistic
regarding the Palestinian future? Would you say that you are optimistic,
cautiously optimistic, or pessimistic?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Optimistic 28.4/33.2/20.0
Cautiously optimistic 40.6/40.2/41.4
Pessimistic 30.2/25.7/38.1
No answer 0.8/0.9/0.5

Q2. To what extend do you feel optimistic or pessimistic regarding the
possibility of reaching a peaceful settlement of the Arab – Israeli
conflict? Would you say that you are very optimistic, optimistic,
pessimistic or very pessimistic?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Very Optimistic 3.2/3.3/3.0
Optimistic 34.5/38.9/26.8
Pessimistic 27.8/25.7/31.5
Very Pessimistic 30.6/26.8/37.3
Don’t know 3.3/4.7/0.8
No answer 0.6/0.6/0.6

Q3. Some believe that the two state formula is the most preferred solution
for the Palestinian – Israeli conflict; others believe that Historical
Palestine cannot be divided into two states, so the best solution would be
to have a bi-national state in all Palestine where Palestinians and Israelis
enjoy equal right, which solution do you prefer?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
I prefer the two state solution: Palestinian and Israeli 42.8/44.7/39.5
I prefer the bi –national state in all Palestine 19.1/21.6/14.8
Palestinian State* 18.9/16.5/23.0
Islamic State* 0.9/1.3/0.3
There is no solution for the problem 15.7/14.5/17.8
I prefer another solution 1.8/0.5/4.1
Don’t know \ No answer 0.8/0.9/0.5
* These answers were not included as part of the options read to the
interviewee

Q4. Do you think peaceful negotiations and diplomacy will resolve the
Palestinian/Israel conflict?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Yes 23.5/26.8/17.8
No 67.0/60.3/78.6
Don’t know \ No answer 9.5/12.9/3.6

Q5. Do you think Israelis and Palestinians can solve the conflict on their
own?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Yes 22.5/25.0/18.1
No 69.2/64.4/77.5
Don’t know \ No answer 8.3/10.6/4.4

Q6. Do you think young Palestinian activists should work together with
like-minded Israelis to end the conflict?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Yes 27.1/31.7/19.2
No 64.3/58.1/75.1
Don’t know \ No answer 8.6/10.2/5.7

Q7. What do you think is the best way for young Palestinians to instigate
positive political change?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Be a good citizen and study/work hard 40.4/38.7/43.2
Join demonstrations on regular basis 20.6/23.3/15.9
Join a civil society/local grassroots organization 16.3/15.9/17.0
Carry out lone wolf attacks 12.0/12.8/10.7
Join a political party 10.7/9.3/13.2

Q8. Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose or strongly
oppose the continuation of the current uprising\ unrest?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n=635/n=365
Strongly support 26.3/20.5/36.4
Somewhat support 34.3/31.0/40.0
Somewhat oppose 21.5/24.9/15.6
Strongly oppose 15.0/19.4/7.4
No answer 2.9/4.2/0.6

Q9. To what extent do you support or oppose the continuation of knife
attacks against Israelis?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Strongly support 26.0/19.8/36.7
Somewhat support 32.2/26.6/41.9
Somewhat oppose 21.6/26.6/12.9
Strongly oppose 16.2/20.8/8.2
No answer 4.0/6.2/0.3

Q10. Do you think the current uprising/unrest serves the Palestinian cause?
Does it harm it? Or does it have no impact on the cause?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
It serves the Palestinian cause 50.3/40.9/66.6
It harms the Palestinian cause 21.3/23.3/17.8
It has no impact on the cause 23.0/28.3/13.7
Don’t know \ No answer 5.4/7.5/1.9

Q11. How do you think the current uprising\ unrest will come to an end?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Once particular goals are reached 29.3/28.0/31.5
It will die out without reaching any goals 29.2/33.9/21.1
It won’t end but continue to develop into a fully- fledged uprising
35.3/29.4/45.5
Don’t know \ No answer 6.2/8.7/1.9

Q12. Do you support the continuation of military operations against Israeli
targets as an appropriate response under current political conditions or do
you oppose them and believe they harm Palestinian national interests?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
I support them under the current political conditions 43.2/37.8/52.6
I oppose them and believe they harm Palestinian national interests
43.9/46.5/39.5
Other 4.3/3.6/5.5
Don’t know \ No answer 8.6/12.1/2.4

Q13. There is a debate on the future of the PNA whereby some people believe
that dissolving the PNA is necessary now while others believe that the
perpetuation of the PNA and maintain it is necessity. What do you think?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Dissolving the PNA is necessary 24.6/25.4/23.3
Perpetuating of the PNA and maintain it is necessity 67.7/66.1/70.4
Don’t know \ No answer 7.7/8.5 6.3/

Q14. In your opinion, which side should be more blamed for the persisting
division and the failure of efforts pertinent between Fatah and Hamas?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Hamas movement 17.9/14.6/23.6
Fatah movement 11.6/11.7/11.5
Hamas and Fatah 36.6/33.5/41.9
Israel 27.4/32.3/18.9
Other 2.5/2.8/1.9
Don’t know \ No answer 4.0/5.1/2.2

Q15. In principal, do you strongly support, or somewhat support, or somewhat
oppose, or strongly oppose the resumption of peace negotiations between the
Palestinians and Israelis?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Strongly support 10.7/11.5/9.3
Somewhat support 42.2/41.3/43.8
Somewhat oppose 23.0/22.2/24.4
Strongly oppose 20.0/19.2/21.4
Don’t know \ No answer 4.1/5.8/1.1

Q16. Currently, there are several attempts at boycotting Israeli products in
Palestinian markets. Which of the following do you support most?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
I support boycotting all Israeli products 47.2/48.7/44.7
I support boycotting settlement products only 11.1/12.4/8.8
I support boycotting products with alternatives 17.5/17.0/18.4
I support boycotting settlement products and products with alternatives
12.4/12.6/12.1
I don’t support boycotting Israeli products 10.6/8.0/15.1
Don’t know \ No answer 1.2/1.3/0.9

Q17. Do you think that President Abu Mazen is performing his job as
President of the PA in a good, average or in a bad way?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Good 27.5/31.0/21.4
Average 34.3/34.6/33.7
Bad 34.6/29.6/43.3
No answer 3.6/4.8/1.6

Q18. Do you think that Prime Minister Dr. Rami Al-Hamdallah is doing a good,
average, or a bad job as a Prime Minister?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Good 22.9/26.5/16.7
Average 37.6/34.8/42.5
Bad 32.0/29.3/36.7
No answer 7.5/9.4/4.1

Q19- In general, how would you evaluate the performance of the PNA? Would
you say its performance is very good, good, bad or very bad?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Very good 9.6/9.1/10.4
Good 50.7/51.2/49.9
Bad 28.8/29.1/28.2
Very bad 10.7/10.2/11.5
No answer 0.2/0.4/0.0

Q20. How would you define yourself – only in one word- in terms of
particular affiliation?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Palestinian 50.3/53.7/44.4
Muslim 10.8/13.1/6.8
Fatah \affiliated 5.6/4.4/7.7
Arab 5.3/8.0/0.5
Nationalist 5.1/3.1/8.5
Others 20.1/14.7/29.3
Don’t know \ No answer 2.8/3.0/2.8
*This was an open-ended question no options were read to the interviewee

Q21. Do you agree or disagree with co-education in schools?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n=1000/n= 635/n=365
I agree till elementary 35.1/28.5/46.6
I agree till secondary 13.0/16.2/7.4
I disagree with coeducation in schools 49.8/52.3/45.5
Don’t know \No answer 2.1/3.0/0.5

Q22- Do you support having multiple wives?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
Yes 27.2/23.3/34.0
No 69.1/71.5/64.9
Don’t know \ No answer 3.7/5.2/1.1

Q23. Some shake hands with the other sex while others don’t, how about you?
Do you shake hands with the other sex?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 1000/n= 635/n=365
I shake hands with the other sex 34.3/35.6/32.1
I don’t shake hands with the other sex 65.3/63.9/67.7
No answer 0.4/0.5/0.2

Q24. Why don’t you shake hands with the other sex? Is it for religious or
social reasons (traditions and habits)?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n= 653/n=406/n=247
Religious reasons 81.0/76.4/88.7
Social reasons (traditions and habits) 18.7/23.2/11.3
No answer 0.3/0.4/0.0
* This question was asked to those answered that they don’t shake hands
in the question 23

Q25. What is your first source of news in general?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n=1000/n= 635/n=365
Social networking sites
(facebook, twitter, … etc) 36.8/43.9/24.4
Television 28.1/28.0/28.2
Internet news sites 23.7/20.0/30.1
Radio 4.6/2.5/8.2
Newspapers 0.9/1.3/0.3
I don’t follow the news 5.7/3.9/8.8
No answer 0.2/0.4/0.0

Q26. Lately, there has been news in the media about ISIS forces advancing in
Iraq and Syria. What response do you have towards this: very positive,
moderately positive, moderately negative or very negative?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n=1000/n= 635/n=365
Very positive 0.8/0.6/1.1
Moderately positive 4.2/5.5/1.9
Moderately negative 24.2/26.8/19.7
Very negative 59.4/54.2/68.5
No opinion 11.4/12.9/8.8

Q27. Do you think ISIS serves the Palestinian cause? Does it harm it? Or
does it have no impact on the cause?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n=1000/n= 635/n=365
It serves the Palestinian cause 2.2/2.5/1.6
It harms it 50.1/41.4/65.2
It has no impact on it 37.9/44.3/26.8
Don’t know\No answer 9.8/11.8/6.4

Q28. If presidential elections were held today, with Isma’el Haniyeh and
Mahmoud Abbas ( Abu Mazen) as the only candidates running the elections, for
which one of them would you vote?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n=1000/n= 635/n=365
Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) 37.9/40.6/33.2
Isma’el Haniyeh 23.9/22.0/27.1
Don’t know \ No answer 38.2/37.4/39.7

Q29. If the PLC elections programs were based on secular trends versus
fundamentalist trends, which of them you will choose?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n=1000/n= 635/n=365
Secular trends 32.7/30.6/36.4
Fundamentalist trends 42.4/39.7/47.1
No answer 24.9/29.7/16.5

Q30. If presidential elections were to take place today and Mahmoud Abbas
(Abu Mazen) would not run again, whom would you vote for?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n=1000/n= 635/n=365
Marwan Barghouthi 15.8/16.4/14.8
Isma’el Haniyeh 14.4/12.8/17.3
Mohammed Dahlan 5.5/1.6/12.3
Others 20.6/20.6/20.5
Didn’t decide yet 0.6/0.6/0.5
Don’t trust anyone 30.4/35.1/22.2
No answer 12.7/12.9/12.4
* This was an open-ended question no options were read to the
interviewee

Q31. Which political or religious faction do you trust the most?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n=1000/n= 635/n=365
Fatah 33.8/35.0/31.8
Hamas 19.1/16.7/23.3
PFLP 3.4/3.3/3.6
Other Islamic Factions 2.1/1.4/3.3
Others 2.4/2.5/2.2
Don’t trust anyone 32.5/32.8/32.1
No answer 6.7/8.3/3.7
* This was an open-ended question no options were read to the
interviewee

Q32. Which Palestinian personality do you trust the most?
Total/West Bank/Gaza
n=1000/n= 635/n=365
Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) 16.0/19.1/10.7
Isma’el Haniyeh 13.0/11.3/15.9
Marwan Barghouthi 8.7/7.9/10.1
Mohammed Dahlan 4.0/0.9/9.3
Khaled Meshal 3.2/2.5/4.4
Others 14.4/15.1/13.2
Don’t trust anyone 32.7/33.1/32.1
No answer 8.0/10.1/4.3
* This was an open-ended question no options were read to the interviewee

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