Background In view of the financial crisis that the Palestinian Authority (PA) suffers from due to the delay in transferring tax returns from Israel and the delay of funds from the Arab countries, strikes organized by trade unions influence everyday life in the West Bank. Prisoners in Israeli jails continue their open hunger strikes which met with solidarity from different citizens in the Palestinian territories leading to some encounters between protesters and the Israeli Army. These realities, added to the deteriorating economic situation, the continuous aggression of settlers against Palestinian citizens, and the insistence on building settlements made some people expect the rise of a third intifada in the West Bank. Some people expect that the visit of Barak Obama to the area at the beginning of his second term will give a push to the peace process between the Palestinians and the Israelis. The state of division between the West Bank and Gaza persists since each side adheres to their stand and there seems to be no signs or mediation to end the division. The Results Following are the results of the Palestinian Public Opinion Poll no. 46 conducted by the Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University during the period from 1-3 March 2013. The University sponsors all polls conducted by its Center. Palestinian Public Opinion Poll no. 46 undertakes Palestinian public opinion in the new political realities with reference to the national reconciliation attempts, the economic situation, the visit of President Obama to the Middle East in March and its possible consequences in addition to the possibility of conducting presidential, legislative and municipality elections and the political affiliations of Palestinian people. The sample included 1366 persons whose age group is 18 and above and who have the right to vote. The enclosed questionnaire was distributed on 866 persons from the West Bank and 500 persons from the Gaza Strip. The sample was drawn randomly and the margin of error is about ±3%; still 1.3% of the members of the sample refused to answer the questionnaire. The General Results:
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