Highlights

• 56 percent of Palestinians are optimistic about the future.
• 64 percent of West Bank respondents say the security situation in their region has deteriorated.
• Two thirds of respondents believe that it is unlikely President Abbas will terminate provisions of the Oslo Accords.
• 53 percent continues to support a two-state solution.
• Popular support for a new Intifada has risen from 26 percent in July 2015 to 63 percent.
• A third of respondents believe that ending security cooperation with Israel is the top priority for Palestinian leadership.
• A majority (83 percent) supports the immediate conduct of legislative and presidential elections.
• If legislative elections took place today, 40 percent are undecided or will not vote.
• In a hypothetical presidential election, Abbas and Haniyeh are statistically even.

Introduction

On October 21 – 23, AWRAD conducted a poll of 1,200 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The poll was carried out in the aftermath of President Mahmoud Abbas’ September 30th address to the U.N. General Assembly in which he declared - on the same day the Palestinian flag was officially raised at the U.N. - that the Palestinian Authority was no longer bound by mutual agreements with Israel and demanded international protection. Both Abbas’ speech and the survey occurred against a backdrop of increased tensions between Palestinians and Israelis in Jerusalem and across the Palestinian territories, stemming from a series of incidents, centered around the holy sites in the Old City, which resulted in protests and casualties.

All socioeconomic groups are represented in the poll; for more details on the sample please refer to www.awrad.org. The margin of error for the poll is(±)3 percent. The survey was carried out by a research team under the supervision of Dr.Nader Said - Foqahaa.

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