Table of Contents:
- For Polls conducted between 1993-2000:
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- PSR Index of Polls: Polls conducted since the year 2000:
Palestinian Public Opinion Polls: - Poll #1:
Poll #2: The Mitchell Report, Cease Fire, and Return to Negotiations; Intifada and Armed Confrontations; Chances for Reconciliation; and, Internal Palestinian Conditions 5-9 July 2001
- One Week Before Palestinian Presidential Elections:65% for Mahmud Abbas and 22% for Mustafa Barghouti. (Press release) 31 Dec.04 - 2 January 2005
- In the Post Arafat Era, Palestinians are More Willing to Compromise: For the First Time Majority Support for Clinton's Permanent Status Settlement Package.30 and 31 December 2004
Poll #19 : On The Eve of the Formation of the New Palestinian Government, Hamas' Popularity Increases and Fateh's Decreases, but a Majority of the Palestinians Wants the Continuation of the Peace Process and the Implementation of the Road Map and Supports a New Negotiated, rather than a Unilateral, Israeli Disengagement in the West Bank - 16-18 March 2006.
Poll #20 : In An Environment of Increased Pessimism, Greater Support for Violence and Decreased Support For a Permanent Status Agreement Similar to the Clinton Parameters and the Geneva Document, Three Quarters Agree with the Prisoners' Document, but only 47% would Actually Vote for it if a Referendum is to Take Place Today - 15-18 June 2006.
Poll #21 : Despite Dissatisfaction with the Performance of the Hamas Government, Especially Regarding Salaries, and Despite Public Preference for a National Unity Government in which Fateh and Hamas are Equal, Hamas' Popularity Remains Largely Unchanged and the Majority does not Think it Should Recognize Israel - 14-16 September 2006.
Poll #22 : With Increased Public Dissatisfaction with the Performance of the President and the Hamas Government and with a Widening of the Gap Between the Popularity of Fateh and Hamas in Favor of the Former, a Majority Supports the Holding of Early Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, and is in Favor of the Arab (Saudi) Initiative, and Prefers a Comprehensive Settlement over an Interim Political Track - 14-16 December 2006.
Poll #23 : An Overwhelming Majority is Satisfied with the Make-Up of the National Unity Government but the Public is Split into Two Equal Halves with Regard to its Acceptance of the Quartet Conditions and Almost Three Quarters are in Favor of the Saudi Initiative - 22-24 March 2007.
3-5 December 2008
- Press Release
- Poll In PDF Format.
- Poll #31: With the popularity of Abbas and Fayyad declining sharply and the popularity of Haniyeh and Hamas increasing significantly, the public becomes more hawkish and pessimistic about the peace process and the overwhelming majority believes Palestinians after the war on Gaza are worse off than before the war 5-7 March 2009
- Press Release
- Poll In PDF Format.
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Poll #32:
While Abbas’s popularity improves and while a majority of Palestinians accepts
Fateh’s position that a national unity government must accept agreements signed
with Israel, and while a majority supports the two-state solution, pessimism
prevails regarding the future of the peace process and the chances for Fateh-Hamas
reconciliation
21-23 May 2009
- Press Release
- Poll In PDF Format.
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Poll #33:
While the popularity of Abbas and Fateh increases and the popularity
of Ismail Haniyeh and Hamas decreases, and while the public shows
some enthusiasm for a strong American role in the peace process and
greater support for the Arab Peace Initiative, Palestinians are
pessimistic about the chances for the reunification of the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip and are less willing to accept concessions in a
permanent settlement
13-15
August 2009
- Poll In PDF Format.
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Poll #34:
While the status of President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad
improves a little, the majority supports Abbas’s decision not to run
in the next elections and opposes return to negotiations before the
implementation of a comprehensive freeze on settlement construction
and about 40% support return to armed intifada as an alternative to
negotiations
10-12 December 2009
- Poll In PDF Format.
Joint Press Releases - Joint Palestinian-Isreali Public Opinion Polls:
- ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS SUPPORT THE PEACE PROCESS AND RECONCILIATION BUT ARE LESS WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE THAN THEIR LEADERS. - July 2000
- 'PESSIMISM' UNDERSCORES FINDINGS OF NEW ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PUBLIC OPINION POLL - July 2001
- IMPORTANT BUT FRAGILE PRAGMATIC SHIFTS IN PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI PUBLIC OPINION TOWARD THE INTIFADA AND THE PEACE PROCESS - November 2002
- Stable majorities of the Israeli and Palestinians publics support the Quartet's roadmap. Abu Mazin's nomination as Prime Minister increases optimism about return to negotiations. - April 2003
- MAJORITY SUPPORT AMONG PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS FOR ROADMAP AND FOR A MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL AS THE STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND PALESTINE AS THE STATE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE BUT EACH PUBLIC MISPERCEIVES THE POSITION OF THE OTHER - June 2003
- ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS ARE LUKEWARM AND FAR APART ON THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE GENEVA DOCUMENT - December 2003
- ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS SUPPORT THE EGYPTIAN INITIATIVE AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IN THE GAZA STRIP AFTER ISRAEL'S WITHDRAWAL AS PART OF SHARON'S DISENGAGEMENT PLAN. - July 2004
- FIRST SERIOUS SIGNS OF OPTIMISM SINCE THE START OF THE INTIFADA - December 2004
Israelis strongly oppose cease-fire with Hamas
if agreement does not include release of Gilad Shalit; Palestinians strongly
oppose such an agreement if it does not include the West Bank or does not
stipulate an immediate opening of the Rafah crossing to Egypt - June 2008