6-9-2014 Poll: Palestinian support for Abbas, Hamas on the rise - MARISSA NEWMAN Times of Israel

http://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-palestinian-support-for-abbas-hamas-on-the-rise/

 

The Palestinian public is largely optimistic that the new unity government will be successful, and believes that its establishment does not shut down the possibility of a peace agreement with Israel, a recent poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) showed.

 

… Yet despite the public support for the Gaza terror group, according to the poll, if elections were to be held today, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh would not win a presidential vote against Abbas or the popular Fatah Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving out a life sentence in an Israeli prison for masterminding multiple lethal attacks against Israelis…

 

 

Self-reports of those seeking to emigrate dipped slightly in Gaza from last March (41% as compared to 44%), but in the West Bank more sought to emigrate than before (24% as compared to 22%). Perceptions of corruption in PA institutions remain remarkably high at 81%, and only 32% in the West Bank and 28% in Gaza said residents could criticize the local government without fear…

 

 

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