Bookstore Glossary Library Links News Publications Timeline Virtual Israel Experience
Anti-Semitism Biography History Holocaust Israel Israel Education Myths & Facts Politics Religion Travel US & Israel Vital Stats Women
donate subscribe Contact About Home

Palestinian Attitudes Toward Peace with Israel

(2011-Present)

Support for a Two-State Solution


Source: PSR polls

Note: We are presenting raw data. We provide some or all of the crosstabs (i.e., breakdowns by various categories such as party ID) when available. To analyze the data, we encourage users to read the entire study and the methodology used. Sample size, question wording, and question order can affect results and reliability. Context and timing may also influence responses; for example, if the survey is conducted during a war. The question wording is not exact in polls in Arabic that are translated into English.


Do you support the concept of a two-state solution? (PCPO, November 2014; September 2015; September 15-18, 2021; PSR, June 22-2;  December 2022, November 22-December 2, 2023, March 5-10, 2024)

 

2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2017

2018 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Support

57% 49% 53% 54% 48% 51%

46%

43% 39% 36% 32% 34% 45%
Oppose   49%   46% 51% 47% 51% 54% 59% 62% 66% 64% 52%

In your view, what is the best means of achieving Palestinian goals in ending the occupation and building an independent state? (PSR, September 2017; September 11-14, 2019; September 15-18, 2021September 9-12, 2020; December 2022November 22-December 2, 2023)

 

2015 2017 2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Negotiations

29% 33% 24%

24%

33%

21%

24%
Peaceful popular resistance 24% 26% 22%

26%

19%

23%

19%
Armed action 42% 35% 44%

41%

48%

51%

56%

Is the two-state solution still practical?  (PCPSR, September 2015; September 15-18, 2021June 22-25, 2022; November 22-December 2, 2023, March 5-10, 2024)

   2015 2021 2022 2023 2024
Yes, it is still a practical approach to peace 32% 32% 27% 32% 37%
No, it is not practical anymore due to settlement expansion

65%

63% 70% 65% 61%

What in your view are the chances for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state next to the state of Israel in the next five years? (PSR, December 2015; September 9-12, 202, September 15-18, 2021; December 2022November 22-December 2, 2023, March 5-10, 2024)

 

2015 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Slim or nonexistent

75% 77% 73% 72% 66% 72%
Medium or High 24% 20% 23% 25% 32% 27%

In the absence of negotiations, how do you think the Palestinians should go about achieving their goals? (PSR, December 2015, September 2017, September 15-18, 2021; December 2022November 22-December 2, 2023, March 5-10, 2024)

 

2015

2017

2021 2022* 2023 2024

Join more international organizations

76%

71%

63% 59% 55% 62%

Popular non-violent resistance

60%

67%

54% 51% 39% 45%

Return to an armed intifada

60%

45%

54% 55% 69% 55%
Dissolve the Palestinian Authority 46% 47% 47% 48% 58% 58%
Embrace one-state solution     27% 27% 29% 24%

What is the best method to achieve the Palestinian people’s goal of ending the occupation and establishing a state? (Jerusalem Media & Communications Centre, November 2013, October 25-30, 2021, PSR, 2022, November 22-December 2, 2023, March 5-10, 2024)

 

2013

2020
2022 2023 2024
Peaceful Negotiations

32%

34%

30% 20% 25%
Armed Resistance

29%

33%

41% 63% 46%
Non-Violent Resistance

27%

21%

24% 13% 18%

Do you support a return to Palestinian-Israeli negotiations to achieve a two-state solution under international and Arab auspices? (PSR, March 5-10, 2024)

Yes

38%

No

59%

Which one of the following methods do you think is the most effective in combating settlers’ terrorism, such as the attacks on Huwara, Turmusayya and Um, and at the same time the most realistic? (PSR, March 5-10, 2024)

 

2023 2024

 The Israeli army should stop settlers’ terrorism

16% 23%

The Palestinian police forces would be deployed to targeted areas

15% 23%
Armed groups should be formed by the residents 56% 41%
Unarmed groups should be formed by the residents 8% 8%

What should be the first and most vital Palestinian goal currently? (PSR, December 17, 2011*; September 2015December 2022,  November 22-December 2, 2023)

  2011 2015 2022 2023
End Israeli occupation, build a Palestinian State in the West Bank and Gaza with East Jerusalem as its capital 48%

48%

39%

43%
Obtain the right of return for refugees to their 1948 towns and villages 30%

30%

33%

36%
Build pious, moral individuals in a religious society that applies all Islamic teachings 14%

13%

14%

11%
Establish a democratic political system representative of all Palestinians 9%

9%

13%

7%

*What should be the FIRST, most vital Palestinian goal?Would you support or not support a situation in which an independent Palestinian state existed alongside an independent state of Israel? (Gallup, 2023)

 

2011 2012 2023

Support

50% 59% 24%

Not support

44% 40% 72%

Do you think that a permanent peace between Israelis and Palestinians will ever be achieved? (Gallup, November 20152023)

  2006 2007 2008 2011 2012 2013  2015 2016 2017 2023
Yes 22% 21% 18% 21% 20% 17%

17%

14% 15% 13%
No 60% 71% 75% 68% 71% 74%

73%

78% 74% 81%

How much trust do you have in U.S. President [Name] to help Israel and Palestine negotiate a peace treaty that is equally fair to both sides -- a great deal, a fair amount, not much or none at all? (Gallup, 2023)

  George W. Bush Barack Obama Joe Biden
  2006 2007 2008 2011 2012 2013  2015 2023
None at all 58% 70% 64% 59% 69% 66%

76%

70%

Do you support the solution of establishing one state or two states in the following formats: (AWRAD, November 14, 2023)

 

2021* 2023

Two-state solution for two peoples

30% 17%

A Palestinian state from the river to the sea 

60% 75%
One state solution for two peoples 8% 5%

*Do you prefer a two-state solution, a unified state in historic Palestine, or one state for Jews and Arabs? (AWRAD, June 14-17, 2021)

Now, has your commitment to the dream of achieving the Palestinian state increased or decreased? (AWRAD, November 14, 2023)

 

2023

Increased

80%

Decreased

16%

Now, has your conviction in the possibility of achieving a peaceful solution with Israel increased or decreased? (AWRAD, November 14, 2023)

 

2023

Increased

9%

Decreased

87%

Now, has your support for the two-state solution (Palestinian state and Israeli state) as a final solution increased or decreased? (AWRAD, November 14, 2023)

 

2023

Increased

23%

Decreased

68%

Now, has your commitment to a solution based on the restoration of historical Palestine as a final resolution increased or decreased? (AWRAD, November 14, 2023)

 

2023

Increased

71%

Decreased

22%

Now, has your conviction in the possibility of coexistence between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples increased or decreased? (AWRAD, November 14, 2023)

 

2023

Increased

7%

Decreased

90%

What is the best solution to the conflict with Israel? (Arab Barometer/PCPSR, (September 28-October 8, 2023)

A two-state solution 54%
An Israeli-Palestinian confederation 10%
A single state for both Jews and Arabs. 9%

What is the best way to achieve peace? (Arab Barometer/PCPSR, (September 28-October 8, 2023)

A military solution that could result in the destruction of the state of Israel. 20%

Arab governments are neglecting the Palestinians and starting to make friends with Israel, because they think the Palestinians should be more willing to compromise. (The Washington Institute, July 8-27, 2023)

  2019 2020 2022 2023
  West Bank Gaza Strip West Bank Gaza Strip West Bank Gaza Strip West Bank

Agree

46%
62%
47%
54%
38%
56%
61%

Don’t agree

49%
36%
44%
45%
59%
39%
37%

If Saudi Arabia normalizes relations with Israel, Palestinian leadership should also normalize relations and end the conflict. (The Washington Institute, July 8-27, 2023)

  2023
  West Bank Gaza Strip

Agree

32%
50%

Don’t agree

65%
47%

Some believe that the two-state solution, an independent Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel, is no longer viable due to settlement expansion while others believe that it is still viable today as settlements can be dismantled or evacuated when an agreement is reached. What do you think? (PSR, September 9-12, 2020, June 9-12, 2021; December 2022March 8-11, 2023)

 

2020

2021 2022 2023

The two-state solution is no longer viable

62%

61% 69% 74%
The two-state solution remains viable today

31%

33% 28% 24%

*Under current conditions, do you support or oppose the following policy options?


In his speech to the UN, President Abbas described the situation on the ground in the West Bank as “apartheid” and said the Palestinian people will demand equal rights in one state for two peoples. Do you favor or oppose such a one state solution(PSR, September 2015;  December 2022March 8-11, 2023)

 

2015 2022 2023

Favor

30% 26% 22%

Oppose

69% 71% 75%

Based on what you see and hear, do you see the PA implementing or not implementing the Oslo Agreement? (PSR, September 6-9, 2023)

  2023  
  West Bank Gaza Strip Total

Yes, always or most of the time

43%
46%
44%

It does not most of the time or always

50%
48%
49%

What about the current Israeli government, is it implementing or not implementing the Oslo Agreement? (PSR, September 6-9, 2023)

  2023
  West Bank Gaza Strip Total

Yes, always or most of the time

9%
30%
17%

It does not most of the time or always

83%
65%
76%

Public assessment of conditions before and after the Oslo Agreement (PSR, September 6-9, 2023)

  2018 2023

Little or much better today

13%
20%

Today, as it was before Oslo

10%
12%
Little or much worse today 73% 64%

Do you support or oppose the Palestinian Authority’s abandonment of the Oslo Accords? (PSR, September 6-9, 2023)

  2023
  West Bank Gaza Strip Total

Support

67%
56%
63%

Oppose

24%
40%
31%

A decision has been made by A UN agency to go to the International Court of Justice to express its advisory opinion of the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation and the legality of it the Israeli measures such as settlements. In your view, will this decision have an important positive impact on the reality on the ground? (PSR, December 2022March 8-11, 2023)

 

2022 2023

 Yes, it will have a big impact in restricting the Israeli measures, such as settlement construction 

16% 13%

 Yes, it will have an impact, but it will be symbolic and will have no impact on the Israeli policy 

28% 12%
 No, it will have no impact or benefit for the Palestinian people  50%  
DK/NA 5%  

There is talk these days about Palestinian-Israeli confidence building measures to improve living conditions of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Palestinian-Israeli meetings took place with the goal of reaching an understanding of some of those measures such as family unification permits and making additional funds available to the PA. Do you view these measures positively and worth supporting or negatively and worth opposing? (PSR, December 2022)

 

2022

Positively

5%

Negatively

30%

Are you more or less optimistic about the improvement in Palestinian-Israeli relations, such as reaching agreements in confidence building measures or reducing settlement construction during next year? (PSR, December 2022)

 

2022

 More optimistic 

12%

 Less optimistic 

67%
Neither more nor less optimistic 20%

Does the armed attack inside Israel carried out by Palestinians unaffiliated with known armed groups contributes to the national interest of ending the occupation? (PSR, June 22-25, 2022)

 

2022

Yes

59%

No

37%

Do you support armed attacks similar to those carried out lately by unaffiliated Palestinians against Israelis inside Israel? (PSR, June 22-25, 2022)

 

2022

Yes

56%

No

39%

Do you believe the Qur’an contains a prophecy on the demise of the State of Israel? (PSR, June 22-25, 2022)

 

2022

Yes

78%

No

17%

Do you believe the assessment, stated by few Qur’anic scholars, that verses in the Qur’an predict the exact year of the demise of Israel and that it is the year 2022? (PSR, June 22-25, 2022)

 

2022

Yes

25%

No

63%

Would you accept or reject the principle of "two states for two peoples -- the Palestinian People and the Jewish People" if it might help to end the occupation? (The Washington Institute, January 2015-June 2022)

  2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022
 
West Bank

Gaza Strip

West Bank Gaza Strip West Bank Gaza Strip West Bank Gaza Strip West Bank Gaza Strip West Bank Gaza Strip

Defintely acccept

14%

6%

10%
7%
8%
12%
9%
27%
2%
14%
9%
17%

Probably acccept

42%

38%

35%
29%
20%
35%
26%
22%
7%
17%
16%
20%

Probably reject

11%

19%

31%
25%
34%
23%
16%
16%
17%
17%
27%
14%

Defintely reject

20%

37%

21%
34%
33%
27%
42%
34%
67%
51%
44%
47%

Don’t know/No answer

13%

1%

4/%
5%
5%
2%
7%
2%
7%
2%
3%
3%

Arab governments might want to forget the Palestinians, but their people will never let them do that. (The Washington Institute, July 2019-June 2022)

  2019 2020 2022
  West Bank Gaza Strip West Bank Gaza Strip West Bank Gaza Strip

Agree

61%
79%
57%
77%
58%
76%

Don’t agree

30%
17%
35%
21%
35%
22%

Do you approve or disapprove of the assessment that Israel is an apartheid state? (PSR, March 16-20, 2022)

 

2022

Approve

65%

Disapprove

27%

Given repeated incidents of attacks by the Israeli police against Palestinian worshipers at the al Aqsa Mosque, do you believe the conflict remains first and foremost over land and sovereignty or has it now become first and foremost a religious one? (PSR, June 22-25, 2022)

 

2022

Remains first and foremost a conflict over land and sovereignty

53%

Has become first and foremost a religious conflict

45%

Do you agree or disagree that Amnesty International’s report on Israel’s racism is an indication of a shift in Western public opinion in favor of Palestinians and against Israel, as it has previously did regarding apartheid in South Africa? (PSR, March 16-20, 2022)

 

2022

Approve

48%

Disapprove

40%


Under the current conditions, do you support an unconditional resumption of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations? (PSR, September 15-18, 2021; June 22-25, 2022)

 

2021 2022

Support

24% 22%

Oppose

61% 69%

Do you support or oppose the resumption of negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis at the present time? (AWRAD, June 14-17, 2021)

 

2021

Oppose

54%

Do you support a return to Palestinian-Israeli negotiations under the leadership of the international Quartet? (PSR, March 16-20, 2022)

 

2022

Yes

38%

No

57%

Against the backdrop of the assassination of three members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Nablus, is it the duty of the Palestinian security forces to confront the Israeli armed forces when they enter areas under the control of the PA? (PSR, March 16-20, 2022)

 

2022

Yes

64%

No

32%

What is the main reason for the failure of the Israeli army to stop settlers’ terrorism? (PSR, March 16-20, 2022)

 

2022

The settlers are a tool in the hands of the army and it uses them to fight the Palestinian residents in order to expel them from their land

54%

Settlers are the decision makers in the Israeli government

20%
Settlers hide and wear masks 12%
The army does not have the jurisdiction to arrest settlers 10%

Why are the Palestinian police and national security forces unable to protect the residents from settlers’ terrorism in Area B? (PSR, March 16-20, 2022)

 

2022

The Palestinian leadership and government prefer to maintain security coordination with the Israeli army than to provide protection to the Palestinian population

34%

The Palestinian police and national security forces do not want to engage in armed conflict with the Israeli army

29%
The Palestinian police does not have jurisdiction to protect the residents of area B 20%
Terrorist attacks take place at night when Palestinian security services are not present 12%

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 of Historical Palestine where Palestinians and Israelis enjoy equal rights. Which solution do you prefer  (JMCC, November 2013, August 2015, October 25-30, 2021)

  2013  2015 2021
I prefer the two state solution: a Palestinian and an Israeli 48%

44%

29%
I prefer the bi-national state in all of Historical Palestine 21%

21%

26%
I prefer another solution  

.3%

.3%
No solution  

14%

15%
Palestinian state* 13%

17%

24%
Islamic state* .8%

17%

.5%
Don’t know/No Answer 16%

.6%

4%

*These answers were not included as part of the options read to the interviewee

Do you support or oppose the annulment of the Oslo Accords? (AWRAD, June 14-17, 2021)

 

2021

Support

66%

Oppose

26%

Do you support or oppose security cooperation between the PA and Israel? (AWRAD, June 14-17, 2021)

 

2021

Support

35%

Oppose

61%

Do you support or oppose the principle of a two-state solution? (AWRAD, June 14-17, 2021)

 

2021

Support

36%

Oppose

60%

Do you prefer a two-state solution, a unified state in historic Palestine, or one state for Jews and Arabs? (AWRAD, June 14-17, 2021)

 

2021

Two-state solution

30%

A unified state in historic Palestine

60%
One state for Jews and Arabs 8%

Do you support or oppose seeking remedies through international mechanisms (e.g., ICJ) if negotiations fail? (AWRAD, June 14-17, 2021)

 

2021

Support

54%

Oppose

39%

Do you support or oppose economic and trade relations with Israel? (AWRAD, June 14-17, 2021)

 

2021

Support

43%

Oppose

53%

The following four possibilities refer to your views about what to do now about Israeli-Palestinian relations, which one is the most preferred to you: (PSR, September 9-12, 2020; PCPSR, June 9-12, 2021)

 

Total 2020

West Bank 2020
 Gaza 2020
Total 2021

Maintain the status quo

14%

14%
14%
18%
Wage an armed struggle against the Israeli occupation

36%

27%
50%
39%
Wage an unarmed struggle against the Israeli occupation

18%

17%
19%
11%
Reach a peace agreement with Israel
27%
35%
15%
27%
Other
1%
1%
1%
 
DK/NA
5%
7%
3%
 

What is the reason for the lack of mass popular participation in non-violent resistance? (PCPSR, September 15-18, 2021)

 

2021

Lack of trust in the PA political leadership

44%
Preoccupation and the burden of daily living conditions 39%
Loss of the will to fight 16%

Do you support the conept of a two-state solution based on the 1967 lines with Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state? (PCPSR, June 9-12, 2021)

 

2021

Support

41%

Oppose

56%

Do you support the idea of making Jerusalem, both East and West, an open city, whereby the Eastern part would be the capital of the Palestinian state and Western part would be the capital of the state of Israel? (PCPSR, June 9-12, 2021)

 

2021

Support

23%

Oppose

73%

Do you  prefer a two-state solution, a confederation, or one state for Jews and Arabs? (PCPSR, September 2017, June 9-12, 2021)

 

2021

Two-state solution based on the 1967 lines

46%

Palestinian-Israeli confederation

10%
One state for Jews and Arabs 6%

Prime Minister of Israel, Netanyahu, says that he has agreed to a postponement or temporary delay of annexation of the Jordan Valley and settlements. Do you think the government of Israel will indeed stop annexation or just postpone it for few months? (PSR, September 9-12, 2020)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Stop annexation

19%

12%
29%
Postpone for a while

75%

81%
67%
DK/NA
6%
8%
4%

Now that the UAE and Israel have agreed to normalize relations in return for an stopping or postponing annexation of large parts of the West Bank, do you support or oppose the return of security coordination between the PA and Israel? (PSR, September 9-12, 2020)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Support

32%

28%
33%
Do not upport

62%

53%
76%
DK/NA
6%
9%
1%

What about economic and civil relations with Israel, such as the transfer of clearance funds? Do you support or oppose a return to financial and civil coordination between the PA and Israel? (PSR, September 9-12, 2020)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Support return to civil and financial coordination

50%

55%
42%
Oppose return to civil and financial coordination

45%

38%
57%
DK/NA
5%
7%
1%

What if Israel conditioned the resumption of financial and civil coordination on a resumption of security coordination? Do you in this case support or oppose the resumption of security coordination as well?
(PSR, September 9-12, 2020)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Support

35%

41%
28%
Do not upport

59%

51%
71%
DK/NA
6%
8%
2%

If the Israeli government annexed the Jordan Valley and the settlements, which of the following five alternatives do you prefer as a response to that annexation? (PSR, September 9-12, 2020)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Stop working in accordance with the Oslo agreement and suspending all links between the PA and Israel

20%

18%
24%
Return to armed struggle

28%

24%
33%
Resort to peaceful mass popular resistance

19%

19%
18%
Abandon the two-state solution and adopt the onestate solution

6%

5%
8%
Return to negotiations with Israel and the US in accordance with a detailed Palestinian peace plan, a counter
20%
22%
18%
DK/NA
7%
12%
0%

How important is it that there be a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? (Zogby Research, June 24-July 5, 2020)

Very important

50%

Somewhat important

31%

Somewhat unimportant/not important at all

19%

How likely is it that there will be a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the next 5 years? (Zogby Research, June 24-July 5, 2020)

Very likely

17%

Somewhat likely

39%

Somewhat unlikely

29%

Very unlikely
14%

In 2002 the Arab League unanimously endorsed the Arab Peace Initiative in which they agreed to establish normalized ties with Israel if Israel were to withdraw from the occupied territories and resolve the issue of the Palestinian refugees. Which of the following statements is closer to your view? (Zogby Research, June 24-July 5, 2020)

I am prepared for a just and comprehensive peace with Israel if Israel is willing to return all of the territories occupied in the 1967 war including East Jerusalem and solve the issue of the refugees, and more eort should be made to achieve this goal.

38%

I am prepared for a just and comprehensive peace with Israel if Israel is willing to return all of the territories occupied in the 1967 war including East Jerusalem and solve the issue of the refugee, but I don’t believe that the Israelis will give up the territories.

29%

Even if the Israelis agree to return all of the territories and agree to resolve the refugee issue, I
am not ready for a comprehensive peace with Israel.

33%

In your opinion, are these terms of the Arab Peace Initiative still relevant, or should Arab states
seek other ways to deal with Israel?
(Zogby Research, June 24-July 5, 2020)

Still relevant and should be maintained as is.

7%

Still relevant but Arabs should do more to convince Israel of the benefits that will come with peace

34%

No longer relevant and other approaches should be explored.

33%

No longer relevant and should be scrapped.

26%

From what you know about the ["Deal of the Century"] plan, is your attitude favorable or unfavorable? (Zogby Research, June 24-July 5, 2020)

Very favorable

3%

Somewhat favorable

15%

Somewhat unfavorable

32%

Very unfavorable

49%

Which of the following statements best describes why you hold a favorable view of “the Deal of the Century”? [Only asked of those Arab respondents who view the deal favorably.] (Zogby Research, June 24-July 5, 2020)

The deal is the most realistic way forward because of the facts on the ground.

26%

The deal provides the quickest path to end the violence.

51%

It is the best deal that the Palestinians can expect to get, and if more time goes by, they will get even less because of
settlement expansion.

23%

Other

 

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? If Israel proceeds with annexation, all efforts at cooperation with Israel should come to an end. (Zogby Research, June 24-July 5, 2020)

Agree

73%

Disagree

27%

 

[What is] your personal opinion about what should be the top Palestinian national priority during the coming five years? (Washington Institute, June 2022)

 
2014
2015
2017
2018
2019
2020
2022
 
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
Regaining all of historical Palestine for the Palestinians, from the river to the sea
55%
68%
41%
50%
30%
49%
47%
57%
47%
48%
66%
56%
37%
55%
Ending the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, to achieve a two-state solution
31%
22%
29%
44%
44%
37%
39%
32%
26%
36%
14%
31%
26%
30%
Achieving a one-state solution, in which Arabs and Jews would have equal rights in one state from the river to the sea
11%
8%
18%
5%
19%
11%
12%
9%
18%
12%
11%
9%
16%
9%
Moving toward a confederation with Jordan or Egypt, including Palestinian self government
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9%
5%
9%
5%
18%
3%

The Palestinians should focus on opposing any new Israeli attempt to annex any West Bank territory, even by force if necessary. (Washington Institute , January 23— February 11, 2020)

 
2017
2018
2019
2020
 
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
Strongly agree
25%
20%
10%
22%
22%
41%
23%
34%
Somewhat agree
30%
37%
32%
42%
34%
26%
44%
27%
Somewhat disagree
31%
23%
23%
23%
20%
20%
27%
19%
Strongly disagree
11%
17%
23%
14%
23%
13%
6%
20%
Don’t know/refuse to answer
3%
3%
3%
2%
0%
0%
0%
0%

Arab governments should take a more active role in Palestinian-Israel peacemaking, offering incentives to both sides to take more moderate positions.. (Washington Institute , January 23— February 11, 2020)

 
2017
2018
2019
2020
 
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
Strongly agree
9%
15%
7%
12%
30%
53%
20%
48%
Somewhat agree
50%
40%
41%
47%
31%
33%
31%
31%
Somewhat disagree
30%
22%
32%
25%
24%
7%
25%
9%
Strongly disagree
10%
14%
17%
9%
13%
5%
15%
11%

Palestinians should encourage direct personal contacts and dialogue with Israelis in order to help the Israeli peace camp advocate a just solution. (Washington Institute , January 23— February 11, 2020)

 
2019
2020
 
West Bank
Gaza
West Bank
Gaza
Strongly agree
44%
65%
25%
65%
Somewhat agree
31%
25%
31%
25%
Somewhat disagree
16%
5%
23%
4%
Strongly disagree
7%
5%
14%
5%
Don’t know/refuse to answer
3%
1%
8%
1%

Israel will have another national election in March [2020]. Do you think the result will probably be better for the Palestinians? (Washington Institute , January 23—February 11, 2020)

 
2020
 
West Bank
Gaza
Be better for the Palestinians
8%
22%
Worse for the Palestinians
31%
46%
It probably make very little difference either way
51%
26%
Don’t know/refuse to answer
11%
5%

Arab governments must be pressured by the Palestinians to support our full rights, and then they will mostly do that ? (Washington Institute , January 23—February 11, 2020)

 
2020
 
West Bank
Gaza
Strongly agree
23%
50%
Somewhat agree
34%
32%
Somewhat disagree
19%
11%
Strongly disagree
13%
6%
Don’t know/refuse to answer
11%
1%

Let’s suppose that there’s an agreement on a two state solution for Israel and Palestine, and you could choose your citizenship. Would you prefer to become... (Washington Institute , January 23—February 11, 2020)

 
East Jerusalem Arabs
  2017 2018
2019
2020
A citizen of Jordan, with equal rights and responsibilities with its other citizens    
 
16%
A citizen of Israel, with equal rights and responsibilities with its other citizens
21%
1%
24%
15%
A citizen of teh Palestinian state, with equal rights and responsibilities with its other citizens
77%
95%
76%
70%

Regardless of what’s right, the reality is that most Israeli settlers will probably stay where they are, and most Palestinian refugees will not return to the 1948 lands. (Washington Institute , January 23—February 11, 2020)

 
East Jerusalem Arabs
  2017 2018
2019
2020
Agree strongly 5% 6%
37%
34%
Agree somewhat 23% 9%
46%
40%
Disagree somewhat 35% 17%
17%
21%
Disagree strongly 34% 54%    
No Opinion 3% 14% 1% 5%

If you think now of the future and your children become in your age, do you think there will be peace at that time between Israelis and Palestinians? (PCPO, January 31 — February 6, 2020)

Surely
9.5%
Likely
13.0%
It’s possible
13.0%
Likely not
4.1%
Don’t know
3.1%

Do you support or reject the rise of an armed intifada in the Palestinian territories? (Al-Najah, October 2018)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
 
03/18
10/18
03/18
10/18
03/18
10/18

Support

38.1%

38.0%
35.6%
29.8%
42.5%
52.0%

Reject

56.1%

55.7%
61.5%
66.9%
46.7%
36.2%

No opinion/don’t know

5.8%

6.4%
2.9%
3.2%
10.8%
11.8%

Which countries pose the biggest threat to stability and national security? (BBC, 2018-2019)
Proportion saying Israel

Lebanon

79%

Palestinian territories

63%

Egypt

54%

Jordan
42%
Sudan
36%
Morocco
27%
Libya
24%
Yemen
24%
Algeria
21%
Iraq
21%
Tunisia
14%

After the US declaration to move its embassy to Jerusalem, do you believe that the two-state solution is still viable? (Al-Najah, October 2018)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
 
03/18
 
03/18
 
03/18
 

Yes

20.4%

 
22.6%
 
16.6%
 

No

71.3%

 
72.3%
 
69.7%
 

No opinion/don’t know

8.3%

 
5.1%
 
13.8%
 

Under the current circumstances, do you think that there is an opportunity for the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders? (Al-Najah, October 2018)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
  03/18 10/18 03/18 10/18 03/18 10/18

Yes

23.9%

33.4%
31.6%
37.6%
10.6%
26.2%

No

68%

61.5%
65.7%
59.3%
72.1%
65.4%

No opinion/don’t know

8.1%

5.1%
2.7%
3.1%
17.4%
8.4%

Do you support or reject the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders as a final solution for the Palestinian cause? (Al-Najah, October 2018)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
 
03/18
10/18
03/18
10/18
03/18
10/18

Support

39.7%

36.3%
44.4%
40.4%
31.5%
29.4%

Reject

53.9%

59.4%
53.7%
58.1%
54.3%
61.6%

No opinion/don’t know

6.4%

4.3%
1.9%
1.5%
14.2%
9.0%

Do you support or reject the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with some land exchange as a final solution for the Palestinian cause? (Al-Najah, October 2018)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Support

22.0%

24.0%
18.4%

Reject

72.9%

72.7%
73.2%

No opinion/don’t know

5.1%

3.2%
8.4%

Do you support or reject the creation of a binational state for both Arabs and Jews as a final solution for the Palestinian cause? (Al-Najah, October 2018)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
 
03/18
10/18
03/18
10/18
03/18
10/18

Support

18.7%

18.0%
22.2%
19.0%
12.6%
16.2%

Reject

76.7%

78.6%
75.6%
78.9%
78.6%
78.0%

No opinion/don’t know

4.6%

3.5%
2.2%
2.1%
8.8%
5.8%

The Palestinian Authority called for enlarging the negotiation sponsorship between the Palestinians and Israel or finding a new international mechanism to sponsor negotiations with Israel. Do you support or reject that? (Al-Najah, March 2018)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Support

48.6%

51.3%
43.9%

Reject

43%

42.6%
43.7%

No opinion/don’t know

8.4%

6.2%
12.4%

Do you support or reject President Mahmoud Abbas’ call for establishing a multilateral international mechanism emanating from an international conference and based on the international decisions to launch serious and real negotiation that would eventually lead to the two state solution and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital? (Al-Najah, March 2018)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Support

52.1%

58.3%
41.5%

Reject

33.7%

32.7%
35.3%

No opinion/don’t know

14.3%

9.1%
23.2%

Which side is more responsible for the collapse of the peace negotiations over the years? (PCPSR, June 2016)
 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza

Israeli Side

62%

60.9%

63.9%

Palestinian Side

7.9%

6.9%

8.7%

Both Sides Equally

26.4%

28.9%

22.1%

Neither

2.5%

1.3%

4.5%

No answer/don’t know

1.6%

2%

.8%

If you have to choose from among the following three possible approaches to revive Israeli Palestinian peace negotiations, which one you would say is most promising? (PCPSR, June 2016)

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza

Bi-Lateral Negotiations With Both Parties

22%

19.4%

26.3%

Multi-Lateral Forum Sponsored by Major Powers

44%

47.6%

38%

Unilateral Efforts Taken by One Side to Promote It’s Interests

18.3%

16.7%

20.7%

No answer/don’t know

15.8%

16.3%

15%

Do you support or oppose a return to direct negotiations with the Israelis after the rejection of the French Initiative?
             (PCPO, November 2016)

 

Total

Support

32.4%

Oppose

53.5%

Don’t know/refuse

14.1%

Do you support or reject the French Initiative which calls for holding an international conference for peace in the Middle East?
             (IMRA, October 2016)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Support

55.9%

53.8%

59.6%

Reject

31.6%

35.5%

25%

Don’t know/refuse

12.4%

10.7%

15.4%

Do you think that the French Initiative to foster the possibilities of peace between Palestinians and Israelis will succeed or fail?
             (IMRA, October 2016)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Succeed

19.3%

17.4%

22.6%

Fail

63.1%

68.8%

53.2%

Don’t know/refuse

17.6%

13.8%

24.2%

Do you support or reject the Russian call on President Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli Prime Minister to meet in Moscow to reactivate the peace process?
             (IMRA, October 2016)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Support

49.1%

47.8%

51.4%

Reject

43.4%

49.1%

33.6%

Don’t know/refuse

7.5%

3.1%

15%

Do you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, strongly disagree with peace negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israel?
             (JMCC, March 2016)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Strongly agree

10.8%

9.7%

12.4%

Agree

40.5%

42.9%

36.4%

Disagree

22.9%

20.4%

27.1%

Strongly disagree

21.8%

20.9%

23.1%

Don’t know/refuse

4%

6.1%

1%

If negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians were to be resumed, who would you prefer to act as the mediator between the two sides?
             (JMCC, March 2016)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

The EU

22.5%

22.5%

22.4%

Egypt

19.2%

13.7%

28.2%

The U.N.

17.9%

17.2%

19.1%

The Middle-East Quartet

16.3%

16%

16.7%

The U.S.

4.9%

6.4%

2.4%

Don’t know/refuse

19.2%

24.2%

11.2%

Do you support a change in Palestinian policy, from demanding an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to demanding equal rights for Arabs and Jews in one state in Historical Palestine, from the river to the sea? (JMCC, March 2016)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Yes

24.8%

28.4%

18.9%

No

69%

62.7%

79.6%

Don’t know/refuse

6.2%

8.9%

1.5%


Do you think that the current confrontations will lead to a new, armed intifada? (PSR, December 2015)

 

Total

Yes they will lead to a new, armed intifada

37%

They will lead to wide-scale peaceful popular resistance

18%

They will develop in both directions

13%

The confrontations will stay as they are now

19%

The confrontations will dissipate

10%

Under the current circumstances, do you think that there is an opportunity for the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders? (IMRA, November 2015)

 

Total

Yes

33.5%

No

58.8%

Don’t know/No answer

7.7%

Do you support abandoning the Oslo agreement? (PSR, December 2015)

 

Total

Yes

68%

No

25%

Don’t know/No answer

7%

In your opinion, does Israel abide by and honor the Oslo agreement? (PSR, December 2015)

 
Total
Yes

6%

No

90%

Don’t know/No answer

4%

Do you support or reject the creation of a binational state for both Arabs and Jews as a final solution for the Palestinian cause?
  
(IMRA, November 2015)

 
Total
Yes

20%

No

74.2%

Don’t know/No answer

5.7%

Do you support or reject the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with some land exchange as a final solution for the Palestinian cause?
  (IMRA, November 2015)

 

Total

Yes

21%

No

72.9%

Don’t know/No answer

6.2%

Do you support or reject the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders as a final solution for the Palestinian cause?
  (IMRA, November 2015)

 
Total
Yes

45.6%

No

49.5%

Don’t know/No answer

4.8%

From your point of view at the present time, which of the following forms of resistance will serve the Palestinian cause best?
 
 (IMRA, November 2015)

 

Total

Unarmed peaceful intifada

32.4%

Armed intifada

21.4%

Both are useful

26.7%

Both are useless

14.5%

Don’t know/refuse

5.1%

Do you support or reject the rise of an armed intifada in the Palestinian Territories?
 
 (IMRA, November 2015)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
Support

43.7%

39.3%

51.4%

Oppose

51.4%

57.7%

40.6%

Don’t know/refuse

4.8%

3.0%

8.0%

Do you support or reject the rise of an unarmed peaceful intifada in the Palestinian Territories?
  
(IMRA, November 2015)

   
Support

52.1%

Oppose

44.0%

Don’t know/refuse

3.9%

Do you support or oppose a return to peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis?
 
 (PCPO, November 2015)

   
Support

22.3%

Oppose

62.3%

Don’t know/refuse

15.4%

Of the following, and with respect to previous Palestinian experience, which is the approach you support most at the present time?
  
(AWRAD, November 2015)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
Internationalizing the struggle

14.3%

13.5%

15.8%

Resuming armed struggle

45.3%

41.3%

52.0%

Nonviolent protests

13.5%

15.1%

10.9%

Immediate return to negotiations

13.6%

14.4%

12.2%

Disolving the PA

11.7%

13.8%

8.2%

Other

1.6%

2.0%

0.9%

At this moment, do you support or oppose a Third Intifada?
  (AWRAD, November 2015)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
Support

63.3%

60.1%

68.4%

Oppose

33.0%

36.0%

28.0%

Don’t know/refuse

3.8%

3.9%

3.6%

In light of the recent events in the West Bank and Gaza, how likely or unlikely do you believe a Third Intifada is?
  (AWRAD, November 2015)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
Very likely

55.6%

52.1%

61.3%

Somewhat likely

31.3%

32.5%

29.1%

Somewhat unlikely

9.3%

10.8%

6.7%

Very unlikely

3.1%

3.3%

2.7%

Don’t know/refuse

.8%

1.2%

.2%

Do you support a 2-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
  (AWRAD, November 2015)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
Yes

53.1%

53.1%

53.1%

No

43.4%

43.9%

42.7%

Don’t know/refuse

3.5%

3.1%

4.2%

In your opinion, should Hamas recognize Israel if it would lead to improved living conditions in Gaza, including the building of a new port, airport and increased access to foreign markets for Gazan goods?
  (AWRAD, November 2015)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
Yes

25.0%

19.3%

34.4%

No

68.5%

73.9%

59.6%

Don’t know/refuse

6.5%

6.8%

6.0%

Since the signing of the Oslo Accords (1993), do you believe that Palestinians and Israelis are closer to or further from peace?
             (AWRAD, November 2015)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Closer

39.3%

39.7%

38.7%

Further

54.2%

53.6%

55.1%

Don’t know/refuse

6.5%

6.7%

6.2%

During Abbas’s recent address to the United Nations, he said the PA was no longer bound by the Oslo Accords. Do you believe this will advance or impede Palestinian statehood? (AWRAD, November 2015)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Advance

25.1%

26.0%

23.8%

Impede

23.2%

22.2%

24.9%

Have no effect

44.9%

46.2%

42.9%

Don’t know/refuse

6.7%

5.7%

8.3%

Would you say that relations between Israelis and Palestinians are improving, staying the same, or getting worse?
  (Gallup, November 2015)

   
Improving

6%

Staying the same

26%

Getting worse

64%

Don’t know/refuse

4%

Do you support or oppose the Arab peace initiative?
  (PCPSR, September 2015)

   
Support

45%

Oppose

49%

Don’t know/No answer

6%


What is the long-term aspiration of the Palestinian Authority?

             (PCPSR, September 2015)

 

Total

Recover all parts of the land occupied in 1967

64%

Conquer Israel/Kill most of the Jews

26%

Don’t know/No answer

10%

Do you support or oppose a French proposal that would request the UN Security Council to issue a resolution affirming the establishment of a Palestinian state on the borders of 1967 with territorial swaps, making Jerusalem a joint capital for Palestine and Israel, setting a timetable for ending Israeli occupation, and holding an international peace conference?
       
      (PCPSR, September 2015)

 

Total

Support

37%

Oppose

60%

Don’t know/No answer

3%

What, in your opinion, are the chances of peace negotiations between Hamas and Israel being successful?
             (PCPSR, September 2015)

 

Total

High or medium

41%

Low or nonexistant

56%

Don’t know/No answer

3%

Do you support or oppose indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel to reach a long-term truce?
             (PCPSR, September 2015)

 

Total

Support

65%

Oppose

32%

Don’t know/No answer

3%

Do you think that Jews have some rights to the land along with Palestinians?
   (The Washington Institute, August, 2015)

 

West Bank

Gaza Strip

Both have rights to the land

12.9%

11.3%

The land is only Palestinian land

80.5%

87.7%

Don’t know/No answer

6.6%

1%

Do you think that a truce can be reached between Hamas and Israel?
   (JMCC, August, 2015)

 
Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

Yes

45%

36.4%

59.1%

No

40.7%

45.7%

32.4%

Don’t know/No answer

14.3%

17.9%

8.9%

Do you agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians?
             (JMCC, August, 2015)

 

Total

Strongly agree

16%

Somewhat agree

39.4%

Somewhat disagree

19.8%

Strongly disagree

22.8%

Don’t know/No answer

2%

Do you support or oppose the return to negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis?
 (IMRA, July 29, 2015)

   
Support

48.8%

Oppose

46.2%

Don’t know/No Answer

5%

20 years after Oslo, do you feel Palestinians are further from or closer to acheiving their goal of a Palestinian state?
 (IMRA, July 29, 2015)

   
Closer

26.2%

Farther

61.9%

Don’t know/No Answer

11.9%

How do you feel about Palestinian proposals for armed struggle and car attacks against the occupation?
(The Washington Institute, July 2015)

 

West Bank

Gaza Strip

Strongly support

23.4%

53%

Support

32.2%

30.5%

Oppose

28.7%

12.1%

Strongly oppose

15.8%

4.4%

Hamas should maintain a ceasefire with Israel in both Gaza and the West Bank. How do you feel about this statement? (The Washington Institute, July 2015)

 

West Bank

Gaza Strip

Strongly agree

37%

45.6%

Somewhat agree

36.8%

37.4%

Somewhat disagree

18.5%

10.1%

Strongly disagree

7.6%

6.9%

If the Palestinian leadership is able to negotiate a 2-state solution with Israel, do you think that...?             (The Washington Institute, July 2015)

 
West Bank

Gaza Strip

Conflict with Israel should end, starting a new chapter in Palestinian history

32.6%

34.2%

The struggle is not over, we should continue to fight until historic Palestine is liberated

58.3%

65.3%

Don’t know

9.2%

.5%

Do you support or oppose the Saudi Peace Plan? (PCPSR, June 2015)

 

June 2015 Israelis 

June 2015 Palestinians

December 2014 Israelis 

December 2014 Palestinians

Support

21%

52%

27%

43%

Oppose

67%

44%

63%

53%

What is your expectation for the immediate future? (PCPSR, June 2015)

 

Israelis 

Palestinians

The two sides will return to negotiations

6%

27%

The two sides will return to negotiations but some armed attacks will occur

28%

29%

The two sides will not return to negotiations and some armed attacks will occur

43%

20%

The two sides will not return to negotiations and no armed attacks will occur

8%

18%

What do you consider to be the long-term aspirations of the Palestinian Authority and the PLO? (PCPSR, June 2015)

   
Regain some of the territories captured in the 1967 war

38%

Regain all of the territories captured in the 1967 war

30%

Conquer Israel, regain control of pre-1948 Palestine

13%

Conquer Israel, destroy the Jewish population

10%

What do you consider to be Israel’s long-term aspirations? (PCPSR, June 2015)

   
To extend it’s border to cover all areas between the Jordan river and Mediterranean sea and expel all Arab citizens

56%

Annex the West Bank, deny basic rights to Palestinians

25%

Following the gaurantee of it’s security, withdraw from some of the territories occupied since 1967

6%

Following the gaurantee of it’s security, withdraw from all of the territories occupied since 1967

11%

After Netanyahu’s declaration refusing the two-state solution and after the halting of the peace process, what are the steps that you would prefer that the Palestinians should take?
(IMRA, March 31, 2015)

 

Yes

No

Don’t know

Submit a petition to the UN to recognize a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders

72.2%

22.1%

5.2%

Nonviolent and unarmed popular resistance

38.8%

54.3%

6.9%

Call for a one-state solution, with Palestinians and Israelis

56.6%

35.8%

7.6%

Dissolve the PA

22.7%

71%

6.3%

Seek recourse at the ICC

32.2%

59.3%

8.5%

Start a new armed intifada and confrontation with the Israelis

73.5%

18.4%

8.2%

Do you expect the United States to exert pressure on Israel to return to the negotiation table and accept the two-state solution? (IMRA, March 31, 2015)

 

Total

Yes

48.8%

No

43%

Don’t know/decline to answer

8.2%

After Netanyahu declared during the recent Israeli elections that he does not support a solution based on the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, do you support or reject a return to the negotiation table? (IMRA, March 31, 2015)

 

Total

Support negotiations

36.8%

Reject negotiations

56.3%

Don’t know/decline to answer

6.9%

After the Netanyahu and Likud victory in the recent Israeli elections, do you expect a return to the negotiation table? (IMRA, March 31, 2015)

 

Total

Yes

53.2%

No

37.8%

Don’t know/decline to answer

9%

Do you support or reject ceasing security coordination between the PA and Israel? (IMRA ,March 31, 2015)

 

Total

Support

56.7%

Reject

36.5%

Don’t know/decline to answer

6.8%

Think of the future, when your children become your age. Do you think there will be peace at that time between Israelis and Palestinians? (PCPO, March 2015)

 

Total

Certainly

2.7%

Likely

22.2%

Possibly

25.4%

Unlikely

12.9%

There will never be peace

25.9%

Don’t know/decline to answer

10.9%

How would you evaluate the role Benjamin Netanyahu played, and still plays, in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? Was his role constructive or non-constructive?
            (PCPO, February 10, 2015)

 

Total

Very constructive

1.7%

Somewhat constructive

16.4%

Somewhat nonconstructive

25.1%

Very nonconstructive

47.4%

Don’t know/decline to answer

8.7%

How would you evaluate the role the US played, and still plays, in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process ? Was its role constructive or non-constructive?
            (PCPO, February 10, 2015)

 

Total

Very constructive

1.6%

Somewhat constructive

16.7%

Somewhat nonconstructive

29.4%

Very nonconstructive

43.6%

Don’t know/decline to answer

8.7%

What is your opinion on halting security coordination with Israel?
            (PCPO, February 10, 2015)

 

Total

Security coordination with Israel should be stopped

60.6%

Security coordination with Israel should continue

32.3%

Don’t know/decline to answer

7.1%

Do you anticipate a violent confrontation with the Israelis as a result of the escalating security deterioration in East Jerusalem?
            (PCPO, November 2014)

 

Total

Yes

50.0%

No

50.0%

Do you view the Swedish government’s recognition of Palestine as a significant step in achieving peace?
            (PCPO, November 2014)

 

Total

Yes

89.3%

No

10.7%

Should Arabs and Muslims be able to visit Jerusalem? (PCPO, November 2014)

 

Total

Yes

60.2%

No

39.8%

In your opinion, what should be the 5 year political goal for Palestine?
            (Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 2014)

 

Total

The goal should be to return to Historic Palestine to our hands, from the river to the sea.

60.3%

The goal should be to reach a 2 state solution and end the occupation of the West Bank.

27.3%

The goal should be to reach a 1 state solution in which Jews and Arabs are equal.

10.1%

In general, do you support or oppose the return to the peace negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis under the prevailing circumstances?
            (Palestinian Centre for Public Opinion, November 2013)

 

Total

I Oppose

56.3%

I Support

30.3%

I Don’t Know

13.4%

What is your opinion of the Oslo agreement?
            (Jerusalem Media & Communications Centre, November 2013)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
Strongly Support

5.8%

5.2%

6.9%

Support

33.3%

31.3%

36.7%

Oppose

32.6%

29.7%

37.3%

Strongly Oppose

15.9%

18.3%

12.0%

No Answer

12.4%

15.5%

7.1%

Do you think the Oslo Accords served or harmed Palestinian national interests?
            (Jerusalem Media & Communications Centre, November 2013)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
Served National Interests

25.6%

23.5%

29.1%

Harmed National Interests

34.8%

34.4%

35.6%

Made No Difference

28.7%

28.8%

28.7%

Don’t Know/No Answer

10.9%

13.3%

6.6%

Do you think it would have been better had the Oslo Accords never been signed?
            (Jerusalem Media & Communications Centre, November 2013)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza
Better if Never Signed

37.6%

39.3%

34.7%

Signing was Better

45.8%

40.5%

54.7%

Don’t Know/No Answer

16.6%

20.2%

10.6%

Will the Israelis and Palestinians stop the violence and return to the negotiating table? (Palestinian Center for Policy & Survey Research, June 2013)

Will return to negotiations; violence will stop

27%

Will return to negotiations; violence will not stop

31%

Will not return to negotiations; violence will stop

21%

Will not return to negotiations; violence will not stop

15%

Do you support or oppose the following plans and/or solutions to the Arab-Israeli conflict? (Palestinian Center for Policy & Survey Research, June 2013)

 

Support

Oppose

Two-state solution

53%

46%

One binational state solution

30%

69%

Saudi Peace Plan

56%

41%

Mutual Recognition of National Identity

42%

56%

How optimistic or pessimistic are you towards reaching a peaceful settlement for the Arab-Israeli conflict? (Jerusalem Media and Communications Center, March 2013)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Very optimistic

2.5

1.7

4.0

Optimistic

32.9

35.0

29.3

Pessimistic

39.4

36.6

44.2

Very pessimistic

23.2

24.2

21.4

Don’t know/No answer

2.0

2.5

1.1

Do you support or oppose continued military operations against Israeli targets? (Jerusalem Media and Communications Center, March 2013)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Support as appropriate response under current political conditions

31.1

28.8

35.1

Oppose and believe they harm Palestinian national interests

60.2

61.4

58.1

Other/Don’t know/No answer

8.7

9.8

6.8

Do you think the security cooperation with Israel benefits the Palestinians? (Jerusalem Media and Communications Center, March 2013)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Benefits the Palestinians

33.8

34.2

33.0

Does not benefit the Palestinians

59.2

57.1

62.8

No answer

7.0

8.7

4.2

Should security cooperation with Israel be stopped even if that would lead to an increase of Israeli army incursions into area A? (Jerusalem Media and Communications Center, March 2013)

 

Total

West Bank
Gaza

Security cooperation should stop

55.4

52.1

61.2

Security cooperation should continue

33.3

35.6

29.3

No answer

11.3

12.3

9.5

There is a proposal that after the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and the settlement of all issues in dispute, including the refugees and Jerusalem issues, there will be a mutual recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people and Palestine as the state of the Palestinian people. Do you agree or disagree with this proposal? (PSR, January 11, 2012)

Certainly agree

4.5%

Agree

47.8%

Disagree

35.0%

Certainly disagree

11.8%

No opinion/Don’t know

0.8%

Now that negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis have stopped, would you support or oppose the following option in the search for achieving Palestinian rights: return to armed intifada and confrontations? (PSR, January 11, 2012)

Certainly support

9.7%

Support

31.4%

Oppose

49.1%

Certainly oppose

8.5%

No opinion/Don’t know

1.


Do you think that submitting a bid by the PLO and the PA to recognize the State of Palestine in the UN was a positive move that serves the Palestinian cause?(Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

77.7%

No

19.1%

No opinion/I do not know

3.2%

Do you think that the PLO and PA conducted a good diplomatic campaign when they submitted the bid of recognition at the UN? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

73.0%

No

19.9%

No opinion/Don’t know

7.1%

How, in your opinion, does the bid of recognition influence the Palestinian cause?(Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Positively

56.2%

No influence

21.4%

Negatively

17.6%

No opinion/Don’t know

4.8%

Do you think that the Security Council will vote in favor of the creation of the Palestinian state?(Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

45.4%

No

43.5%

No opinion/Don’t know

11.1%

Do you think that the PLO and PA are capable of securing 9 votes in the Security Council to guarentee a recognition of the Palestinian State?(Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

54.7%

No

32.5%

No opinion/Don’t know

12.9%

Since the US has threatened to use the Veto at the Security Council against the recognition of the Palestinian State, do you think that the US will use the Veto?(Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

67.1%

No

22.6%

No opinion/Don’t know

10.4%

If the US uses the Vito at the Security Council against the recognition of the State of Palestine, do you think that the Vito will encourage Israel to proceed in its policy in the Palestinian Territories? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

82.6%

No

11.3%

No opinion/Don’t know

6.1%

Do you support or oppose the current Palestinian pursuit for state recognition at the UN? (Arab World for Research and Development, October 13, 2011)

Support

64.4%

Neutral

18.5%

Oppose

15.9%

Don’t know

1.0%

Do you believe the Palestinian cause has been advanced by this initiative? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Advanced

36.6%

Set back

16.6%

Not changed

44.3%

Don’t know

2.6%

Did you listen to the speech delivered by President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN on October 23, 2011? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Yes, in full

40.3%

Yes, in part

39.0%

No

20.7%

What was your assessment of the speech? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Excellent

39.9%

Good

31.0%

Average

14.7%

Weak

4.8%

Very weak

2.3%

Don’t know

7.4%

How do you evaluate the position of Hamas on the UN initiative? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Positive

11.9%

Average

33.0%

Negative

44.7%

Don’t know

7.4%

What should be the next political step by the Palestinian leadership with respect to statehood? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Continue to pursue recognition through the UN Security council

59.0%

Seek official observer status from the UN General Assembly

12.2%

Abandon the UN initiative and return to the negotiating table immediately

13.0%

Don’t know

15.8%

Which of the following do you believe will result from the UN initiative? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Palestinian negotiating position will be strengthened

58.2%

Palestinian negotiating position will be weakened

4.4%

Nothing will change

32.6%

Don’t know

4.8%

In the context of the Palestinian UN initiative, how do you view the following actors? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

 

Turkey

Egypt

Arab League

Jordan

More positive

68.2%

50.6%

42.3%

38.3%

Stayed the same

25.1%

32.3%

37.1%

39.6%

Less positive

4.4%

13.3%

16.4%

18.0%

Don’t know

2.2%

3.8%

3.3%

4.1%

 

 

U.N. General Assembly

EU

U.N. Security Council

U.S.A.

Israel

More positive

26.1%

24.8%

19.9%

6.1%

2.3%

Stayed the same

36.9%

39.6%

37.8%

22.3%

15.9%

Less positive

33.1%

31.3%

36.7%

69.0%

79.7%

Don’t know

3.9%

4.3%

5.7%

2.6%

2.1%

In the context of the Palestinian UN initiative, how do you view the following actors? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

 

Mahmoud Abbas

PLO

Palestinian National Authority

Fatah

More positive

66.4%

66.3%

63.4%

61.3%

Stayed the same

24.9%

25.8%

28.3%

28.3%

Less positive

7.7%

6.6%

9.1%

8.8%

Don’t know

1.0%

1.3%

1.1%

1.6%

 

 

Salam Fayyad

Ismael Haniyeh

Hamas

More positive

48.9%

17.9%

14.8%

Stayed the same

36.6%

37.4%

37.7%

Less positive

10.6%

39.8%

42.8%

Don’t know

3.9%

4.9%

4.8%

Do you believe the Palestinians are capable of surviving a decrease in international funding as a result of the UN initiative? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Yes

29.2%

Maybe

26.4%

No

41.8%

Don’t know

2.7%

Are you willing to personally sacrifice (a decrease in your income or salary) in order to reduce Palestinian dependency on foreign aid? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Yes

35.4%

To a certain extent

27.7%

No

41.8%

Don’t know

3.1%

Do you think that Israel is serious about its threats to cut off Palestinian tax money due to the Palestinian leadership’s decision to resort to the UN? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Yes

71.4%

No

23.5%

Don’t know

5.1%

Do you think that the US is serious about its threats to cut off Palestinian tax money due to the Palestinian leadership’s decision to resort to the UN? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Yes

67.3%

No

26.9%

Don’t know

5.8%

Do you think that the USA will pursue every possible way that is within its reach to salvage the peace process? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

24.6%

No

69.6%

No opinion/Don’t know

5.8%

Do you think that the Palestinian State can only be established through negotiations? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

29.8%

No

64.4%

No opinion/Don’t know

5.8%

Do you think that there will be any use from negotiations without acceptable frames of reference and without the freezing of settlement activities? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

14.7%

No

79.4%

No opinion/Don’t know

5.9%

Do you think the USA is an impartial broker in the peace process between the PA and Israel? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

13.4%

No

82.5%

No opinion/Don’t know

4.1%

Do you think that the European Union is an impartial broker in the peace process between the PA and Israel? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

34.2%

No

57.8%

No opinion/Don’t know

8.0%

Do you think that the International Quartet is an impartial broker in the peace process between the PA and Israel? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

27.5%

No

59.8%

No opinion/Don’t know

12.7%

If a Palestinian State is recognized in the UN, how will this recognition influence negotiations on the issue of refugees? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Positively

42.5%

No influence

23.4%

Negatively

29.8%

No opinion/Don’t know

4.4%

If a Palestinian State is recognized in the UN, how will this recognition influence negotiations on the issue of Jerusalem? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Positively

40.6%

No influence

20.7%

Negatively

32.5%

No opinion/Don’t know

6.1%

If a Palestinian State is recognized in the UN, how will this recognition influence negotiations on the issue of borders? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Positively

40.3%

No influence

20.6%

Negatively

32.2%

No opinion/Don’t know

6.9%

Do you support or reject holding talks between the PA and the Israeli government if Israel continues its settlement activities in the West Bank? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

I support

18.4%

I reject

77.7%

No opinion/Don’t know

3.9%

Do you think that it is possible to reach a lasting solution for the Palestinian Israeli conflict in view of the current circumstances? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

22.7%

No

72.2%

No opinion/Don’t know

5.1%

Do you think that the USA and the European countries have a duplicity of standards when they support the demands of the popular revolutions in the Arab countries and do not support similar Palestinian demands? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

68.6%

No

20.9%

No opinion/Don’t know

10.4%

Do you expect an erruption of a third intifada in the Palestinian Territories? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

Yes

57.2%

No

35.3%

No opinion/Don’t know

7.4%

Do you support or reject the rise of an armed uprising (intifada)? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

  West Bank Gaza Strip Total
I support 28.0% 49.8%

36.0%

I reject 67.9% 39.8%

57.6%

No opinion/Don’t know 4.1% 10.4%

6.4%

Do you support or reject the rise of nonviolence and unarmed popular resistance? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)

I support

58.3%

I reject

35.9%

No opinion/Don’t know

5.7%

Do you personally support or oppose a two-state solution (Israel and Palestine - in the West Bank including East Jerusalem)? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Support

61.2%

Oppose

35.3%

Don’t know

4.8%

Do you personally support or oppose a two-state solution (Israel and Palestine - in the West Bank including East Jerusalem)? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Support

61.2%

Oppose

35.3%

Don’t know

4.8%

Do you believe that the following parties are serious about peace negotiations leading to the establishment of an independent Palestine? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

  Palestinian National Authority EU UN member states USA Israel
Yes

81.2%

23.3%

20.2%

6.2%

3.0%

To some extent

13.1%

41.4%

40.2%

17.3%

10.6%

No

5.4%

31.2%

35.9%

74.7%

85.7%

Don’t know

0.3%

4.2%

3.8%

1.8%

0.8%

Do you support a return to the negotiations between Palestinians and Israel at this time? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Yes unconditionally

5.5%

Yes conditionally (after a halt to settlement construction)

58.0%

No

29.7%

Neutral

6.8%

In your opinion, which of the following is the best means to end the occupation and establish a Palestinian state? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Negotiations to reach an agreement between the two parties

21.1%

An international conference that imposes a settlement

20.8%

A non-violent popular uprising

16.8%

Armed/militant confrontations

16.6%

A mix of non-violent and militant means

21.1%

Others

1.0%

Don’t know

2.7%

Do you believe that the American government is a neutral party in the negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Yes

7.9%

To some extent

12.1%

No

78.3%

Don’t know

1.7%

In general, do you believe that President Obama is capable of establishing a Palestinian state? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Yes

22.0%

To some extent

20.6%

No

55.2%

Don’t know

2.2%

Do you have more or less hope for the peace process now compared to one year ago? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

More hope

44.1%

Less hope

49.4%

Don’t know

6.5%

20 years after the negotiations started, do you feel that Palestinians are closer or farther from achieving their goal of establishing a Palestinian state? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)

Closer

49.4%

Farther

41.7%

Don’t know

8.8%

Independent Media Review Analysis (September 21, 2011)

When asked how the Palestinians can force Israel to withdraw from the territories, if the UN recognizes the Palestinian state...

Think peaceful non-violent resistance can force Israelis to withdraw

37%

Think armed attacks on army and settlers will force Israelis to withdraw

26%

Think negotiations with Israel can bring it to withdraw

30%

Would you join large peaceful demonstrations in the West Bank and Jerusalem if they were to take place after the recognition of the Palestinian state?

Yes

54%

No

44%

When asked what the Palestinian Authority should do after the UN recognizes the Palestinian state in September...

Think the PA President and government should enforce Palestinian sovereignty over all the territories of the West Bank, for example by opening roads in area C, start building an airport in the Jordan Valley, and deploy Palestinian security forces in area C even if this leads to confrontations with the Israeli army and settlers

75%

Think the PA should not do that

21%

Think the PA should insist on assuming control over the Allenby Bridge terminal from the Israeli side even if this leads to the closure of the terminal

73%

Think the PA should not do that

23%

Think that Israel’s goals are to extend its borders to cover all the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and expel its Arab citizens

58%

Think that Israel’s goals are to annex the West Bank while denying political rights to the Palestinians

19%

Think that Israel’s aspirations in the long run are to withdraw from part or all of the territories occupied in 1967