Palestinian Attitudes Toward Boycott of Israel

Note: We are presenting raw data. When available, we provide some or all of the crosstabs (i.e., breakdowns by various categories such as party ID). To analyze the data, we encourage users to read the entire study and the methodology used. Results and reliability can be affected by such things as sample size, question wording, and question order. Responses may also be influenced by context and timing; for example, if the survey is conducted during a war. Wording of questions in Arabic may not be exact.

People who want to have business or sports contacts with Israelis should be allowed to do so. (Washington Institute, March 2022)

	Agree	Disagree
Bahrain	38%	58%
Egypt	11%	85%
Lebanon	5%	93%
Jordan	10%	87%
Kuwait	3%	94%
Saudi Arabia	38%	60%
UAE	43%	55%
Gaza	34%	39%
West Bank	25%	58%
East Jerusalem	48%	50%

Palestinians should encourage direct personal contacts and dialogue with Israelis, in order to help the Israeli peace camp advocate a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Washington Institute, March 2022)

	Agree
Gaza	62%
West Bank	60%
East Jerusalem	84%

In the light of the prevailing situation, do you support or oppose the cooperation between Israel and the Palestinians as to prevent the spread of the coronavirus? (Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, March 12-15, 2020)

	Total
Strongly support	21.1%
Somehow support	47.2%
Somehow oppose	19.6%
Strongly oppose	9.6%
Don't know	2.5%

The local and international campaign to boycott and impose sanctions on Israel (BDS) aim at punishing Israel for it occupation of the West Bank. Do you support or oppose this campaign? (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, September 11-14, 2019)

	Total	West Bank	Gaza
Certainly support	26.8%	23.2%	32.9%
Support	56.0%	55.8%	56.4%
Oppose	13.9%	17.3%	8.3%
Certainly oppose	1.0%	1.2%	.8%
Don't know/No answer	2.2%	2.6%	1.6%

Some call for boycotting non-essential Israeli products or those for which there are non-Israeli alternatives. Do you now boycott such products? (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, September 11-14, 2019)

	Total	West Bank	Gaza
Boycott	52.4%	52.8%	51.6%
Do not boycott 33.0%	33.0%	34.9%	29.8%
Willing to boycott	13.6%	11.7%	16.7%
Don't know/No answer	1.1%	.6%	1.9%

Do you think that boycotting non-essential Israeli products or those for which there are non-Israeli alternatives will be effective in contributing to the ending of the Israeli occupation? (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, September 11-14, 2019)

	Total	West Bank	Gaza
Certainly effective	16.8%	10.6%	27.0%
Effective	39.8%	39.5%	40.4%
Ineffective	36.2%	42.0%	26.8%
Certainly ineffective	6.0%	6.6%	5.0%
Don't know/No answer	1.1%	1.4%	.7%

The European states are opposed to the boycott of Israel or the imposition of sanctions on it. If the status quo in the occupied Palestinian territories continue for a long time, including the continued settlement construction and the confiscation of Palestinian land, do you think European states might be ready at that time to boycott Israel or impose economic sanctions on it? (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, September 11-14, 2019)

	Total	West Bank	Gaza
Yes	25.6%	24.5%	27.3%
No	66.8%	66.8%	66.8%
Don't know/No answer	7.6%	8.7%	6.0%

Some Arab journalists and writers, from countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, and others, visit Israel and meet with officials, as was the case a few weeks ago. Should Palestinians encourage or condemn these visits? (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, September 11-14, 2019)

	Total	West Bank	Gaza
Encourage	7.1%	5.0%	10.5%
Condemn	74.4%	74.7%	73.9%
Neither encourage nor condemn	15.7%	16.7%	14.1%
Don't know/No answer	2.8%	3.6%	1.5%

In general would you mind or wouldn’t you mind working in Israel or in an Israeli settlement? (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and JMCC, July 2018)

	Total	West Bank	Gaza
I would mind	25.9%	22.7%	30.7%
I wouldn’t mind	71.3%	73.8%	67.6%
Don't know/No answer	2.8%	3.5%	3.1%