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Highlights:
- An absolute majority (92 percent) of Palestinian respondents believe that ISIS does not represent "true Islam".
- 49 percent believe that the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen is unjustified; one third believes otherwise.
- Only 1 percent of Gaza respondents stated that the economic situation of their families has improved since last year, while 74 percent stated that it has declined.
- Approval rate of President Mahmoud Abbas is below 50 percent for the first time in his tenure as the President of the PA.
- A majority of Gaza respondents (68 percent) stated that Hamas is not doing enough to alleviate the suffering of the Gaza population. Similarly, (57 percent) of Gaza respondents stated that neither the PA nor the international organizations are doing enough.
- Marwan Bargouthi is the most popular leader and Fatah’s popularity reaches 33 percent.
- 39 percent of respondents have stated that they undecided or will not vote in the next PLC election.
- 82 percent of respondents support the immediate conduct of legislative and presidential elections in the West Bank and Gaza.
- 45 percent of respondents will not vote or do not know who will they vote for in a presidential election.
- 67 percent of respondents oppose the outbreak of a third Intifada at this time.
- 50 percent of respondents oppose the immediate resumption of negotiations between the PA and Israel.
- 20 years after Oslo, 64 percent of respondents believe that the Palestinians are farther away from achieving their goal of a Palestinian state than they were 20 years ago.