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Highlights:
- Only 1 percent of respondents believe that ISIS represents true Islam. An absolute majority of Palestinians (93 percent) believe that ISIS does not represent Islam.
- An absolute majority (93 percent) of Palestinians do not believe that the practices of ISIS are justifiable.
- 49 percent of respondents support the return to negotiations, while 46 percent oppose.
- 20 years after the Oslo Accords, a majority of respondents (62 percent) believe that the Palestinians are farther away from achieving their goal of a Palestinian state than they were two decades ago.
- 20 years after the Oslo Accords, a majority of respondents (62 percent) believe that the Palestinians are farther away from achieving their goal of establishing a Palestinian State than they were two decades ago.
- 65 percent of Gaza respondents and 42 percent of West Bank respondents stated that the economic situation of their families is worse than it was a year ago.
- Compared to the April 2015 AWRAD National Poll President Abbas enjoys a minimal increase in approval rating.
- 25 percent of respondents positively evaluated the performance of the government led by Rami Al- Hamdallah, and 34 percent of respondents gave an average evaluation of his government.
- A majority of Gaza respondents (70 percent) and West Bank respondents (51 percent) believe that the current state of affairs in Palestine is headed in the wrong direction.
- 36 percent of Gaza respondents and 44 percent of West Bank respondents stated that the security situation in their area is worse than it was a year ago.
- 49 percent of respondents support the return of negotiations, while 46 percent oppose.
- In a hypothetical presidential election, 38 percent of respondents would vote for Mahmoud Abbas, and 21 percent would vote for Khaled Mashal. However, 41 percent are undecided or will not vote.
- In a hypothetical presidential election, voters are more likely to select Marwan Barghouthi (46 percent) than Ismail Haniyeh (20 percent).
- Marwan Barghouthi (42 percent) is also is the most popular candidate among a field of six competitors, if Mahmoud Abbas declines to run. Ismail Haniyeh (18 percent) is the next most popular, while Mustafa Barghouthi and Salam Fayyad would receive 5 percent of the vote and, finally, Ahmad Sadat and Ramadan Shallah would receive 3 percent or less.
- If PLC elections were held, 37 percent of respondents would vote for a Fatah list, 17 percent for a Hamas list, importantly 36 percent are still undecided