Issue of the Palestinian Refugees

In regard to the question: �Do you think that Palestinians � in exchange for

having their own independent state and concluding a peace deal with Israel �

should give up their insistence about the Right of Return, which Israel will

never accept, or not ?�, the striking majority of (89.8%) answered:�No, they

shouldn�t do that even if no peace deal would be concluded�, whilst only

(6.8%) said �Yes, Palestinians should do that�, and (3.4%) said � I don�t

know�. And responding to the question: �In case the Palestinian leadership would

waive the Right of Return and accept in exchange for that the monetary

compensation, would you accept that too, or refuse it ?�, (89.5%) said �I

would refuse that�, whilst only (7.3%) said �I would accept that� and (3.2%)

said �I don�t know�. PCPO Poll No.180 November 2, 2011 The most recent poll prepared by Dr. Nabil Kukali reveals that: (90.7%) of the Palestinians, seven years after the departure of the late

President Yassir Arafat, are still missing him. (63.4%) are dissatisfied with the attitude of Hamas towards its support /

not support of President Mahmoud Abbas at the United Nations. (81.7%) rated the performance of President Mahmoud Abbas at the United

Nations at good and very good. (82.3%) view the Israeli Palestinians (those living in Israel proper since

1948) as part of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. (47.9%) do not see a definite role for the Israeli Palestinians in the

negotiation process with Israel. (89.5%) refuse to waive the right of return and to accept in exchange for

that monetary compensation. (68.2%) oppose the resolution of the Ministry of Higher Education to the

effect of not approving university certificates of the students, who

obtained in the General Certificate of the Secondary Education (Tawjihi) an

average less than (65.0%). (33.9%) support the dissolution of the Palestinian Authority in case of

failing to obtain a full-member seat at the UN. Beit Sahour � Public Relations Office: The most recent poll prepared by Dr. Nabil Kukali, conducted by the

Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (www.pcpo.org) during the period from

October 4 till 18, 2011, covered a random sample of (1008) Palestinian

respondents representing the various demographic specimens of adult

Palestinians (18 years and above) living in the west Bank, including East

Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. It revealed that (90.7%) of the Palestinian

public still miss Late president Yassir Arafat seven years after his

departure.

Dr. Kukali Dr. Kukali, in his capacity as President of the Palestinian Center for

Public Opinion, said that a striking majority of the Palestinians still hang

on the leadership of the late president due to his patriotic attitudes and

his clinging to the Palestinian constants, on which almost all Palestinians

agree with him, regardless of their political inclinations or affiliations. Dr. Kukali further added that four out of five Palestinians rated the

performance of President Mahmoud Abbas at the United Nations very positively

(good to very good). This appreciation came not only from his supporters and

followers, but from the overwhelming majority of the Palestinian public, as

they view that he has gone to the UN as a President and came back as a

glorious leader of the nation. Dr. Kukali warned of the ominous consequences

in case the Palestinian bid to recognize Palestine as the state # 194 at the

United Nations would not be approved. The poll results, he said, clearly

show that the Palestinians are clinging to their rights of establishing

their own state, otherwise they would support the dissolution of the

Palestinian Authority as to place the international community before their

obligations. Dr. Kukali has stated that the Palestinian people wish to achieve the just

and comprehensive peace, which should be based on mutual respect and the

recognition of the rights of all parties. The outcome of the poll, he said,

clearly shows that the majority of the Palestinians reject the outbreak of a

third Intifada as they certainly aspire to achieve peace, stability and

socio-economic welfare. Regarding the recent resolution of the Ministry of Higher Education, Dr.

Kukali mentioned that the majority of the Palestinian public opposes the

decision, since the average rating of the GCE is generally not considered by

pedagogic experts as the right measure for academic qualification and

proficiency. The ministry, he said, can make examinations for university

graduates and thereby judge their qualification and standard. Add thereto,

the evaluation methods of the students during their secondary school must be

revised, he said, as to meet the era' requirements. Departure of the leader Yassir Arafat

Responding to the question: �Seven years after the departure of Late Yassir

Arafat, do you feel that you miss him or not ?�, (60.3%) said �Yes, I

strongly miss him�, (30.4%) �I somewhat miss him�, (7.1%) �I don�t miss him

so much�, (1.5%) �I don�t miss him at all� and (0.7%) said � I don�t know�. Israeli Palestinians (Palestinians living in Israel proper since 1948)

With regard to the question: �Are you strongly satisfied, satisfied,

somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, dissatisfied or strongly

dissatisfied with the efforts of the Israeli Palestinians regarding their

support for the establishment of the Palestinian State ?�, (18.5%) answered

� I�m strongly satisfied�, (36.8%) said �I�m satisfied�, (28.5%) �somewhat

satisfied�, (9.5%) �somewhat dissatisfied�, (2.5%) �dissatisfied�, (2.4%)

�strongly dissatisfied� and (1.8%) answered �I don�t know�. And regarding the question:� Do you view the Israeli Palestinians as part of

the Palestinian-Israeli conflict or do you view them in a different way ?�,the

overwhelming majority, specifically (82.3%), answered �I view them as part

of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict� , whilst only (14.1%) said they "view

them in a different way", and (3.6%) said � I don�t know�. And responding to the question:�Do you see a definite role for the

Palestinian minority in Israel in the negotiation process ?�, (45.7%)

answered �Yes�, (47.9%) �No� and (6.4%) said �I don�t know�. Performance of the PA-President at the United Nations

In respect of the question: � How would you rate the performance of the

PA-President Mahmoud Abbas during his mission at the United Nations ?�,

(66.5%) of the Palestinian answered �very good�, (15.2%) �somewhat good�,

(8.2%) �not so much good�, (8.3%) �not good at all� and (1.8%) said � I don�t

know�. Hamas attitude towards the PA-President Mahmoud Abbas

With respect to the question:�Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Hamas�

attitude towards supporting / not supporting the PA-President, Mahmoud

Abbas, at the United Nations during the 66th session of the UNGA last

September ?�, (63.4%) answered �I�m not satisfied�, (32.5%) �satisfied� and

(4.1%) said � I don�t know�. A third Intifada

Responding to the question:�In case the Palestinian National Authority fails

to achieve a seat at the UN as the UN-member # 194, would you then be in

favor of an outbreak of a third Intifada, or not ?�, (58.2%) said �I oppose

a third Intifada�, (39.1%) said �I would be in favor of a third Intifada�

and (2.7%) said �I don�t know�. The confidence in the leadership of Fatah and Hamas

�Some people have confidence in the political leadership of Hamas, others in

the political leadership of Fatah and some people have no confidence in both

leaderships, which of these three categories is the closest to you ?�(56.5%)

said they have confidence in Fatah leadership, (17.7%) have confidence in

Hamas leadership, (23.8%) said �I have no confidence in both leaderships�,

and (2.0%) said �I don�t know�. Optimism and pessimism

Regarding the question:� In case the Palestinians� efforts fail to obtain a

seat of full membership at the UN, would you then be more optimist or

pessimist than in the past for reaching an agreement about a final solution

between Israel and the Palestinians ?�, (16.1%) answered �I would be more

optimist than in the past�, (32.7%) said �my optimism wouldn�t change�,

(24.6%) said� I would stay as pessimist as in the past�, (23.9%) �I would be

more pessimist than in the past � and (2.7%) answered �I don�t know�. Resolution of the Ministry of Higher Education

Responding to the question:�Do you support or oppose the resolution of the

Ministry of Higher Education to the effect of not approving university

certificates of the students, who obtained in the General Certificate of

the Secondary Education (Tawjihi) an average less than (65%) ?�, (68.2%)

answered �I oppose that�, (30.6%) �I support that� and (1.2%) said � I don�t

know�. Performance of the PA-President

(55.7%) of the Palestinians said that they are satisfied with the way the

PA-President, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, is performing his duties as President of

the Palestinian Authority, whilst (41.9%) said that they are not satisfied,

and (2.4%) declined to express their opinion. Issue of the Palestinian Refugees

In regard to the question: �Do you think that Palestinians � in exchange for

having their own independent state and concluding a peace deal with Israel �

should give up their insistence about the Right of Return, which Israel will

never accept, or not ?�, the striking majority of (89.8%) answered:�No, they

shouldn�t do that even if no peace deal would be concluded�, whilst only

(6.8%) said �Yes, Palestinians should do that�, and (3.4%) said � I don�t

know�. And responding to the question: �In case the Palestinian leadership would

waive the Right of Return and accept in exchange for that the monetary

compensation, would you accept that too, or refuse it ?�, (89.5%) said �I

would refuse that�, whilst only (7.3%) said �I would accept that� and (3.2%)

said �I don�t know�. Resumption of the Peace Negotiations

Responding to the question: �In general, do you support or oppose the

resumption of the peace negotiations between the Palestinians and the

Israelis under the present conditions ?�, (16.0%) said � I support�, (45.9%)

said �between both alternatives� (they are undecided yet), (32.9%) said � I

oppose� and (5.2%) said �I don�t know�. And asked to respond to the question: �Which of the following ways or

options, according to your opinion, is the best for ending the occupation

and establishing a Palestinian state: a) the negotiations up to the reaching

of a deal between the Palestinians and the Israelis, (b) the non-violent

resistance (peaceful popular demos), (c) working along with/ through the

United Nations, (d) to hold an international conference that is authorized

to impose a solution on all parties concerned, (e) violence, military

actions, or (f) otherwise ?�, (17.6%) said �the negotiations up to the

reaching of a deal between the Palestinians and the Israelis�, (20.9%) �the

non-violent resistance (peaceful popular demos)�, (23.4%) said �working

along with and through the United Nations�, (17.9%) said �by holding an

international conference that is authorized to impose a solution on all

parties concerned�, (5.5%) said �violence, military actions�, (10.5%)

�otherwise�, and (4.2%) said � I don�t know�. Peace between Palestinians and Israelis

With respect to the question:�Now think of the future when your child

becomes your age. Do you think there would be at that time peace between the

Israelis and the Palestinians ?�, (12.0%) answered �yes, definitely�,

(15.1%) �it�s most likely�, (28.4%) �it�s possible�, (27.7%) �it�s unlikely�,

(15.8%) �definitely no� and (0.9%) said � I don�t know�. Options in case the Palestinians� efforts fail to obtain UN full membership

Responding to the question: � Assuming that the Palestinians� efforts to

achieve a full member seat at the UN fail, which of the following options

you think is likely to take place to handle the Palestinian affairs, a)

dissolution of the Palestinian Authority and placing the international

community before the liabilities of the legal vacuum that would result from

the dissolution of the Palestinian Authority and administering the

resistance through the Palestinian factions, b) unilateral declaration of a

Palestinian state and escalation of the resistance, c) keeping the status of

the Palestinian Authority as it�s now, but developing new strategies for a

better handling of the Palestinian issues ?�, (33.9%) said �option (a)�,

(29.9%) �option (b)�, (20.3%) incline to �option (c)� and (15.9%) said �I

don�t know�. Methodology of the Survey Study: Miss Rana Kukali, a staff member of the Research and Studies' Section at the

PCPO, said that all interviews of this survey were conducted inside the

respondents' homes, i.e. face-to-face during different working hours, at

least 5 hours a day, including the evening time, in order to ensure proper

representation of those sub-groups of the population, which would otherwise

be difficult to reach and selecting one individual in each household using

Last Birthday Method. The choices were taken from a total of (155) election

sites, from which (116) sites are located in West Bank and (39) sites in

Gaza Strip according to the distribution of the Central Election Commission.

These election sites were randomly chosen by using the method of the simple

random sample. These in turn were the beginning of the random sample choice

made from those regions in accordance with PCPO's long experienced

methodology. Miss Rana Kukali has further established that the margin of error was

(�3.09%) at a significance and confidence levels of (5.0%) and (95%)

respectively. She added that the rate of the female respondents in this

survey was (49.8%) against (50.2%) male respondents. The distribution of the

random sample between the Palestinian two major regions was (64.4%) in the

West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and (35.6%) in Gaza Strip, and

allocated as follows: (52.2%) for the towns, (31.0%) for the villages and

(16.8%) for the camps. About PCPO: The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) is a leading full service

research institute in Palestine. It is a member of the Founding Team of the

Arabic Network for Public Opinion Polls in Cairo / Egypt, associate member

of Gallup International Association (GIA) & Worldwide Independent Network

(WIN) and a member of the World Association for Public Opinion Research

(WAPOR) � U.S.A. The PCPO was founded in February 1994 in Beit Sahour by Dr.

Nabil Kukali; the president of PCPO.

PCPO is dedicated mainly to the following activities:

1) To conduct public opinion surveys.

2) To implement Omnibus polls and services.

3) To carry out market studies on all kinds of trading activities.

4) To gauge consumer attitudes, consumption habits, and market shares

through surveys.

5) To do communication researches.

6) To conduct focus group sessions and workshops on various topics

7) To render services in the field of investment, including feasibility

studies.

8) To conduct in-depth interviews & brainstorming workshops.

9) To provide translation services from Arabic into English, German & Hebrew

and vice-versa.

PCPO is now a name for reliability, credibility, competence and experience

not only in Palestine, but all over the world. Contact Persons: Dr. Nabil Kukali & Rana Kukali

Tel: 00970 2 277 4846, Fax: 00970 2 277 4892

Mobile: 00970 599 726 878

P.O. Box 15, Beit Sahour - Palestine

Email: dr.kukali@pcpo.org