Popular Political Opinions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip since 2011: Insights from the Arab Opinion Index

المؤلفون

  • المؤلف

  • Yara Nassar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31430/almuntaqa.3.1.0095

الكلمات المفتاحية:

Palestine، West Bank، Gaza Strip، Arab Opinion Index، Political Opinions

الملخص

Alongside a volatile security situation in the West Bank, humanitarian circumstances in the Gaza Strip continue to deteriorate. In both territories, these dire conditions are driven by an ongoing political reality imposed by Israeli settler colonialism. This brief analysis examines popular opinions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip toward certain political issues in order to highlight major differences of opinion between people in both territories. This analysis utilizes data provided by the Arab Opinion Index (AOI), an annual survey conducted since 2011 by the Public Opinion Polling Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, where a total of 13,400 respondents in Palestine have been surveyed.

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  7. Another survey by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey during 7-10 December 2022 indicated that 6% of the Gazans evaluate positively the situation in the Gaza Strip in contrast to 22% in the West Bank. See: "Public Opinion Poll No. 86," Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey , 13/12/2022, accessed on 26/2/2022, at: http://bit.ly/41Fk9j9 Do not know Bad and unstable political situation Other Declined to answer Occupation General instability and bad conditions Bad security situation Bad economic situation Lack of public services Administrative and fiscal corruption Bad public policies and management
  8. It is worth noting that in a survey conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey in the period 7-10 December 2022, 66% of Palestinians regained a lot of trust in Arab nations following their disappointments with the several Arab normalization treaties signed with Israel. This renewed trust came after the huge support to Palestine showcased by football fans during the 2022 Qatar World Cup. 21% of the Palestinians said that they regained some trust, 5% said that their trust remained insignificant, and 4% said that they do not have any trust in the Arab world at all. See: "Public Opinion Poll No. 86." Declined to Do not know One governed One in which answer by the military electoral or the Army competition is Command restricted to non-religious parties.
  9. This can be seen, for example, in the public movement that rejected the implementation of CEDAW agreement as a way of preserving the identity. "Palestinian clans reject CEDAW and call for the closure of feminist institutions," Alaraby Aljadeed , 22/12/2019, accessed on 26/2/2023, at: http://bit.ly/3EEtOfV One in which One in which One in which all One governed the state electoral political parties by Islamic authority makes competition is are free to join Sharia, and in the decisions restricted to which there are without taking Islamist political neither elections into account the parties nor political results of the parties. elections or the opinions of the opposition Declined to Do not know One governed One in which answer by the military electoral or the Army competition is Command restricted to non-religious parties. One governed One in which One in which One in which all by Islamic the state electoral political parties Sharia, and in authority makes competition is are free to join which there are the decisions restricted to neither elections without taking Islamist political nor political into account the parties parties. results of the elections or the opinions of the opposition
  10. See: "Public Opinion Poll No. 86."
Cover of العدد 12, Almuntaqa

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منشور

2023-09-01

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47 مشاهدة 67 تنزيل

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مجلد 6 عدد 012 (2023): العدد 12

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