The House of Wisdom Poll Center
If there is Palestinian Elections today:
The Fateh movement hardly precedes the Hamas movement; Ismael Haniya precedes in the presidency elections
Results of the Poll:
– (30.8%) will chose Fateh Movement in the upcoming elections.
– (73.6%) are satisfied with the performance of the Resistance.
– (44.4%) believe the Coalition/unity Government is not serious to pay salaries for the Gaza employees.
– (41.0%) think the relation between Hamas and Egypt will not improve in the coming future.
– (29.4%) will elect Ismail Haniya as President to the State of Palestine.
– (31.0%) believe the disputes between Fateh and Hamas will continue.
The House of Wisdom Poll Center conducted a survey between 7 & 10 of September 2014; the survey was done in random areas for 500 persons from different ages (+18). 30.8% in the Gaza Strip will chose Fateh Movement in the upcoming legislative and presidential elections.
The results of the survey indicate that the majority of Palestinians in Gaza support the Resistance to continue protecting the Palestinians (67.8%).
The aggression on Gaza:
– (73.6%) of the surveyed Palestinians see that the resistant movements withstood and resisted the Israeli Occupation Forces, while (3.6%) see the opposite, and (20.6%) think a limited victory was made by the resistant movements, (2.2%) abstained from answering the question.
– (67.8%) of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip wants the resistant movement to continue protect the Palestinians in the future from any aggression, while (7.2%) refuse, and (22.4%) want only the resistant movements to resist in these days not in the future, (2.6%) abstained from answering the question.
– (41.4%) are not satisfied of what the indirect negotiation in Cairo reached, while (17.6%) expressed their satisfaction on what was agreed, and (21%) expressed a limited satisfaction of the negotiations, (20%) abstained from answering the question.
– (30.6%) expect a soon military confrontation with Israel, while (24%) don’t expect that, and (21.2%) see it possible to happen, (24.2%) abstained from answering the question.
– (57%) believe Israel will not abide by what was agreed in Cairo, while (4.8%) believe it will, and (14.2%) see Israel may abide by, (24%) abstained from answering the question.
The Unification of the Palestinians:
Question: “Did the Israeli aggression unified the Palestinians and ended their differences?”
The answers: (26%) said Yes – (32.2%) said No – (21.8%) said yes to some extent – (20%) said don’t know.
The Performance of the Coalition/Unity Government:
(41.8%) believe the Coalition/Unity government can’t hold the responsibility on rebuilding the Gaza Strip, while (28.2%) think that the government is trying with all it possibilities to rebuild Gaza, (12.4%) believe the government is serious and able to rebuild Gaza, (17.6%) abstained from answering the question.
Question: Is the Unity government serious about paying salaries for Gaza employees?
(44.4%) think it is not serious, while (7.8%) think it is serious, (18.4%) think the government has the desire to end the salaries problem, and (29.4%) abstained from answering the question.
The differences and disputes between Fateh & Hamas movements:
Question: Do you agree there is a shadow government in Gaza?
The answers: (22.4%) say yes there is, (20.2%) see that the government in Gaza is working normally, while (26%) abstained from answering the question.
Question: Do expect coming disputes between Fateh & Hamas?
The answers: (31%) Yes, (21.2%) No, (18.6%) expect little amount of disputes, while (29.2%) abstained from answering the question.
The upcoming elections:
Question: Whom you will choose if there are legislative & Presidential elections?
The answers: (30.8%) will choose Fateh movement, (30%) will choose Hamas movement, (21.4%) said they will not participate in the elections, while (17.8%) said they will choose personalities not from Fateh or Hamas.
Question: Whom you will choose for Presidency?
The answers: Ismael Haniya from Hamas movement got the high votes (29.4%), then Mr. Marwan Al-Bargouthi (28%) of the votes, while President Abbas got (10.2%) of the votes, (32.4%) said they will choose a different candidate.
The Relation between Hamas & Egypt:
Question: Will the relations between Hamas and Egypt improve?
The answers: (41%) No, (31.6%) believe there is a true desire to improve relation, (13.2%) believe the relations will improve this year; while (14.2%) answer they don’t know.
Methodology
The survey was conducted in the Gaza Strip governorates, a random sample of people and places were selected by the House of Wisdom Poll center based on scientific methodology, 30 locations were used distributed in the Gaza Strip as follow: (3) areas in the Northern governorate, (8) areas in Gaza city, (6) areas in the middle area governorate, (7) areas in Khan Younis city and (6) areas in Rafah city. The errors in the survey were (3.1%) and a percentage of acceptance of the survey (94.7%).
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