Poll No. 192 September 1, 2014
This survey prepared by Dr. Nabil Kukali in Gaza Strip revealed the following
key results:
(72.5%) are worried about another military confrontation with Israel.
(54.9%) believe that the Israeli deterrence has receded.
(52.6%) support the resumption of the peace negotiations with Israel.
(51.3%) highly rated the extent of the media coverage.
(77.6%) believe that Israel has been painfully beaten by the Palestinian
militants.
Beit Sahour – Section of Public Relations:
The latest poll prepared by Dr. Nabil Kukali and conducted by the Palestinian
Center for Public Opinion (www.pcpo.org), during the period from August 14-
19, 2014 covered a random sample of (1000) Palestinian respondents
representing the various demographic specimens of adult Palestinians (18 years
and above) living in Gaza Strip. It revealed that (72.5%) of the Palestinians in
Gaza Strip are worried about a potential military confrontation with Israel.
Dr. Nabil Kukali, President and founder of the Palestinian Center for Public
Opinion, said in a
statement that a high rate of the Palestinian public in Gaza Strip evaluated
their economic
situation as bad, and that their main concern at present is the feeling to be
secure and the
reconstruction of the Strip, which will open for them a wide scale of job
opportunities. A high
rate of them believes that their economic situations will improve after the end
of the Israeli
aggression on Gaza Strip.
The international community is therefore required to speed up the lifting of the
blockade from
Gaza, to start the reconstruction works, to open the commercial border-
crossings, to establish
industrial zones and to work on the construction of a seaport in Gaza Strip and
an airport in the
West Bank and to reconstruct the previous Gaza airport demolished by the Israeli
forces during
the second Intifada. Furthermore, a land-corridor connecting the West Bank with
Gaza Strip
through the Israeli territory is said to be a hot issue.
Dr. Kukali added also in his comment that majorities of the Palestinian people
are, in general,
satisfied with the media coverage during the Israeli military operation “The
Protective Edge”
and that the majority among them felt sad, furious and scared on watching the
news broadcasts
and the media coverage of the war. Furthermore, Dr. Kukali established that more
than a half
of the Gazan respondents believe that the Israeli deterrence has receded and
that Israel has
been painfully beaten by the Palestinian resistance during the Israeli military
operation they
call, according to a verse in the Holy Qur’an, “The Eaten Straw” (Surat Al-Fil,
5). Dr. Kukali
concluded his statement with the comment that the majority of the Palestinian
public supports the
resumption of the peace negotiations with Israel. Hereunder are the details of
the survey results:
The Worry About a Further Military Confrontation
Responding to the question:”Up to which extent are you worried about a military
confrontation
with Israel”, (30.8 %) said “to a high degree”, (41.7 %) “to a moderate degree”,
(8.2 %) “to a
low degree”, (18.2 %) “not worried” and (1.1 %) said “I don’t know”.
The Worry About Being Harmed in the Future
With regard to the question:” In case a further round of hostilities with Israel
would break
out, up to which extent would you be worried about being harmed yourself ?”,
(33.1 %) said
“to a high degree”, (36.2 %) “to a moderate degree”, (8.8 %) “to a low degree”,
(17.4 %) “not
worried” and (4.5 %) said “I don’t know”.
A New Military Confrontation
Regarding the question:”Do you expect in the near future a new military
confrontation with
Israel ?”, (39.4 %) said “Yes”, (36.5 %) “No”, and (24.1 %) said “I don’t know”.
The Israeli Deterrence
(16.4 %) of the Palestinian public in Gaza Strip are of the opinion that the
Israeli deterrence in
the wake of the military operation “The Eaten Straw” has increased, whilst (23.2
%) said “it
remained unchanged”, (54.9 %) said “it has receded” and (5.5 %) said “I don’t
know”. And
responding further to the question:”Do you believe that Israel has been
painfully beaten by the
Palestinian Resistance ?”, (77.6 %) said “Yes”, (15 %) said “No” and (7.4 %)
said “I don’t
know”.
Resumption of the Peace Negotiations
(52.6 %) of the Palestinian public in Gaza Strip support the resumption of the
peace negotiations
with Israel, whilst (41.9 %) oppose that and (5.5 %) were undecided.
Food and Health Care
In respect of the question:”During the Israeli military operation ‘The Eaten
Straw’, did you
ever pass through hard times in which you didn’t have enough money to purchase
food for your
family ?”, (50 %) said “Yes”, and (50 %) said “No”. Responding further to the
question:”And
what about purchasing medicine and providing the necessary health care for your
family ?”,
(51.6 %) said they were able to do that, whilst (48.4 %) said they were unable.
Government of the National Consensus
(23.4 %) of the Gaza Strip public rated the performance of the National
Consensus Government
during the Israeli military operation at “good”, whilst the rating of (43.3 %)
of the respondents
was at “moderate”, (22.7 %) “bad” and (10.6 %) said “I don’t know”.
UNICEF
Responding to the question: “How would you rate the performance of UNICEF during
the
military operation ‘The Eaten Straw’?” (51.4 %) said “good”, (29.4 %) “moderate”
,(16.6 %)
“bad” and (2.6 %) said “I don’t know”.
The Worry About the Subsistence
Regarding the question:”Up to which extent are you worried at present about the
subsistence of
your family ?”, (35.6 %) said “very much worried”, (35.3 %) “worried”, (18.0 %)
“not so much
worried” and (11.1 %) answered “I don’t know”.
The Anticipated Economic Situation after the End of the War
Responding to the question:”Do you believe, in general, that the economic
situation in the Strip
would improve, deteriorate or would remain unchanged after the end of the
Israeli aggression ?”,
(59.8 %) said “would improve”, (24.3 %) “would deteriorate”, (11.9 %) “would
remain unchanged”
and (4.0 %) said “I don’t know”.
The Present Economic Situation
(65.8 %) of the Palestinian public in Gaza Strip evaluated the present economic
situation as “bad”,
whilst (26.3 %) evaluated it as “mediocre” and only (7.0 %) as “good”. (0.9 %)
said “I don’t
know”.
The Citizen’s Concerns
With regard to the question:”What is your main concern at present ?”, (9.3 %)
said “the job/
money”, (61.9 %) “the security”, (12.1 %) “the health” and (16.7 %) “the
future”.
Life Content
Responding to the question:”What is, in general, the extent of your life content
given the scale from
(1) to (10), where (1) stands for “extremely discontent” and (10) for “extremely
content ?”, the
result was the average of (4.54) at the standard deviation of (2.11) degrees.
This means that the
Palestinian public in Gaza Strip are, in general, discontent with their lives.
Immigration
With respect to the question:”If the immigration door was opened to you, would
you think at
present to leave Gaza Strip to another country ?”, (25.0 %) said “Yes”, (72.2 %)
said “No” and
(2.8 %) said “I don’t know”.
The Media Coverage
Responding to the question:”Do you think that the media coverage of the Israeli
military
operation ‘The protective Edge’/’ The Eaten Straw’ on the TV screens was within
the right
extent ?”,
(54.0 %) of the respondents said “Yes”, (42.0 %) “somehow”, (3.0 %) said “No”
and (1.0 %) said
“I don’t know”. And to the question:”How would you rate the size of the media
coverage in the
news broadcasts about the military operation ‘The protective edge’/ ‘The Eaten
Straw’ towards the
Gazan population ?” (32.9 %) said “was rightly dosed”, (51.3 %) “was very highly
dosed”,
(13.8 %) said “was insufficient” and (2.0 %) said “I don’t know”.
In respect of the concluding question:”What were your dominant feelings upon
watching the
media coverage about the Israeli military operation ’the Protective edge’/ ‘ The
Eaten Straw’?,
(12.4 %) of the respondents said “I felt informed”, (21.5 %) “solidarity”, (18.0
%) “fear”, (32.9 %)
“sadness”, (2.0 %) said they felt “bored”, (12.1 %) “furious” and (1.1 %) said
“I don’t know”.
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