PCPO Poll No. 192 September 1, 2014
This survey prepared by Dr. Nabil Kukali in Gaza Strip revealed the
following key results:

(70.9%) of the Palestinian Gazans are worried about the subsistence of their
families.
(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”.

About PCPO
The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) is a leading full service
research institute in Palestine and in a position to organize, implement,
handle and conduct national and regional field surveys, studies and
researches of any size within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The
PCPO is founded in February 1994 in Beit Sahour by Dr. Nabil Kukali, who
became the president of this center since that time. After the arrival of
the Palestinian Authority (PA), the PCPO was registered as a research center
under license number (Am/2). The Palestinian Ministry of information issued
the license that permits establishing satellite offices elsewhere in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip. Furthermore, PCPO is registered as a licensed
business at the Ministry of Treasury under number 989326251. In addition, we
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