Survey: What Do Arabs In Gaza and Judea / Samaria Really Think?

Below is a survey done for The Israel Project of the Arabs living in Judea / Samaria and Gaza.

Among the findings:
Arabs in Judea/Samaria think things are headed in the right direction, 50-41%
Arabs in Gaza think things are going in the wrong direction 34-59%

Highest priorities of the new unity government [top 4]:

Create new jobs............................................................. 75
Get Israel to lift roadblocks and ease movement ............. 41
Create new healthcare facilities and services ................... 37

Increase security with Palestinians policing more
areas ............................................................................. 29

Roadblocks are an issue, but not nearly as much as jobs.
That is even more clear in the next question:

Create new jobs............................................................. 83
Expand healthcare services and solve water
shortages ........................................................................ 36
Strengthen schools and education..................................... 23
Get Israel to life roadblocks and ease movement ..... 23
Build up the Palestinian government and
institutions to prepare for becoming a Palestinian
state ............................................................................ 18
Increase security with Palestinians policing more
areas ............................................................................. 7
Get the UN to recognize a Palestinian state .................... 4
Pursue peace negotiations with Israel ............................. 2
Secure foreign aid to the Palestinians.............................. 2
Reduce the corruption in the government ....................... 2
Promote mass protests against Israel.............................. 1


Compared to jobs, Arabs in Judea/Samaria do not see the roadblocks as much of a problem as the pro-Palestinian protesters, UN recognition as much an issue as Abbas, peace as much of an issue as Obama or mass protests as much of a priority altogether

Similarly:

What would be the most help in creating more good jobs for Palestinians?
Total
Microfinance that can give seed money for starting
new companies ............................................................. 44
Getting Israel to lift more checkpoints so there is
more freedom of movement........................................... 34

Rating on the basis of warm vs cold feeling [first 5 polled]:

Hamas: 19 vs 56%
Mahmoud Abbas: 48 vs 25%
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: 10 vs 75%
Hezbollah: 24 vs 53%
Barack Obama: 1 vs 93%

Neither terrorist group Hamas nor Hezbollah--or Ahmadinejad--get positive ratings, but Abbas is popular.
Obama is even less popular than he is in Israel

Majority of Arabs polled don't see the Arab Spring as helping them.
They do see the Hamas-Fatah unity government as a good thing, even though it won't make peace with Israel more likely--and they will support it even if it means losing international aid.

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