Poll: Most Palestinians think Hamas should not recognize Israel - Haaretz

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Poll: Most Palestinians think Hamas should not recognize Israel

By DPA

Some 66 percent of Palestinians think Hamas should not recognize Israel, said a poll by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR), which questioned more than 1,200 adults in the West Bank and Gaza between Thursday and Saturday.

Hamas' popularity has plummeted from 47 percent since it took office in March to 38 percent currently.

Some 41 percent of those asked said they would vote for Fatah if elections were held today, putting the party slightly ahead of Hamas for the first time in months.

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A small majority of Palestinians 54 percent also said they were dissatisfied with the Hamas government's performance, mostly because of its failure to pay salaries and address poverty, said the poll, which had a margin of error of 3 percent.

Most Palestinians said they prefer a unity government in which Hamas and Fatah have equal weight to a unity government led by Hamas.

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1.	How many Israelis want to recognize Palestine?	20:13	\|	Ahmad	18/09/06

2.	Shocker, most dont even know history of area	20:33	\|	Fact vs Fiction	18/09/06

3.	Hamas.	20:37	\|	David Nigel Braham	18/09/06

4.	Isn`t it so that...	20:54	\|	Edith	18/09/06

5.	The Arabs want WAR!!!!	20:58	\|	Shelly	18/09/06

6.	Peace...The title to this article says it all.	20:58	\|	bat yam	18/09/06

7.	But how was the question asked?	21:03	\|	Ramzi, a Palestinian	18/09/06

8.	Palestinians	21:17	\|	David	18/09/06

9.	Hey, Ahmad	21:17	\|	Mark	18/09/06

10.	#8 David in Florida	21:35	\|	Boycott	18/09/06

11.	Who Cares? Israel Exists Either Way: "Palestine" Doesn`t	21:36	\|	Yishai Kohen	18/09/06

12.	1200 surely represents the million others	21:36	\|	OMar	18/09/06

13.	Ahmad - we have recognized the Palestinians	21:44	\|	Idan	18/09/06

14.	Nice Catch-22	22:00	\|	unhyphenatedAmerican	18/09/06

15.	1200 is a statistically signifant sample	22:03	\|	vik	18/09/06

16.	reason behind	22:04	\|	Jan Elshout	18/09/06

17.	Palestinians/Hamas and Israel	22:15	\|	Len	18/09/06

18.	Hamas or themselves?	22:20	\|	SA	18/09/06

19.	Recognition by Political Parties and Factions	22:24	\|	Mark of Lewiston	18/09/06

20.	# 1 Ahmad, 75 % of Israelis are ready to recognize	22:28	\|	Haham me Bat Yam	18/09/06

21.	The will of the Palestinian people	22:29	\|	Dave	18/09/06

22.	The Pals dont know the meaning of peace...	22:31	\|	A	18/09/06

23.	#1, Ahmed, I recognize it, but its Jordan Palestine	22:32	\|	David	18/09/06

24.	Israel is never guranteed until Palestinians have a home	22:38	\|	omolll	18/09/06

25.	irrelevancies	22:41	\|	Paul	18/09/06

26.	Then let`s keep on bombing them!!	22:49	\|	Rafa	18/09/06

27.	Who cares ?	23:02	\|	rich	18/09/06

28.	13 Idan - Red Herrings	23:05	\|	Mark of Lewiston	18/09/06

29.	Perhaps Israel should apply some pressure	23:15	\|	Victor	18/09/06

30.	re. Ahmed, Palestine is Unjust, but We Offered it Anyway	23:31	\|	Efox	18/09/06

31.	They Don`t Want Palestine Either	23:33	\|	Efox	18/09/06

32.	The Real Enemy	23:34	\|	Tony Anthony	18/09/06

33.	Most of us already knew	23:36	\|	Efox	18/09/06

34.	to #24. omoll	23:40	\|	unhyphenatedAmerican	18/09/06

35.	Nothing New Here	23:41	\|	dave	18/09/06

36.	David #23, you`re not recognizing that`s whom	23:48	\|	Ramzi, a Palestinian	18/09/06

37.	arafat did it and what did he get ??	23:53	\|	CHEEWAWA	18/09/06

38.	Most Muslims...	00:40	\|	Akiva Patysh	19/09/06

39.	Most Palestinians....	00:42	\|	Jeanne	19/09/06

40.	I would like to know exactly what questions	00:45	\|	Mark Lincoln	19/09/06

41.	Recognizing israel is like a blank check to israel	00:57	\|	fatima	19/09/06

42.	David O SO WRONG	00:57	\|	Omar	19/09/06

43.	Haaretz	01:10	\|	Omar	19/09/06

44.	Stop subsidizing terrror!	01:11	\|	yehuda	19/09/06

45.	Israel	01:12	\|	Jeanne	19/09/06

46.	Palestinian Economy	01:12	\|	Steve	19/09/06

47.	Ramzi, you only think of yourself	01:23	\|	DavidAK	19/09/06

48.	statehood	01:24	\|	Yuri	19/09/06

49.	THIS WHAT ARAFAT GOT	01:27	\|	TOBIA	19/09/06

50.	To Ramzi, (cont`d)	01:30	\|	DavidAK	19/09/06

51.	I Recognize Palestinians!	01:35	\|	Sam The Sham	19/09/06

52.	Ahmad #1	01:41	\|	Jon	19/09/06

53.	Israel has those it does not recognize either.	01:50	\|	T A Sheppard	19/09/06

54.	POLL PROVES IT IS NOT ABOUT PEACD	01:52	\|	TOBIA	19/09/06

55.	Israel does not	01:54	\|	T A Sheppard	19/09/06

56.	Ramzi	02:00	\|	rich	19/09/06

57.	WEakness and restraint bring negative consequences.	02:03	\|	Johnson	19/09/06

58.	Weakness and restraint 2	02:08	\|	Johnson	19/09/06

59.	Restraint	02:12	\|	Johnson	19/09/06

60.	Ahmad & "palestinians"	02:19	\|	Sam	19/09/06

61.	Palestinians want their cake and their hate	02:24	\|	rick	19/09/06

62.	Recognizing fatima is like a black chick to...	02:38	\|	Sam The Sham	19/09/06

63.	Ah c`mon Hamad!	02:51	\|	Murray of Montreal	19/09/06

64.	Mark of Lewiston and red herrings	03:35	\|	peter	19/09/06

65.	Enemy of peace	22:07	\|	Jozef	19/09/06

66.	Peter of Montreal	00:36	\|	Mark of Lewiston	20/09/06

67.	66: Mark, it`s not confusing, you refuse to accept reality	12:56	\|	David Teich	20/09/06

68.	And I thought they were well educated	16:20	\|	bruce	20/09/06

69.	Palestine	23:46	\|	Taylor	22/09/06

70.	Before 1967	04:11	\|	RAB	27/09/06