|
| 64 pct Palestinians support Egypt's initiative: Poll |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-07-05 21:31:25 |
GAZA, July 5 (Xinhuanet) -- A Palestinian poll published on Monday revealed that 64 percent of the Palestinians support an Egyptian initiative for security in the Gaza Strip in case of an Israeli pullout.
Meanwhile, 88 percent of Palestinians encourage the Islamic resistance movement Hamas to participate in elections, according to the poll, made by the Palestinian Central for Political Studies AND published on the Jerusalem-based "Al-Quds" daily.
The poll also revealed that 81 percent of Palestinians agree on merging the Palestinian security apparatuses.
The poll said that 87 percent of Palestinians approve on appointing a new and more active interior minister while 53 percent approve on Egypt's intention to send Egyptian security experts to the territories.
Meanwhile, the poll revealed that 60 percent agree on sending international forces to the territories in order to take over the Gaza Strip's passages and ports.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's unilateral plan was approved only by 34 percent of Palestinians while only 24 percent of them believe that Sharon was serious about the evacuation.
Moreover, the poll said that 58 percent of Palestinians residing in the Gaza Strip approve on destroying the Jewish settlements, due to be evacuated by Israel as part of the unilateral evacuation plan.
The poll, performed between June 24-27, targeted a random sample comprising of 1,320 Palestinians residing in different areas of the territories. Enditem |
|
|
Breaking
News