Survey: Majority of Palestinians want Fayyad as prime minister

[toomuchtime_]

A majority of Palestinians want current Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to run the proposed Palestinian national unity government, according to a public opinion poll published Monday.

The survey, conducted by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR), said the public believes that if Fayyad remains as prime minister, the threat of international boycott and sanctions would diminish or disappear.

According to the poll, 45 percent of respondents want Fayyad to head the new government. Jamal Khoudari, the choice of the Islamist Hamas movement, received the backing of only 22 percent.

Fayyad, an internationally respected economist, was President Mahmoud Abbas' choice to lead the proposed unity government to be set up with Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip and strongly opposes the appointment.

As a result, the reconciliation process between Abbas' Fatah party and Hamas, which got underway in early May, is deadlocked.

The PSR poll also found that 61 percent of Palestinians want the unity government to follow Abbas' peace policies and program, compared to only 18 percent who said they want it to follow Hamas' course.

Survey: Majority of Palestinians want Fayyad as prime minister - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Of course, none of this has any practical application. The US will veto any statehood resolution at the UN and it is too late to resume the peace talks that were taking place before Obama's blundering ME policy ended them

 

[P F Tinmore]

The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research claims to be independent but it is run by a Fatah party hack.

Their polls showed that Fatah was going to sweep the 2006 elections.

Don't worry, the US will not allow the reconciliation.

 

[docmauser1]

The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research claims to be independent but it is run by a Fatah party hack. Their polls showed that Fatah was going to sweep the 2006 elections. Don't worry, the US will not allow the reconciliation.

Fatahistanis and hamasistanis are both patrionts, they just have have different ideas of screwing hamasistania and fatahistania respectively, an occupation they should definitely commence pursuing with due zeal.