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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron (not in picture) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 11, 2025. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)
November 15, 2025, 11:56 am
Unpopular and politically weak, PA’s Abbas struggles for a role in Gaza
Palestinian leader, who has not held elections in nearly 2 decades, is sidelined in Strip as critics say he put PA, notorious for corruption, ‘hand-in-hand with Israeli occupation’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians lift their national flag on a fence across from Israelis lifting theirs at the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem, as Israelis mark Jerusalem Day, on May 29, 2022. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
September 17, 2024, 1:52 am
Poll shows mirror images of fear and distrust between Israelis and Palestinians
As public opinions harden in wartime, biennial Pulse survey finds growing pessimism and rejection of coexistence among the two peoples, but silver lining remains in Arab Israelis
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Displaced Palestinians live in shelter tents in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, September 12, 2024. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
September 13, 2024, 3:35 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 13: Day 343 – Explosive results from poll of Israelis & Palestinians
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur digs into findings from the latest Palestine-Israel Pulse survey, which shows mirror-image oppositional beliefs in the two very pessimistic peoples
By ToI Staff
A handout IDF infographic it says is based on documents it located in the Gaza Strip showing falsified polling information, released August 29, 2024. (IDF)
August 30, 2024, 9:34 am
Seized Hamas documents show terror group inflated its support rates, IDF says
Actual support for Hamas, Sinwar and Oct. 7 said to be far lower than published; army says influential Palestinian polling firm uninvolved in scam; lead pollster doubts claims
By Emanuel Fabian and Gianluca Pacchiani
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (right) views a tunnel found along the Philadelphi Corridor in southern Gaza's Rafah, August 14, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 30, 2024, 1:38 am
IDF: Hamas’s Rafah Brigade has collapsed, 80% of border tunnels neutralized
Islamic Jihad intelligence commander killed in strike; military says documents found in Gaza show terror group falsified prominent polling results
By Emanuel Fabian
File: Palestinians raise the flag of the Hamas terror group during a rally in the West Bank city of Hebron, on December 1, 2023. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
June 13, 2024, 6:23 pm
Poll: Support for Hamas on the rise among Palestinians, now double Fatah’s
Survey finds backing for armed struggle increasing, and for Oct. 7 attack still high; also shows widespread opposition to Arab security forces in Strip postwar
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Palestinians wave Hamas flags as they celebrate the release of Palestinian prisoners in Nablus in the West Bank, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
December 13, 2023, 8:28 pm
Poll shows soaring Palestinian support for Hamas; 72% back October 7 atrocities
Survey of 1,231 Palestinians, conducted largely during recent truce, shows 44% in West Bank support Hamas, up from 12% in September, while 42% in Gaza back group, rising from 38%
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the West Bank city of Hebron, on March 27, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
October 18, 2021, 2:44 pm
With carrot and stick, Palestinians see surge of vaccinations in West Bank, Gaza
After months of stagnation, percentage of eligible vaccinated rises from 23% to 50%
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a meeting of the PLO executive committee and the Fatah Central Committee at the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
September 21, 2021, 9:12 pm
Poll: Nearly 80% of Palestinians want Mahmoud Abbas to resign
Hamas sees a slight drop in support, but remains more popular than its Fatah rivals; majority of Palestinians approve of confidence-building measures between Israel, PA
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinians protest Israel's plan to annex parts of the West Bank, in Jericho on June 22, 2020. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
June 24, 2020, 3:01 am
Poll shows Palestinians reject annexation, but divided on how best to oppose it
Eighty-eight percent oppose Trump Peace Plan, according to new survey, with a slight majority supporting a return to ‘armed struggle’ in response
By ToI Staff
Palestinian women hold a scarf bearing the Palestine name as Israeli youths carry their national flag in the "flag march" through Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City during celebrations for Jerusalem Day on May 17, 2015. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
August 1, 2017, 4:07 pm
Peace prospects faltering, poll finds recognition could change minds
Major survey of Israelis and Palestinians finds most favor a peace deal, and as many as half of the opponents would back one if other side recognizes their claims
By Raphael Ahren
A picture taken on June 13, 2017, shows Palestinian children at home reading books by candle light due to electricity shortages in Gaza City. (AFP/ THOMAS COEX)
July 5, 2017, 6:30 pm
Palestinians overwhelmingly oppose Abbas pressure on Gaza
Poll shows majority of Strip’s residents support Hamas-Dahlan deal, but Fatah strongman still has paltry support for presidency
By Dov Lieber
Israeli and Palestinian peace activists marching outside Jerusalem's Old City July 15, 2011 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
August 22, 2016, 6:16 pm
Incentives could boost slim support for two-state deal, poll finds
While thin majority of both Israelis and Palestinians two-state accord in theory, fewer back an agreement under current terms
By Dov Lieber
Illustrative: Israeli police officers frisk a Palestinian young man at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem Old City on February 15, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 22, 2016, 12:05 pm
Poll: Slim majority of Israelis, Palestinians still favor peace deal
51% of Palestinians, 59% of Israelis want two-state solution, but fear and distrust strong, with 89% of Palestinians finding Israeli Jews ‘untrustworthy’
By Josef Federman
Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gestures to the crowd as he takes part in a rally marking the 28th anniversary of Hamas's founding, in Gaza City on December 14, 2015. (Emad Nassar/Flash90)
July 31, 2016, 6:24 pm
Its pockets lined with Qatari-paid wages, Hamas is on the rise
As Israel eases the passage of long-awaited funds to Gaza, the prospect of war recedes… and the Islamist terror group gears up to overtake the PA in elections
By Avi Issacharoff
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