Palestinian Public Opinion Polls No. 34
Date
2008-05
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An-Najah National University/ Opinion Polls and Survey Studies Unit
Abstract
Despite the vigorous diplomatic activities that the area is witnessing, the Palestinian- Israeli negotiations are stand still; no progress has been achieved. President Bush's vision of a Palestinian state does not seem to be able to see the light during the current year according to what many Palestinian officials have declared.
On another dimension, Hamas offered a truce (hudna) with Israel, through an Egyptian mediation, that would begin in the Gaza Strip and extend to the West Bank at a later stage. Later a group of Palestinian factions agreed to join Hamas in its hudna proposal; Israel, however, does not seem to give any consideration to such proposal. In the Gaza Strip the living and human conditions continue to deteriorate as the blockade continues and as Israel ceases completely to provide the Strip with fuel. The occupation continues shelling, killing and the ensuing destruction threatens of human disaster according to declarations made by several local and international institutions.
As for the relationship between Fateh and Hamas the rift is still too deep; after the signing of the Sana'a Agreement for reconciliation, not a single item of the agreement was implemented and each party put the blame of not honoring the agreement on the other.