Palestinian Public Opinion Polls No. 46

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2013-03
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In view of the financial crisis that the Palestinian Authority (PA) suffers ‎from due to the delay in ‎transferring tax returns from Israel and the ‎delay of funds from the Arab countries, strikes ‎organized by trade ‎unions influence everyday life in the West Bank. ‎ Prisoners in Israeli jails continue their open hunger strikes which met ‎with solidarity from different ‎citizens in the Palestinian territories leading ‎to some encounters between protesters and the ‎Israeli Army. These ‎realities, added to the deteriorating economic situation, the continuous ‎‎aggression of settlers against Palestinian citizens, and the insistence on ‎building settlements made ‎some people expect the rise of a third intifada ‎in the West Bank.‎ Some people expect that the visit of Barak Obama to the area at the ‎beginning of his second term ‎will give a push to the peace process ‎between the Palestinians and the Israelis. ‎ The state of division between the West Bank and Gaza persists since ‎each side adheres to their ‎stand and there seems to be no signs or ‎mediation to end the division.
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