Palestinian Public Opinion Polls No. 16

Abstract

The immanent legislative council elections which are scheduled to be held ‎on the 25th of January ‎‎06, occupy the attention of the Palestinian public. ‎There is an ongoing debate concerning the ‎number of persons, the ‎running tickets and the possibility of out not conducting these elections ‎on ‎the appointed time due to internal and external reasons. These realties ‎are added to the ‎disagreement among Fateh on the form of the running ‎ticket, the names and nominations of the ‎running persons, the ‎declarations that the US and the EU issued concerning the participation ‎of ‎Hamas in the Legislative Elections, and the possibility of reducing or ‎concealing the financial help ‎given to the Palestinian Authority of Hamas ‎participates in the Palestinian Political system. Further, ‎there is a serious ‎concern among the Palestinian Public that Israel may not allow the ‎Palestinian ‎resident of East Jerusalem from participating in the ‎Legislative Elections. Such procedure, if it took ‎place, would mean ‎postponing the elections or canceling altogether. ‎