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Poll Suggests Majority of Palestinians Support Proposal for Dissolution of PA in West Bank and Gaza Strip

February 27, 2014 at 10:52 am

Sama: Gaza / Ramallah

An opinion poll conducted by the ‘Sama’ News Agency on its website revealed that the majority of Palestinians support a proposal to dissolve the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

The survey, which was carried out on the agency’s site over the course of a week, attracted participation from 2,596 voters. 1,861 voters or 71.7% of the votes favoured a proposal to dissolve the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. 26.1% of voters said they opposed the proposals while 2.2% of voters responded ‘I do not know’.

With regard to the geographic distribution of voters, 35.6% came from the West Bank and 46.7% from the Gaza Strip with remainder coming from various countries around the globe.