Results of Opinion Poll about the Political Reflection of the Oslo Process on Palestinian Refugees
Conducted by the PA Committee for Information Service in summer 1999 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (total number of questionnaires: 1080; 560-West Bank, 520-Gaza; refugee participation: 44.6% in the West Bank, 89.9% in Gaza)
Do you consider that the international community has a comprehensive and clear plan for the solution of the Palestinian refugee question?
Yes
17.7%
No
82.3%
In your opinion, what was the reason for the postponement of the refugee question to the final status negotiations?
Complexity and
Sensitivity
19.6%
Israeli deal to terminate
the issue
60.6%
Specific circumstances of
the negotiations
At that time (Oslo
negotiations) did not give
Priority to refugee
issue
15.5%
Other
4.3%
Do you expect a solution of the refugee question through the final status negotiations?
Yes
30.4%
No
69.6%
Do you think that the peace process will lead to a just and lasting solution of the Palestinian refugee question?
Yes
15.0%
No
85.0%
What do you think will be the negotiated solution for the refugee question? (choose one option):
Return to
the land of
1948
24.9%
Remain in
camps
12.7%
Compensation
46.7%
Resettlement
13.2%
Other
2.5%
Do you think that UNRWA services to the camps after the Oslo Agreement
Decreased
89.0%
Improved
11.0%
(If your answer is
"improved", please move on to question 7)
What do you consider the main reason for the decrease of UNRWA services?
Shortage
of international support of
UNRWA
16.1%
Preparation of transfer of
UNRWA tasks to PNA
20.8%
Political reasons (beginning
of international withdrawal
From the refugee
issue)
61.3%
Others
1.8%
Do you support a declaration of the Palestinian State prior to the solution of the refugee question?
Yes
42.8%
No
57.2%
Do you support the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in exchange for sacrificing the right of return?
Yes
9.2%
No
90.8%
If you were a refugee, would you support the right to:
Compensation
24.1%
Return
72.5%
Acceptance of the status
quo 3.4%
If compensation was agreed upon as the final solution, would you:
Accept it
with
conviction
10.7%
Accept it without
conviction
32.8%
Try to make it
fail
51.4%
Others
5.1%
Prior to the final status negotiations, what is your demand to the Palestinian leadership in order to guarantee a just and lasting solution to the refugee issue (choose one option):
Cling to
the international
resolutions
29.7%
Obtain partnership of the
Arab states in the
Negotiations on the refugee
question
7.1%
Get refugee opinion on
proposed
solution
33.5%
Mobilize widely and strongly
on the international
Level to form a lobby of
pressure on
Israel
23.9%
Other
5.8%