(Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research) Dr. Khalil Shikaki - 64% of the Palestinian public want President Abbas to resign, according to a poll conducted last week among 1,270 Palestinians by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. If new presidential elections were held today between Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh and Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas, Haniyeh would receive 49% compared to 45% for Abbas. In the West Bank Abbas receives 45% and Haniyeh 47%. 53% support a return to an armed intifada. 53% said they wanted U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to stay out of the peace process. 62% support abandoning the Oslo agreement. 73% believe that Abbas should reject the Israeli Prime Minister's invitation to speak in front of the Israeli Knesset. 50% think it was a wrong decision to send fire fighting vehicles and men to combat recent fires in Israel. Perception of corruption in PA institutions stands at 76%. Only 36% of the Palestinian public say people in the West Bank can criticize the PA without fear. 52% believe that Israel intends to destroy the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock and replace them with a Jewish temple.
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