{"id":1406540,"date":"2022-03-29T07:45:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T11:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1406540"},"modified":"2022-03-29T07:45:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T11:45:51","slug":"poll-three-quarters-of-palestinians-want-mahmoud-abbas-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-three-quarters-of-palestinians-want-mahmoud-abbas-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Three-Quarters of Palestinians Want Mahmoud Abbas to Resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-three-quarters-of-palestinians-want-mahmoud-abbas-to-resign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1406540&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Nearly three-quarters of Palestinians (73 percent) want\u00a0Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to step down, a new <a href=\"https:\/\/pcpsr.org\/en\/node\/902\">poll<\/a> has shown.<\/p>\n<p>The poll,\u00a0conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), also showed that\u00a0if presidential elections were held today, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh would defeat Abbas. If only the two were running, Haniyeh\u00a0would receive 54 percent of the votes, and Abbas 38 percent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, neither Hamas nor the ruling Fatah faction under Abbas are deserving of representing and leading the Palestinian people, according to 33 percent of those polled. said that neither side deserves such a role, 31 percent believe that Hamas fared slightly better (31 percent) than Fatah (29 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Marwan\u00a0Barghouti, a convicted terrorist serving\u00a0five life sentences for orchestrating attacks during\u00a0the Second Intifada, would be the clear winner, receiving 59 percent of the vote while Haniyeh would come in second at 37 percent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Abbas\u2019 Fatah Calls for \u2018Escalation\u2019 to Counter Bahrain Workshop <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jTvSjc5Url\">https:\/\/t.co\/jTvSjc5Url<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1142891280810303490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>A total of 84 percent consider Palestinian Authority institutions to be corrupt, while 69 percent said the same of Hamas institutions in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Some 68 percent believe that the likelihood of a Palestinian state alongside Israel in the next five years is slim to non-existent while 30 percent said the chances are medium to high.<\/p>\n<p>Asked to choose the most effective means of \u201cending the Israeli occupation and building an independent state,\u201d the public split into three groups: 44 percent chose \u201carmed struggle,\u201d 25 percent negotiations and 24 percent \u201cpopular resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, 70 percent oppose an resuming Palestinian-Israeli negotiations unconditionally. 64 percent oppose dialogue with the U.S. under President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p><em>The poll, conducted from March 16-20, surveyed 1,200 Palestinians and has a three percent margin of error.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly three-quarters of Palestinians (73 percent) want\u00a0Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to step down, a new poll has shown. 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