With Israeli Pullout, Gazans’ Support for Groups Using Terrorism Drops January 11, 2006 Sense of Security Improves By Angela Stephens A poll of Palestinians conducted in October 2005–the month after Israel completed its pullout from the Gaza Strip–shows a significant drop in support in Gaza for groups that commit terroristContinue Reading

Iraqi Public Rejects Iranian Model June 14, 2005 But Wants Major Role for Islam in Government By Steven Kull and Evan Lewis Given the Shiite majority in Iraq, some have worried that the Iraqi electorate may vote in representatives that would institute a governmental system modeled on its Shiite neighborContinue Reading

The American Public on the Islamic World June 7, 2005 Comments By PIPA Director Steven Kull at the Conference on US-Islamic World Relations Co-Sponsored by the Qatar Foreign Ministry and the Saban Center of the Brookings Institution DOHA, Qatar—When Americans look at events in the Middle East, they do notContinue Reading

Large Israeli and Palestinian Majorities Indicate Readiness for Two-State Solution Based on 1967 Borders December 9, 2002 Less than One in Five Palestinians Aspire to State on all of Historic Palestine Full Report Questionnaire Search for Common Ground (SFCG), the world’s largest nongovernmental conflict-resolution organization, today released the results ofContinue Reading

The Potential for a Nonviolent Intifada August 28, 2002 Majority of Palestinians Would Support Non-Violent Protest Movement; Majority of Israeli Jews Believe Palestinians Have Legitimate Right To Seek State Full Report Questionnaire Two years into the Intifada, this groundbreaking survey reveals: –80% of Palestinians would support a large-scale non-violent protestContinue Reading