The release of 199 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons additionally strengthened Fatah.

The continuing closure of the Rafah border crossing since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is considered as a failure of the agreement and therefore, as of Hamas.

Supported by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, this survey is conducted on a regular basis by the “Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey research” (PSR) in the West Bank and Gaza. Between the 28th and 30st of August 2008, a total of 1270 adults participated in the present survey in 127 randomly chosen locations.