August 2007



The most suitable person to control Hamas these days * Factional Trust Crosstabulation
% within Factional Trust


Factional Trust Total
Hamas Fateh PFLP Islamic Jihad Others I trust no faction
The most suitable person to control Hamas these days Khaled Masha'al 19.1% 8.0% 9.5% 10.0%
12.9% 12.3%
Ismael Hanieh 62.4% 22.2% 33.3% 35.0%
25.3% 33.4%
Mahmoud Zahhar 6.4% 1.8% 4.8%

1.7% 2.9%
Musa Abu Marzouk .6% .7%


.4% .6%
The head of the PLC who is in prison 8.7% 14.2% 14.3% 40.0%
15.5% 14.0%
Other 1.7% 1.8%


4.7% 2.6%
No one is capable 1.2% 51.3% 38.1% 15.0% 100.0% 39.5% 34.3%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 186.339(a) 30 .000
Likelihood Ratio 219.360 30 .000
Linear-by-Linear Association 8.950 1 .003
N of Valid Cases 724

a 21 cells (50.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is .01.