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September 24, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=11120

Arafat Losing Popularity

(Maariv International) According to a Palestinian public opinion poll by the Development Studies Program at Birzeit University, if presidential elections were held tomorrow Arafat would get only 46% of the vote. This shows a major drop in his popularity, since until now all polls have given him comfortable two-thirds majorities. Former Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti, currently a prisoner in Israel, registered 11%. Fatah remains the most popular party with 34%, followed by Hamas with 32% of the vote.

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