This week report consists of 27 surveys. 2 of these are multi-country surveys, 1 is a Global Survey while the rest are national surveys.
ASIA zone- 4 national polls and 1 Global poll covering:
Middle East & N.Africa: Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon
South Asia: Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, 
South East Asia- Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia,
North East Asia: Japan, South Korea
AFRICA zone- 0 national polls & 1 Global Poll covering:
West Africa: Senegal, Mali, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria,
Central Africa: Tanzania, Rwanda, Cameroon, Chad, Uganda, DR Congo, Ethiopia,
East Africa & Horn of Africa: Kenya, Djibouti
Southern Africa: Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana
EURO-AMERICAS zone-20 national polls and 2 Multi-Country Polls & 1 Global poll covering:
East Europe- Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia
West Europe- UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden
North America- U.S.A, Canada
Latin America- Brazil
Australasia: Australia
Subjects covered include:
Politics and Elections
Political economy
International Security
Governance
Sovereignty and Nationalism
Social issues/ Health and Disease
Environment
Commentary on Gallopedia Polls Week # 115
Dismantling Settlements Is Creating Polarization in Israel?
Israelis settlements in West Bank have been one of the major hurdles in the resolution of Israeli-Palestinian crisis in accordance with the two state solution. Palestinian views about this issue seem quite clear: an end to these settlements and the eventual creation of a Palestinian state. As opposed to this in Israel the public perceptions regarding this issue have remained rigid against evacuation.
A recent survey in Israel shows a kind of shift in the general Israeli public attitude towards this issue. Opposition to dismantling these settlements has dropped remarkably and support for the idea has reached as high as 60%. This is the highest level of support recorded since 2005. Among the settlers who would be most affected by the dismantling of these settlements, the perceptions on this issue differ remarkably from the general Israeli public. Almost seven in ten (69%) settlers oppose the idea of dismantling these settlements. This is in sharp contrast to general Israeli public. Mistakenly 57% of the settlers believe that general Israeli public is also opposed to the idea of evacuation, which is in fact not true. A large majority of general Israeli public believe that motive for living in settlements should be attached with religious or missionary zeal but the settlers stated that they are more motivated by personal quality of life, housing and community then religious or missionary objectives.
These findings suggest that settlers and general Israeli public have widely different views about dismantling the settlements in Judea and Samaria. Moreover the settlers entertain misperceptions about general Israeli views regarding evacuating West Bank settlements. Does this suggest that general Israeli pubic and settlers are moving towards two different poles? Setters would definitely be the most affected group if Israeli government decides to evacuate, so will this decision create internal groups in public and Israeli politics? On the other hand if Israel continues with these settlements will there ever be peace between Palestinians and Israelis?
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