Poll finds 43 pct Palestinians support neither Clinton nor Trump

A poll on Palestinians' attitude toward the two candidates in US presidential elections found that 43 per cent respondents support neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump, reports China's Xinhua news agency.

The survey, which was conducted by the Palestinian Polling Centre and involved 1,030 respondents, showed that 40 per cent supported Clinton, compared with only 17 per cent who supported her Republican rival.

The 43 per cent of respondents who supported neither candidate because of what was described as the pair's perceived commitment Israeli security, interests and defense.

Among those who picked neither Clinton nor Trump, 6 per cent said the reason was that both candidates dropped the two-state solution form their electoral programme; 7 per cent cited what was described as the candidates' commitment to moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, recognising it as a unified capital of Israel; 14 per cent said prefer neither candidates because they both expressed hate toward Islam and Muslims; 11 per cent said they do not understand international relations, international law and global economy.

On the question of how American policy would change toward the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in case Clinton wins, 4 per cent said the US policy will change a lot, 31 per cent said it would change to a certain extent, and 28 per cent said it would change little.

Three per cent said US policy toward the Palestinian-Israeli conflict would change a lot in case Trump wins, whereas 25 per cent said it would change to a certain extent, and 33 per cent believed it won't change at all.

The poll was conducted in the West Bank and Gaza Strip among respondents older than 18, with a 3.05 per cent margin of error. -- Bernama