Middle East Academic Survey Research Exposition
The Middle East Academic Survey Research Exposition *MEASURE* fielded on 1/29/2006-2/1/2006 found that:
1. 55% of Middle East Academics polled believe the Bush Administration will engage in “low intensity, limited diplomatic relations” with the new Hamas led Palestinian Authority and only 2% believe it will give full diplomatic recognition.
2. 40% believe the administration should engage in “low intensity, limited diplomatic relations” with the new Hamas led Palestinian Authority while 50% believe it should give “full diplomatic recognition.”
3. 96% of Middle East Academics polled believe that Israeli regional ambitions are “influential” to “highly influential” on Bush Administration policy toward the Palestinians.
4. Only 38% of Middle East Academics polled believe that the “roadmap to peace” and creating a Palestinian state are “influential” to “highly influential” on Bush Administration policy toward the Palestinians.
5. 71% of Middle East Academics polled believe that current Bush administration policy toward the Palestinians is functioning “poorly”, 19% believe it is working “not very well”.