Jamil Rabah is a pollster and political analyst. He
has worked as a full-time researcher at the Institute of
Development Studies at the University of Geneva on
monitoring Palestinian public perceptions of their living
conditions. In 2006 he started Near East Consulting
(NEC), a Ramallah-based survey research institute and is
currently a policy advisor for the Palestinian Negotiations
Support Project.
A survey shows that Palestinians recognize the danger of WMD to global security and
oppose the acquisition of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons in the ME.
In examining the impact of the Israeli and Iranian nuclear positions on the Middle East
and the Palestine-Israel conflict, in particular, it is in the interest of the Palestinians as
part of their quest for statehood to have a clear position in favor of the NPT.