Can We Trust Palestinian Polls in Wartime?

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · May 17, 2026 · 32m

When every foreign ministry is reading tea leaves about Gaza, nearly all the data comes from one source: the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), founded by Khalil Shikaki in 1993. This episode examines how PCPSR conducts face-to-face polling in active war zones, the anonymous response methods designed to protect respondents from retaliation, and the uncomfortable question at the heart of conflict-zone survey work: are people telling the truth when the wrong answer could get them killed? We trace Shikaki's Columbia-trained methodology, the EU and Ford Foundation funding…