evidence: Note: Gallup’s past surveys in the State of Palestine* have included Gaza. Gallup was not able to survey Gaza in 2024 because of ongoing security issues. The data in this article represent the views of Palestinians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Jewish Israeli–majority areas within the West Bank and East Jerusalem are not included. [...] The West Bank and East Jerusalem have a young population, with more than 40% under the age of 18, and more Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem now believe the prospects for their youth are bleak. [...] Even though the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas has been mostly limited to territory within Gaza, its effects have been felt much more widely in the region. Changing public opinion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is testament to this. Palestinians there are rating their lives worse, increasingly fearing for their safety and their children’s wellbeing, and growing more pessimistic about their economic future.