2024-03-23 04:28:49
71 percent of Palestinians “consider the attack launched on October 7 by Hamas against Israel to be correct,” according to an opinion poll conducted in early March in the West Bank and Gaza by the Palestinian Center for Political Research (Pcpsr) of Khalil Shikaki. .
“Three-quarters of Palestinians – says the researcher – think that this offensive has put the Palestinian-Israeli issue back in the spotlight after having been ignored for years at the regional and international level.”
According to the survey, “the approval of Hamas and Yihia Sinwar remains very high, while that of Al Fatah and President Mahmoud Abbas remains very low.”
The poll, conducted among 1,580 people, revealed, among other things, that 94 percent of Palestinians think that Israel has committed war crimes, while only 5 percent believe that Hamas has also committed them.
64 percent believe Hamas will emerge victorious from the war and 59 percent are convinced it will continue to rule Gaza. 40 percent think a permanent ceasefire will be agreed between Israel and Hamas.
Politically, Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti (who is serving a life sentence in Israel) remains the most popular politician and 84 percent expect Abbas to resign.
In the event of political elections, Hamas would obtain 34 percent of the votes: “A clear drop compared to the December 2023 elections,” says Shikaki, “in which it obtained 43 percent of the votes.”
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