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by tivert
945 days ago
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> I don’t think anyone supports Hamas. Even Palestinians don’t seem to truly support them That's not true: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/polls-sh...: > Nevertheless, there is widespread popular appeal for competing armed Palestinian factions, including those involved in the attack. Overall, 57% of Gazans express at least a somewhat positive opinion of Hamas—along with similar percentages of Palestinians in the West Bank (52%) and East Jerusalem (64%)—though Gazans who express this opinion of Hamas are fewer than the number of Gazans who have a positive view of Fatah (64%). > But it is organizations like Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Lion’s Den that receive the most widespread popular support in Gaza. About three quarters of Gazans express support for both groups, including 40% who see the Lion’s Den in a “very positive” light, an attitude shared by a similar percentage of West Bank residents. |
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The site you source says in the first paragraph “ (62%) supported Hamas maintaining a ceasefire with Israel.”
Also from the same or similar reports.
73% believed the Hamas government to be corrupt.
> https://theconversation.com/hamas-was-unpopular-in-gaza-befo...
When asked how they would vote if presidential elections were held in Gaza and the ballot featured Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, and Marwan Barghouti, an imprisoned member of the central committee of Fatah, the party led by Abbas, only 24 percent of respondents said they would vote for Haniyeh
> https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/what-palestinians-real...
It does not seem that Hamas is actually popular, however the Palestinian people are not living in a free democracy and are not being given other candidates to evaluate.