CNN reporting on some interesting survey results from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah. Seven hundred and fifty adults were interviewed face to face in the West Bank, and 481 were interviewed in Gaza, also in person. The Gaza data collection was done during the recent truce, when it was safer for researchers to move about.
Of course they’re going to support fighting back against a nation murdering their children in broad daylight while the world watches, who could blame them? Many probably didn’t hold those sentiments before this “reprisal” but now…
Eh, that’s not quite what the survey respondents are saying. It’s not as simple as “support war, yes or no?”:
They’re very clearly in favor of the initial attack, not just the response. And it goes further:
And:
Holy shit, could we be on the cusp of a unified Hamas government in Gaza and the West Bank?