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Related: About this forumGaza Public Rejects Hamas, Wants Ceasefire
A recent, credible poll shows that most Gazans oppose Hamas policies and leaders alike, and favor a ceasefire with Israel.
Today's headlines are that Hamas has just rejected Egypt's offer of a ceasefire with Israel and instead continues to fire rockets indiscriminately at Israeli towns and cities. Less known is a crucial fact: the people of Gaza are solidly against these Hamas policies. Indeed, by a very large majority, they oppose Hamas rule altogether.
These findings are based on a June 15-17 survey by a highly respected Palestinian pollster, who conducted face-to-face interviews throughout Gaza using standard random geographical probability sampling. The poll included 450 Gazans, yielding a margin of error of approximately 4 percent. This is the only credible Palestinian poll taken since the mid-June West Bank kidnapping incident, Israel's subsequent searches and arrests, and the start of the current crisis (for more on the survey, see PolicyWatch 2276, "New Palestinian Poll Shows Hardline Views, But Some Pragmatism Too" .
GAZANS WANTED A CEASEFIRE EVEN AS HAMAS STARTED FIRING ROCKETS
As tensions mounted and Hamas and other Gazan factions began to step up rocket fire last month, the people of that territory were heavily in favor of a ceasefire -- 70 percent of the poll respondents agreed or strongly agreed with the statement "Hamas should maintain a ceasefire with Israel in both Gaza and the West Bank." This attitude is corroborated by the 73 percent of Gazans who said Palestinians should adopt "proposals for (nonviolent) popular resistance against the occupation." Similarly, when asked if Hamas should accept Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas's position that the new unity government renounce violence against Israel, a clear majority (57 percent) answered in the affirmative. The responses to all three questions clearly indicate that most Gazans reject military escalation. Attitudes may have shifted since the poll due to anger at Israeli airstrikes, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the Gazan public still supports a ceasefire.
cont'd...
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/gaza-public-rejects-hamas-wants-ceasefire
Today's headlines are that Hamas has just rejected Egypt's offer of a ceasefire with Israel and instead continues to fire rockets indiscriminately at Israeli towns and cities. Less known is a crucial fact: the people of Gaza are solidly against these Hamas policies. Indeed, by a very large majority, they oppose Hamas rule altogether.
These findings are based on a June 15-17 survey by a highly respected Palestinian pollster, who conducted face-to-face interviews throughout Gaza using standard random geographical probability sampling. The poll included 450 Gazans, yielding a margin of error of approximately 4 percent. This is the only credible Palestinian poll taken since the mid-June West Bank kidnapping incident, Israel's subsequent searches and arrests, and the start of the current crisis (for more on the survey, see PolicyWatch 2276, "New Palestinian Poll Shows Hardline Views, But Some Pragmatism Too" .
GAZANS WANTED A CEASEFIRE EVEN AS HAMAS STARTED FIRING ROCKETS
As tensions mounted and Hamas and other Gazan factions began to step up rocket fire last month, the people of that territory were heavily in favor of a ceasefire -- 70 percent of the poll respondents agreed or strongly agreed with the statement "Hamas should maintain a ceasefire with Israel in both Gaza and the West Bank." This attitude is corroborated by the 73 percent of Gazans who said Palestinians should adopt "proposals for (nonviolent) popular resistance against the occupation." Similarly, when asked if Hamas should accept Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas's position that the new unity government renounce violence against Israel, a clear majority (57 percent) answered in the affirmative. The responses to all three questions clearly indicate that most Gazans reject military escalation. Attitudes may have shifted since the poll due to anger at Israeli airstrikes, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the Gazan public still supports a ceasefire.
cont'd...
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/gaza-public-rejects-hamas-wants-ceasefire
Meanwhile, so-called pro-Palestinian groups like BDS, ElectronicIntifada, Mondoweiss, and JewishVoice4Peace reject the ceasefire. So in no way can it be understood that these phonies speak out of concern for the Palestinians, as they are propagandists for Hamas. Like Hamas, they don't believe enuff Palestinian blood has been shed. They do NOT speak for the majority of Palestinians whose rights they purport to champion.
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Gaza Public Rejects Hamas, Wants Ceasefire (Original Post)
shira
Jul 2014
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King_David
(14,851 posts)1. But Alex Kane wants them to continue fighting
To their death.
shira
(30,109 posts)2. Alex Kane & his ilk care so much for Palestinians.....
From Omar Barghouti of BDS to Ali Abunimah, Phil Weiss, Max Blumenthal, Greta Berlin, Gilad Atzmon, and Richard Falk....they care so much for Palestinians, they're willing to support Hamas' efforts to get as many Palestinians killed so that Hamas' demands are met, & more importantly, the Jewish state can be demonized, delegitimized as nazi-like, apartheid....
To the last drop of Palestinian blood.
They're a bit more clever than KKK zombies & Neo-Nazis (as they pretend to be liberal humanitarians) but otherwise their goals are identical.
Hamas supporters to the end. They're not even pretending anymore.
shira
(30,109 posts)3. So much for the lie that pro-Palestinian advocacy is all about...
...helping Palestinians. The truth is that it's anti-Israel advocacy aimed at supporting Hamas, against Palestinians.
Those who genuinely support Palestinians must come out against Hamas. You can't be pro-Hamas if you claim to be pro-Palestinian.
SHAME on those who hate Israel so much they support Hamas' evil strategy to get as many Palestinians killed as possible.