The Israelian intervention in Gaza made Hamas popularity skyrocket

[Johan]

Hamas Spikes In Popularity After Gaza War


JERUSALEM (AP) — The popularity of the Hamas militant group among Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip has spiked significantly following the 50-day war with Israel, according to an opinion poll released Tuesday.

The poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research and headed by leading Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki, indicates that 61 percent of Palestinians would choose the Islamic militant group's leader, Ismail Haniyeh, for president if Palestinian presidential elections were held today.

Only 32 percent would vote for current President Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas' rival, the survey suggested.

The support for Haniyeh marks a stark increase from a poll in June, conducted by the same pollster, which found only 41 percent of Palestinians backed the Hamas figure. At the time, Abbas had 53 percent support.

The poll also suggests a majority of Palestinians — 72 percent — support adopting Hamas' armed approach in the West Bank.

The research center said it is the first time in eight years that a majority of Palestinians has voiced such support for the Hamas leader. But, it said, Hamas' popularity might fall in coming months, as it did following previous Israel-Hamas conflicts.

Polling started on the last day of the war, on Aug. 26, and continued during the first four days of the cease-fire, the research center said.

The poll said 79 percent of respondents believe Hamas won the war, and 86 percent support the renewal of rocket fire on Israel if a blockade on Gaza is not lifted, one of Hamas' main demands.

But 25 percent said armed groups in the Gaza Strip should give up their weapons after the blockade ends and elections are held.

The latest poll, and the poll in June, both surveyed 1,270 Palestinians and had a margin of error of 3 percent.

Also Tuesday, Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid criticized Israel's expropriation of West Bank land announced this week, calling for "a more reasoned approach" in Israeli diplomacy following Israel's military operation in Gaza.

The expropriation of about 1,000 acres of West Bank land could help clear the way for new Jewish settlement construction. Lapid said such moves create "redundant arguments with the United States and the world" and criticized the timing of the announcement following the Gaza war. Israel's Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni, also criticized the move this week.

Other leading Israeli Cabinet ministers have criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's conduct in the recently concluded war, with many saying he did not go far enough to neutralize Hamas's fighting ability.

The land announcement drew strong criticism from around the world, with the U.S., EU, Ireland, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation — which represents 57 Muslim countries — and others condemning it.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Tuesday said the U.S. is "deeply concerned" about the land declaration.

"We are also very concerned by reports that new settlement and East Jerusalem construction or planning announcements may be issued at any time, including for the sensitive area of Giv'at Hamatos in East Jerusalem," Psaki said.

"These steps are contrary to Israel's stated goal of negotiating a permanent status agreement with the Palestinians, and it would send a very troubling message if they proceed," she said.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier issued a strong rebuke to Israel over the decision and called for it to be revised.

"The decision, should it remain, sends a wrong signal at the wrong time," he said.

Netanyahu has spoken vaguely about a new "diplomatic horizon" that has emerged following the 50-day Israel-Hamas war. He has given few details on what he means.

But Netanyahu has said that he is not willing to renew peace talks with Abbas unless the Palestinian leader distances himself from Hamas militants. Hamas and Abbas' Palestinian Authority recently agreed to a unity deal that saw the formation of a government backed by both factions.

"He has to choose," Netanyahu told Israeli Channel Two in a weekend interview. "It's either yes to Hamas or no to Hamas."

Later Tuesday, the Israeli military said a Palestinian tried to run over Israeli soldiers and civilians, injuring one person, near Qalqiliya in the northern West Bank. It said soldiers opened fire on the vehicle, injuring the driver and a passenger.

Actualy, according to the Fatah–Hamas Gaza Agreement that was signed in Gaza City on 23 April 2014, the general elections should happen by the end of October. So, thanks to Netanyahu, Hamas will gain even more power in Palestine.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Those bulldozers sure don't help increase the peace either, do they? The sweaty rodent Netanyahu looks for more land to grab.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

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[Johan]

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That is an answer that's not surprising from a proud member of a people that invade a country, stole land to the very people who had been living there forever and in commit genocide againsty these people...
S oyeah, I understand tha some citizens of such a country can say "fuck palestine".

 

[xfire]

I wouldn't be opposed to giving the Jews a new homeland right here in the good ol' USA. Israel is smaller than New Jersey, which is smaller than a lot of counties in the United States so it shouldn't be hard to find a place they would be safe. We gave the Native Americans reservations, we could do the same for the Jews.

 

[sean miguel]

Actualy, according to the Fatah–Hamas Gaza Agreement that was signed in Gaza City on 23 April 2014, the general elections should happen by the end of October. So, thanks to Netanyahu, Hamas will gain even more power in Palestine.

So what would you do if rockets were raining down on your cities and tunnels were being dug to murder your civilians? Nevermind. Who gives a shit what you would do? You're a fucking idiot.

 

[sean miguel]

Winston Churchill was joyful of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Not because of American deaths but that we would join the fight against his enemies.

"Now at this very moment I knew the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all!"

-Winston Churchill Dec. 8th 1941

 

[Johan]

So what would you do if rockets were raining down on your cities and tunnels were being dug to murder your civilians? Nevermind. Who gives a shit what you would do? You're a fucking idiot.

I probably wouldn't bomb hospitals and schools...

This is case in wich both blames the other for drawing first blood and says they are just responding to some kind of agression.. Someone's got to do the first move for peace, otherwise war will go on and on forever.

I don't think you can rely on Hamas on this. So Israel would be smart to go for such a "friendly hnd" policy : If it succeed, if Hamas accept, it would be profitable for both countries, both people. If it fails, if Hamas say they don't want to negociate, they don't want to seek-out a 2-state peacefull solution, it would be clear that they are the bad guys.
'cause right now, with 50 days of war, more than 2.000 palestinians killed (80% being civilians, including women, elders and children), to the eyes of 90% of the world, Israel is the bad guy (For your information, I consider both Israel and Hamas to be the bad guys).

 

[sean miguel]

I probably wouldn't bomb hospitals and schools...

This is case in wich both blames the other for drawing first blood and says they are just responding to some kind of agression.. Someone's got to do the first move for peace, otherwise war will go on and on forever.

And I wouldn't put rocket launchers in front of hospitals and schools if I actually gave a shit about my people. Israel has done the first move for peace, and the second and the third etc. How many cease fires did Hamas violate in this latest conflict alone? And remember, Israel gave up Gaza in 2005 for peace. What did that get them?

 

[MustBeGood]

Israel needs to do what New York mainly in Manhattan did when land space was used up.

Build up.

 

[Doc Scurlock]

I wouldn't be opposed to giving the Jews a new homeland right here in the good ol' USA. Israel is smaller than New Jersey, which is smaller than a lot of counties in the United States so it shouldn't be hard to find a place they would be safe. We gave the Native Americans reservations, we could do the same for the Jews.

That probably should have been done after WWII but now they're too entrenched in that area so moving them is not going to happen.

 

[Johan]

I wouldn't be opposed to giving the Jews a new homeland right here in the good ol' USA. Israel is smaller than New Jersey, which is smaller than a lot of counties in the United States so it shouldn't be hard to find a place they would be safe. We gave the Native Americans reservations, we could do the same for the Jews.

I guess native's reservations are parcels of the land they used to live on before white men came, right ? Then the only possibe spot for a jewish reservation would be Israel (or a least a part of it), 'cause the jewish people's history is linked to that land and it has been for thousands of years.

 

[zeeblofowl_1969]

It is standard operational procedure for Palestinian groups to gain support and money.
You provoke Israel they come to stop whatever you are doing the body count rises and the martyrs and money roll in its how business is done in gaza for the last 40 years.
Pathetic really.