A majority of Palestinians support Hamas: Polls & Election
July 2023 poll: 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%) https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/polls-show-majority-gazans-were-against-breaking-ceasefire-hamas-and-hezbollah
Palestinians voted Hamas into power in their last election held in 2006. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Palestinian_legislative_election#:~:text=The%20Central%20Elections%20Commission%20released,narrowly%20ahead%20on%20the%20lists.
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The majority of Palestinians do not want a genuine peace.
“… only a third said that a two-state solution would be their leadership’s final goal. Instead, almost two-thirds said it would be “part of a ‘program of stages,’ to liberate all of historic Palestine later.” This remarkable finding helps explain how a plurality or more of Palestinians can support President Mahmoud Abbas and reject a two-state solution at the same time.”
“a clear majority (60% overall, including 55% in the West Bank and 68% in Gaza) say that the five-year goal “should be to work toward reclaiming all of historic Palestine, from the river to the sea.””
“When asked about their own preferences for the party that should be in control in the Gaza Strip after the war, 59% (64% in the West Bank and 52% in the Gaza Strip) selected Hamas; 13% selected the PA without President Abbas”
Dec 2023 poll:
“44% in the West Bank said they supported Hamas. In Gaza, the militants enjoyed 42% support”
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-palestinians-opinion-poll-wartime-views-a0baade915619cd070b5393844bc4514
In the West Bank in the poll prior to the October 7 massacre, Fatah (orange) was more than twice as popular as Hamas in the West Bank. Since the massacre, all three polls show Hamas (green) 2 ½ to 3 times more popular than Fatah.
https://palwatch.org/page/35535
In 1948, 1967, and 1973, Arab armies started wars to try and destroy Israel, after that it was terorrism from PLO and Hamas terrorists.