98 percent of those surveyed said that after the massacre on October 7, they "became prouder of their Palestinian identity," reports JNS.
A little more than three out of four Palestinians have a positive opinion of Hamas after the massacre in Israel on October 7, according to a survey by the research company Arab World for Research and Development.
The Ramallah-based institute surveyed 668 Palestinian adults between October 31 and November 7 in the southern part of the Gaza Strip and in Judea and Samaria. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points, according to AWRAD.
The Palestinian poll, the first of its kind since the October 7 attacks, found that 48.2% of respondents viewed Hamas "very positively" and 27.8% "somewhat positively" .
The role of the "military wing" of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, is considered positive by almost 80%.
As a reminder: Al-Qassam Brigades terrorists killed more than 1,200 people and injured thousands during their attack on Israel on October 7. In addition, the terrorists took about 240 people hostage.
When asked whether they support or oppose the actions of Hamas on October 7,
59.3% of Palestinians polled said they "absolutely" supported it, and 15.7% said they "somewhat" supported it.
Only 12.7% disagreed with him. And 10.9% said they neither support nor oppose the attack.
Almost all of those surveyed (98%) said the October 7 massacre made them "more proud of their Palestinian identity," and the same number said they would "never forget and never forgive" the Jewish state's military operations against Hamas. operation.
Three-quarters said they expected the war between Israel and Hamas to end in a Palestinian victory.
When asked "What kind of government would you prefer in the Gaza Strip after the end of the war", 72% said they supported a "government of national unity" that includes Hamas and the Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
About 8.5% said they preferred a government controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
More than 98% of Palestinians surveyed by AWRAD have a negative view of the United States.
According to AWRAD, "the survey sample covers all socio-economic groups, with an equal proportion of adult men and women interviewed, and is proportionally distributed across the West Bank and Gaza".
Featured image: AFP/Mahmud Hams
