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We Now Know How Much Support There Is Among Palestinians for Hamas' Oct. 7 Attack

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A recent poll by the Arab World for Research and Development reveals the alarming percentage of Palestinians who said they support the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel in which more than 1,400 Israelis were brutally murdered, thousands of others injured, and over 200 taken hostage. 

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The survey of 668 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip between Oct. 31 and Nov. 7 found a majority, 75 percent, supported the Oct. 7 invasion, and 98 percent of respondents reported “feeling prouder of their identity as Palestinians now.” 

• 98% stated that they will never forget and will never forgive what Israel did and is continuing to do during this war. 

• 65% perceived the present war as a conflict targeting all Palestinians, while only 18% viewed it as a war between Israel and Hamas. Other respondents believed: it is a war between Israel and Muslims (5%); it is a war between Israel and Arabs (2%); or it is a conflict between the West and the Arab-Muslim world (10%). 

• Reasons cited for the October 7 attacks included: responding to oppression, particularly attacks on Al Aqsa (35%), and addressing broader issues such as freeing Palestine, ending the occupation, and stopping settlements (33%). Breaking the blockade of Gaza was cited as the main reason by 21% of respondents. 

• A small percentage (6%) reported that the main reasons behind the war are related to regional interests. This includes serving the interests of Iran (5%) and stopping the ongoing peace and normalization process with Israel (1%). 

• As illustrated below, the majority of (59%) strongly supported or (16%) supported to some extent the October 7 attacks carried by the Hamas-led factions, while 16% supported to some extent. 11% reported that they neither supported nor opposed the attack, while 13% expressed opposition to the attacks. Strong support for the attacks was notably higher among Palestinians in the West Bank (68%) as compared to Gaza (47%). (AWRAD)

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A majority, nearly 75 percent, also said they support establishing a single Palestinian state "from the river to the sea."


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