More than three out of four Palestinians have a positive attitude toward Hamas, according to a survey conducted by the sociological company Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD) after the terrorist attack by the Islamist group on October 7. A Palestinian in the territory of Israel, reports Agerpres.

The polling institute, based in Ramallah, surveyed 668 Palestinian adults from the southern Gaza Strip and the West Bank between October 31 and November 7, writes the Israeli news agency TPS. AWRAD reported that the representative sample included people of diverse socio-economic characteristics and benefited from an equal representation of women and men “proportionately distributed in the West Bank and Gaza”. Error +/-4%.

The role of Hamas is assessed as “very positive” by 48.2% of respondents and “somewhat positive” by 27.8%

The poll in Palestine – the first of its kind since the Hamas attacks on October 7 – found that 48.2 percent of respondents described Hamas’s role as “very positive,” while 27.8 percent saw the group’s role as “somewhat positive.” Almost 80% of Palestinians surveyed rate the role of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, as positive.

On October 7, Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel of a scale and violence not seen since the creation of the Israeli state in 1948. According to the authorities, about 1,200 people died in the attack, most of them civilians. According to the estimates of the Israeli military, about 240 people were taken hostage in the Gaza Strip.

Since then, Israel has continuously bombarded Gaza and conducted a ground operation aimed at “destroying” Hamas. More than 16,000 people, most of them civilians, were killed in the blasts, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry.

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59.3% of Palestinians fully support the Hamas “military operation” on October 7

When asked “how much do you support the October 7 military operation by the Hamas-led Palestinian resistance?”, 59.3% of Palestinians surveyed said they “strongly support” the attacks, while 15.7% said they “somewhat support” the attacks. Only 12.7% of Palestinians disapproved, while 10.9% said they neither supported nor opposed the attack.

Almost all respondents (98%) said that “current events” made them feel “proud of their Palestinian identity,” and an equal percentage said they would “never forget or forgive” the Israeli state for its operations, the ongoing military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Three-quarters of Palestinians said they expect the war between Israel and Hamas to end with a Palestinian victory.

When asked “What form of government would you prefer after the end of the war in Gaza?”, 72% of Palestinians said they were in favor of a “government of national unity” that would include Hamas and the Fatah of the Palestinian Authority president. fraction, which, however, is negatively perceived by 45.5% of respondents.

About 8.5% were in favor of a government controlled by the Palestinian Authority, but 64.4% of respondents had a “very negative” view.

Almost 98% of Palestinians surveyed have a “very negative” opinion of the US

Additionally, 97.6% of Palestinians surveyed by AWRAD have a “very negative” opinion of the United States of America. But things are not so good in Iran either: 50.4% of respondents said they have a “very negative” opinion of the Islamic Republic. Similarly, 48.7% of respondents have a “very negative” opinion about Turkey, 73.2% think the same about Egypt and 73.5% about Jordan. Palestinians also expressed “very negative” opinions about Saudi Arabia (86.8%), the United Arab Emirates (88.8%), Russia (41.9%) and China (46.7%).

Also, Palestinians do not perceive international structures or organizations better. According to the survey, 81.1% have a “very negative” opinion of the EU, 69.2% of the UN and 46.6% of the International Red Cross.

It is interesting to note that this list does not include Qatar, which, together with Egypt, plays the role of a mediator in negotiations for the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Only 17.2% of Palestinians support the decision to create two states

At the same time, 74.7% of respondents said they supported the decision to create a Palestinian state from the river to the sea (following the controversial slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, which some see as a call for peace and equality after decades of Israeli occupation, while others consider it a clear call for the destruction of the state of Israel – no), 17.2% spoke in favor of the decision to create two states, one Palestinian and the other Israeli. , and only 5.4% supported the decision “one state for two peoples”.

But 63.3% of Palestinians believe that the current conflict is between Palestinians and Israelis as a whole, and only 18.6% believe that this war is between Hamas and Israel. 82.6% of the respondents said that they are in favor of a truce, which involves a mutual cessation of hostilities.

In addition, 89.5% of respondents believe that “coexistence (with Israel) is becoming impossible,” and 99.6% of Gaza residents said that there is no safe place in the enclave.

71.8% of Palestinians in Gaza said they did not trust Israel’s instructions at all, and 83.8% said that if they were ordered to evacuate the area they are currently in, they would not know where to go to take it.

About 1.6 million people, or about 70 percent of the Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million population, have been displaced, the European Refugee Council announced on Friday.

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