[photo by Mohammed Fares El Majdalawi]
Here's a new poll of Palestinian attitudes, post-Gaza, available here in English. Some of the results:
–Hamas's popularity doubled in the West Bank, from 12 percent to 26 percent;
–53 percent of West Bank respondents say Hamas won the war (only 35 percent of Gazans share that view);
–Trust in Hamas went from 17 percent to 28 percent overall. Trust in Fatah dropped from 31 percent to 26 percent
–Would you vote for Hamas? Jumped from 19 percent last April to 28 percent now. Fatah falls, 34 percent to 28 percent;
–Do rocket attacks help Palestinians achieve their national goal? 39 percent said yes last April. Now: 51 percent say so!
–Those opposited to peace negotiations with Israel jumped from 35 to 41 percent.
Oh, and there's little faith that Obama will do anything different. Half say he'll make no difference, under a third are still optimistic. And: 55 percent of Palestinians still favor the two-state solution (18 percent for binational state, 11 percent for one Palestinian state) and 55 percent support suicide bombing operations against civilians. Surprise.
Thanks to Shoghig, who writes:
I came across it on al-Jazeera's Arabic website.