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Gazans had voted against Hamas days before attack
Updated On: 29 November, 2023 06:26 AM IST | Princeton, US | Agencies
Findings of survey that had been conducted just a few days before the attacks on Israel prove Gazans had little or no trust in Hamas
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Palestinians walk amid debris in Al-Zawiya market in Gaza City on the fourth day of truce. Pic/AP
As many as 67 per cent of Gazans were hostile to Hamas ahead of the group’s brutal October 7 attack on Israel, with some describing its rule as a second occupation, according to rare polling data analysed by a US-Palestinian researcher. The findings are striking against a backdrop of protests and counter-protests triggered by the attack, with the relationship between Hamas and ordinary Gazans often the subject of heated debate.
“We find in our surveys that 67 per cent of Palestinians in Gaza had little or no trust in Hamas in that period right before the attacks,” said Amaney Jamal, dean of Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs. This is especially important because of the [erroneous] argument that all of Gaza supports Hamas, and therefore all of Gaza should be held accountable for the actions, atrocious actions of Hamas.”
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