A Palestinian poll released this week showed that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians support Hamas’ Islamic terror attack against Israel on October 7, while an even larger majority denied that Hamas committed any war crimes and atrocities despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) released its findings on Wednesday after surveying more than 1,200 Palestinians face-to-face in various locations throughout Gaza and as well as in Judea and Samaria.
Key takeaways from the poll included:
- A vast majority (72%; 82% in the West Bank and 57% in the Gaza Strip) said it was the correct decision for Hamas to launch their terrorist attack on October 7 in which 1,200 Israelis were murdered, 5,300+ were wounded, hundreds were taken hostage, and there was a systematic campaign of rape and sexual violence inflicted upon Israeli women.
- Nearly all Palestinians, 95%, claim that Israel has committed war crimes during their campaign to eliminate Hamas in response to the attacks. Only 10% of Palestinians believe that Hamas has committed war crimes while 89% said that they did not believe it.
- 85% of Palestinians had not seen the videos that were largely recorded by Hamas that showed the terrorists gleefully murdering, raping, and torturing Israeli citizens during the attacks. When asked about the atrocities, only 7% of Palestinians said that they believed it.
- Hamas was the most popular movement among Palestinians, and that support has grown since the terror attacks.
- The overwhelming majority (85%; 92% in the West Bank and 75% in the Gaza Strip) said that they supported Hamas releasing the Israeli women and children that are being held hostage in exchange for Israel releasing Palestinian women and minors that are incarcerated inside Israel because they are convicted criminals or terrorists.
The poll comes approximately one month after a poll was conducted by the Arab World for Research and Development that found similar results among the Palestinian population, including their near universal hatred for the United States and Israel.
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A poll conducted by Cygnal in the U.S. back in October found that the majority of Muslim Americans, 57.5%, said that they agreed that “Hamas was justified in attacking Israel as part of their struggle for a Palestinian State.”