Khalil al-Hayya, a deputy to Hamas Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar says the group's aim is not to run Gaza but to shake the Middle East and put Palestinian issue back in focus; Tells New York Times expected Arab world to join fight
The argument that the entire population of Gaza can be held responsible for Hamas’s actions is quickly discredited when one looks at the facts. Arab Barometer, a research network where we serve as co-principal investigators, conducted a survey in Gaza and the West Bank days before the Israel-Hamas war broke out. The findings, published here for the first time, reveal that rather than supporting Hamas, the vast majority of Gazans have been frustrated with the armed group’s ineffective governance as they endure extreme economic hardship. Most Gazans do not align themselves with Hamas’s ideology, either. Unlike Hamas, whose goal is to destroy the Israeli state, the majority of survey respondents favored a two-state solution with an independent Palestine and Israel existing side by side.
Right… So 17 years later… they’re so dissatisfied… and nothing changed? That’s not how governments stay in power… Something is wrong with the supposition as the results don’t make sense.
From the first article:
https://archive.is/20231107213604/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/what-palestinians-really-think-hamas
Right… So 17 years later… they’re so dissatisfied… and nothing changed? That’s not how governments stay in power… Something is wrong with the supposition as the results don’t make sense.
That’s how authoritarian governments stay in power, that or they start a war for the rally around the flag effect to give them a common enemy.