New poll shows 75% of West Bank and Gaza Palestinians support Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – A new poll shows a combined total of 75% of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip support Hamas’ devastating Oct. 7 attack on Israeli civilians, although Gaza residents are significantly less supportive of it, the Jerusalem Post reports. The survey was conducted on November 14 by the Arab World for Research and Development organization.

When asked, “How much do you support the military operation carried out by the Palestinian resistance led by Hamas on October 7?” an overwhelming 83.1% of West Bank Palestinian respondents to the poll said they supported the attack to an extreme or “somewhat” extent, JPost said. Just 6.9% said they were “extremely” or “somewhat” against the attack, and 8.4% said they had no opinion.

Support for the attack was notably less overwhelming among Gaza Palestinians, although a majority of 63.6% of poll respondents said they supported the attack “extremely” or to a “somewhat” extent, JPost reports. By contrast with West Bank Palestinians, a significantly more substantial 20.9% of Palestinians living in Gaza opposed the attack to some extent.

When asked, ‘In your opinion, what was the main reason for the operation launched by the Palestinian resistance on 7th October?’ 31.7% of West Bank-based respondents and 24.9% of Gaza-based respondents said the attack was to “free Palestine.”

Notably, an overall total of 74.7% of respondents said they support a single Palestinian state “from the river to the sea,” JPost reports.

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