Poll suggests support for Hamas is falling in Gaza

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https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-905677

Popularity of Hamas falling in Gaza.

Little faith in Board of Peace (unsurprisingly).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Palestinian_legislative_election

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In August 2026, PCPSR conducted a poll ahead of the legislative elections showing the top priorities among the Palestinian population. The issues are unifying the West Bank and Gaza Strip (19%), stopping the killing in the Gaza Strip (18%), improving the economic situation (15%), rebuilding Gaza (11%), confronting settler terrorism (10%), and combating corruption (9%).

I doubt what ordinary citizens think will make any difference.

It's really important what they think. They need new better governance for peace and self determination

The article does not link the poll. Not that I can see.

I am not disputing anything in the article, one can't, because there is no link to the poll, but this line struck me as odd.

"One in five respondents said they believed a full-scale war would resume, while only 30% believed Gaza would move toward a period of peace and stability. "

That is very loaded reporting. Because 1 in 5 is 20%. Yet "ONLY" is fitted in, preceding the 30% figure. So it is written to downplay/ hide the 20%, but enhance the 30% in such a way that the bigger number reads as smaller.

These polls are loyalty tests. When Hamas is in power and feared- the average Palestinian in Gaza is going to say yes I support Hamas (so they aren’t murdered by Hamas). Now Hamas is losing power and its grip on the populace is less sure, more are bold enough to admit they don’t support Hamas.

Every regular Palestinian that has escaped Gaza invariably doesn’t support Hamas. (Hamas cowards that snuck out, don’t count)

Take Putin’s 89% popularity from the polls in Russia….its not real, it is lip service support said under duress.

Yeah. There is a term for that. I can't remember what it is called sorry. I looked it up and got the term 'preference falsification,' but that's not the term I have heard. But seems that is the term.

However, in the case of this poll, we do not know for sure if that is the case here. Because the actual poll was not linked.

It's the same as the poll that was going around about Iran. That poll was done via VPN, and the poll included notes on the problems with the polling method. But here, we can't see the pollsters notes. Because not linked.

Anyway, I did look up this poll, and got the site of the organization, but I get website not secure, and the link to the pdf is blocked for me. Likely my end.

This is poll 97. I did download poll 96 I recall. Last year. But I honestly can't remember if there were issues with it.

Sorry to waffle. But yes, very difficult to do accurate polls in these conditions.

Yes I agree there may not even have been a valid poll. My point was even if there were, you can’t get to what people really feel when polling them while living under a dictatorship at war.

Yup. I follow China in the news, and read their state media. They love polls. Their outlet CGTN done a poll that they said showed 98% of foreigners had a favorable view of the Chinese Government, but they made the mistake of linking the poll and the poll, including the questions.

Paraphrasing a question -

How do you rate the Chinese Government?

a) It's fantastic
b) It's almost fantastic
c) It's not fantastic, but it's still better than the rest.

I remember at the time, the consensus was that the poll result was being mis-reported. Because where the hell did they get that 2% from !

If you remember, when the cease fire was declared, Hamas came out from their tunnels, looking well fed (very well fed in some cases) in brand new shiny uniforms, and well armed.

There were quite a few protests against them but they had no compunction in shooting the protesters dead.

The other problem is, from what I understand, the only opposition are a couple of warlords with local followers.

As far as I know (please correct me if you know otherwise), there is no ‘Nelson Mandela’ waiting in the wings, advocating for a peaceful settlement with Israel and a truth and reconciliation commission. To be fair, I don’t think Israel would be open to it anyway, yet, but not was De Klerk to Mandela for quite a few years.

De Klerk did not have some moral epiphany where he realized apartheid was wrong. South Africa was facing complete economic strangulation from intense global isolation, total boycotts, huge divestment and crushing international sanctions. De Klerk came to the negotiating table because the apartheid state had become structurally and financially unsustainable, not because of a shift in his personal morality.

I'd be interested to see the results of this poll taken in the UK.

@Squeezingwildoranges ,

No, De Klerk didn’t have an epiphany, but his views did change over time. By the end of his life, he was a full convert.

Of course the international pressure was a huge part of it (and, to some extent, it is the route Israel might need), but it was pushing on a somewhat open door.

g-l-f.org/who-we-are/fw-de-klerk/my-deathbed-conversation-with-fw-de-klerk-the-leader-who-killed-apartheid/