As general election time nears for Palestinians, it’s becoming clearer and clearer who the big winners are likely to be:
Hamas would win the upcoming Palestinian elections with 31.4 percent of the vote were they held today, according to a poll conducted by al-Najah University.
The survey also found the new breakaway Fatah faction led by jailed Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti would win 26.8 percent of the vote,
while the Fatah list headed by PA leader Mahmoud Abbas would only reach third place, with 17.7 percent of the vote.
Whoever wins the election, of course, will get access to all of the international political and financial institutions that have been built up for the Palestinians over the last decade and a half – billions in aid, worldwide embassies, and UN status. Or, more honestly, billions in untraceable money, the ears of world leaders hostile to Israel, and the diplomatic cover to ensure that nothing is ever done about their actions.
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