New Poll: "Overwhelming Majority" Of Palestinians Support Murderous Rampages Against Israeli Schoolchildren, Rocket Attacks Against Civilians (Plus: It's Israel's Fault)
Of course it is. This is out of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. They've been producing "the Palestinians really do want peace" media fodder for years. Maybe there's something behind those massive pro-terrorism rallies after all:
A new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Palestinians support the attack this month on a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem that killed eight young men, most of them teenagers, an indication of the alarming level of Israeli-Palestinian tension in recent weeks. The survey also shows unprecedented support for the shooting of rockets on Israeli towns from the Gaza Strip and for the end of the peace negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli leaders. The pollster, Khalil Shikaki, said he was shocked because... never before, he said, had a majority favored an end to negotiations or the shooting of rockets at Israel... His explanation for the shift, one widely reflected in the Palestinian media, is that recent actions by Israel, especially attacks on Gaza that killed nearly 130 people, an undercover operation in Bethlehem that killed four militants and the announced expansion of several West Bank settlements, have led to despair and rage among average Palestinians who thirst for revenge. Mr. Shikaki’s poll also showed that the militant Islamist group Hamas, which Israel and the United States have been trying to isolate, is gaining popularity in the West Bank
Well, if they're despaired and enraged than surely a genocidal war is the answer. What could be more natural? Although that part about how Fatah's popularity has been plummetting in the West Bank - along with support for negotiations - only since Israel's recent counter-terrorism operations? Yeah, that's pretty much the opposite of true.
References:
* Poll Shows Most Palestinians Favor Violence Over Talks [NYT]
* Hey, How About Having Fatah Support Plummet In The West Bank? [MR]
Previously:
* Teenage Arab-Israeli Girl Arrested For Seeking To Blow Up Jews, Herself
* UN Almost Manages To Kind Of Condemn Yeshiva Massacre. But Not Quite.
* Palestinian Authority Working Overtime To Honor Terrorists
