Posted on 03/06/2002 3:46:29 PM PST by l33t
By Lamia Lahoud
JERUSALEM (March 7) - More than 60 percent of Palestinians support the continuation of the violence and suicide attacks against Israelis, according to a poll released yesterday by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion. The poll also showed strong support for Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.
The poll, which has a margin of error of 2.47%, was conducted between February 25 and March 3 in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and east Jerusalem.
Of the 571 people selected at random, 66.5% said they support the continuation of the intifada, and 64.3% favored suicide attacks. Supporting Arafat were 66.1%; 51.3 percent believe the intifada serves their interest, while 34.2% said it harms it.
In early February, Fatah scored low support in the poll. The movement, which once represented close to 50% of Palestinians, only scored 23%, while Hamas received 21%.
The new poll does not show the degree of support for Fatah, but Palestinians are saying its popularity has sharply increased since it started to carry out attacks against IDF checkpoints and suicide attacks inside Israel. They said Arafat also gained popularity through Fatah's involvement in these attacks. Many Palestinians had been angered by the PA's refusal to let its security officers get involved in the confrontation.
What I am amazed at is that only 60% of the population support the Intifada. Given that the Palestinians are governed by a murderous dictator who has people killed who disagree with him, I would have thought that the percentage of people supporting the Intifada would be in the 100% plus range.
Hmmm...great? Save the planet, kill yourself..hehe
Well, I guess that's one way of looking at it ;-) Seriously, I like it when people can find something positive in something that I found depressing. I might have to use that one in a debate with a lefty.
MOST? HAHAHA
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