I don’t think I can agree with this conclusion. Hamas has considerably lower approval ratings and there is also far less support for violent action like October 7 in Gaza compared to the West Bank. If what you said were true, then we would see the opposite effect. Here’s a fascinating poll from a Palestinian research organization on this:
I think directly experiencing the enormous discrepancy in fighting power between Hamas and the IDF, especially at the scale of a full-on war, has been a sobering moment for many Gazans.
That is a faulty conclusion to draw as it assumes that the Palestinian living in Gaza and the Palestinian living in the West Bank have the same views of Hamas before the war, during and after the war. The link you posted even says this on the matter:
Support for armed struggle rises ten percentage points compared to three months ago, with more than 60% saying it is the best means of ending the Israeli occupation; in the West Bank, the percentage rises further to close to 70%. Moreover, a majority in the West Bank believes that the formation of armed groups in communities subject to settler attacks is the most effective means of combating settler terrorism against towns and villages in the West Bank.
Heck, in Gaza support for armed struggle against Israel rose from 50-51% before the war in September 22-23 to 56% in December 23. A much larger rise was even seen in amongst Palestinian in the west bank were support for armed resistance basically doubled. So basically at worse Israeli actions have dramatically increased the desire for armed conflict in the West bank and kept the desire in Gaza the same according to the link you posted.
I don’t think I can agree with this conclusion. Hamas has considerably lower approval ratings and there is also far less support for violent action like October 7 in Gaza compared to the West Bank. If what you said were true, then we would see the opposite effect. Here’s a fascinating poll from a Palestinian research organization on this:
https://pcpsr.org/en/node/961
I think directly experiencing the enormous discrepancy in fighting power between Hamas and the IDF, especially at the scale of a full-on war, has been a sobering moment for many Gazans.
That is a faulty conclusion to draw as it assumes that the Palestinian living in Gaza and the Palestinian living in the West Bank have the same views of Hamas before the war, during and after the war. The link you posted even says this on the matter:
Heck, in Gaza support for armed struggle against Israel rose from 50-51% before the war in September 22-23 to 56% in December 23. A much larger rise was even seen in amongst Palestinian in the west bank were support for armed resistance basically doubled. So basically at worse Israeli actions have dramatically increased the desire for armed conflict in the West bank and kept the desire in Gaza the same according to the link you posted.