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September 4, 2024

How Hamas Duped Pollsters into Exaggerating Its Popularity

Most Gazans are fed up with their terrorist government.

In December, Ghaith al-Omari came on the Mosaic podcast to talk about Palestinian public opinion. One of the many things his analysis made clear is that opinion polls alone, however carefully conducted, can’t tell the whole story. Since then, another opinion survey was conducted showing that most Gazans continue to support Hamas and the October 7 attacks, and still believe Hamas will prevail over Israel. New information has thrown a wrench into that assessment, writes Benny Avni:

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