Joe Biden just tweeted:
Let me make myself clear:
The vast majority of Palestinians are not Hamas.
And Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people.
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From a Times of Israel article last year:
Seventy-two percent of Palestinians support the creation of additional armed groups in the West Bank akin to the Lion’s Den terror group that operates against Israel, according to a new poll.
The survey, conducted by prominent Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki and his Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), was released Tuesday, as the West Bank wraps up one of its most deadly years since the Second Intifada of 2000-2005.
So 72 percent are in favor of terror against Israel.
Or this:
Overall, 57% of Gazans express at least a somewhat positive opinion of Hamas—along with similar percentages of Palestinians in the West Bank (52%) and East Jerusalem (64%)—though Gazans who express this opinion of Hamas are fewer than the number of Gazans who have a positive view of Fatah (64%).
But it is organizations like Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Lion’s Den that receive the most widespread popular support in Gaza. About three quarters of Gazans express support for both groups, including 40% who see the Lion’s Den in a “very positive” light, an attitude shared by a similar percentage of West Bank residents. Moreover, when it comes to Iran, which has strongly supported and potentially helped coordinate the attack, about half of Gazans view Tehran as either a “friend of the country” (29%) or security partner (28%), compared to less than a third of West Bankers who would say the same.
Or this:
89% of Palestinians support terrorists firing rockets at Israeli civilians, according to a PCPO poll.
Palestinians elected Hamas
Palestinians celebrated 9/11
Hmmmm.
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"Let me make myself clear: where the heck am I and what's happening?!?!"
-Joe
