{"id":2343327,"date":"2024-09-19T10:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/support-for-oct-7-attack-by-palestinians-falls-after-nearly-a-year-of-war-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T10:25:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:25:53","slug":"support-for-oct-7-attack-by-palestinians-falls-after-nearly-a-year-of-war-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/support-for-oct-7-attack-by-palestinians-falls-after-nearly-a-year-of-war-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for Oct. 7 attack by Palestinians falls after nearly a year of war &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupport-for-oct-7-attack-by-palestinians-falls-after-nearly-a-year-of-war-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343327&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-22-of-cable-news-is-news-study\/\" title=\"Only 22% of Cable \u2018News\u2019 is News: Study\">recent poll conducted<\/a> by the Palestinian Center \u2062for Policy and Survey Research indicates a significant\u200c decline in support \u200damong Palestinians for the \u2064Oct. 7 attack launched by \u2063Hamas. The poll reveals that 57% of respondents in Gaza now\u200d believe\u2064 the attack was a mistake, contrasting with a June poll where 57%\u200d supported it. In the West Bank,\u2063 opinions are more divided with 64% still backing \u200bthe attack. Despite \u200bthis shift, \u200bthere is a widespread belief \u2063among\u200d those polled that Hamas did not commit atrocities against Israeli civilians, with nearly 90% holding\u200b this view. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064poll also highlights that\u2062 a majority believe the attack has brought attention to the Palestinian cause,\u2063 which had been neglected previously. \u2064While Hamas remains\u200d the\u2063 most favored political group \u200bamong Palestinians, its\u200d support has decreased slightly from 40% to 36%. The preference for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-british-p-m-tony-blair-rips-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal-gives-our-opponents-a-belief-our-time-is-over\/\" title=\"Former British P.M. Tony Blair Rips Biden Afghanistan Withdrawal: Gives \u2018Our Opponents A Belief Our Time Is Over\u2019\">armed struggle<\/a>&#8221; as a means \u2062to achieve statehood\u2062 is prevalent, especially among those in the West Bank. Satisfaction levels\u200d with Hamas&#8217;s performance and its leaders are \u200chigh, but Palestinian \u2062Authority President Mahmoud\u200c Abbas is very unpopular. The poll also reveals \u2063attitudes towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-compound-attacked-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"UN compound attacked in Afghanistan\">regional actors<\/a>, \u2063noting varied levels of support \u200cfor countries engaged in conflict with \u2064Israel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Support for Oct. 7 attack by Palestinians falls after nearly a year of war<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1758738\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A poll of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Palestinians\">Palestinians<\/a> found a significant decline in support for the Oct. 7 attack compared to a few months ago, with the offensive losing popular support in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Palestinians\">Gaza<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcpsr.org\/en\/node\/991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"poll\">poll<\/a> from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, polling Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, found that 57% of Gazan respondents believed that the decision by Hamas to launch the surprise attack was incorrect; 39% believed it was correct. This is a complete inverse to just a few months ago when a June poll found 57% of respondents believed it was the correct decision.<\/p>\n<p>Opinion in the West Bank is more radical, with 64% believing the Oct. 7 attack was the correct decision. <\/p>\n<p>Palestinians were almost fully united on one aspect of the attack, however, with nearly everyone polled not believing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> carried out atrocities against Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Indeed, almost 90% of the public believes Hamas men did not commit the atrocities depicted in videos taken on that day,&rdquo; the PCPSR wrote. &ldquo;Support for the attack however seems to come from another motive: findings show that more than two-thirds of the Palestinians believe that the attack has put the Palestinian issue at the center of attention and eliminated years of neglect at the regional and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>international<\/a> levels.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hamas remains the most popular political group among Palestinians &mdash; 36% said they prefer the group, a decline from 40% in June. The next up is Fatah, which governs the West Bank and has only 21% support. Likewise, &ldquo;armed struggle&rdquo; is the most popular method to &ldquo;end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state,&rdquo; with 50% in the West Bank and 36% in the Gaza Strip answering that it was the most effective. Only 11% in the West Bank and 22% in the Gaza Strip said that popular peaceful resistance was the most effective.<\/p>\n<p>Satisfaction with Hamas&rsquo;s performance remains at 61% overall; 75% in the West Bank and 39% in the Gaza Strip. Hamas leader Yahiya Sinwar&rsquo;s approval rating is 54% overall; 70% in the West Bank and 29% in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a member of Fatah, is exceedingly unpopular. If presidential elections were held, he would win just 6% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note were regional actors &mdash; the two most popular were those engaged in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-warns-west-to-stop-encouraging-provocations-in-order-to-avoid-nuclear-disaster\/\" title=\"Russia Warns West to Stop \u201cEncouraging Provocations\u201d in Order to Avoid Nuclear Disaster\">direct armed conflict<\/a> with Israel &mdash; Yemen at 69%; 70% in the West Bank and 56% in the Gaza Strip; and Hezbollah at 44%. Qatar had a 43% favorability rating, Iran 33%, Jordan 23%, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Egypt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Egypt<\/a> 20%, the United Arab Emirates 19%, and Saudi Arabia 15%.<\/p>\n<p>Of note was a 16-point drop in satisfaction with Iran&rsquo;s performance, which the PCPSR believes is due to the lack of a response to former Hamas head Ismail Haniyeh&rsquo;s assassination in Tehran. Hezbollah&rsquo;s relatively low rating could also reflect dissatisfaction with the fact that it has held back its full arsenal thus far.<\/p>\n<p>The two most popular international actors are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/China\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>China<\/a>, with a 26% satisfaction rating, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russia<\/a>, with a 19% satisfaction rating.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The war in Gaza has slowed down in recent months, with Israeli focus shifting to its northern border with Lebanon. On Tuesday and Wednesday, thousands of Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies simultaneously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3158055\/hezbollah-walkie-talkies-explode-lebanon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"detonated\">detonated<\/a> in an apparent Israeli attack, which some observers fear could be the precursor to a wider Israeli offensive.<\/p>\n<p>PSR surveyed 1,200 Palestinians face-to-face, 790 of them in the West Bank and 410 in Gaza, with a 3.5% margin of error.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1758738\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1758738\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support for the October 7 attack by Palestinians has decreased significantly after nearly a year of conflict. A recent poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research revealed that support for Hamas&#8217;s surprise attack has waned, particularly in Gaza, where it is losing popular backing for the first time. According to the September survey, 57% of respondents in Gaza felt that Hamas&#8217;s decision to launch the attack was wrong, while only 39% supported it. This marks a stark contrast to a June poll where 57% believed it was the right choice. In the West Bank, opinions are more polarized, with 64% supporting the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this decline in support for the offensive itself, there is widespread consensus among Palestinians regarding one aspect: nearly all respondents do not believe that Hamas committed atrocities against Israeli civilians during the attack. The PCPSR noted that almost 90% of those surveyed think that Hamas fighters did not carry out acts depicted in videos from that day. The motivation behind continued support for such attacks seems rooted in a belief among over two-thirds of Palestinians that these actions have brought renewed attention to their cause on both regional and international stages.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas remains the most favored political group among Palestinians at 36%, though this is down from 40% in June; Fatah follows with only 21%. Additionally, &#8220;armed struggle&#8221; is viewed as the most effective means to end Israeli occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state by half of West Bank respondents (50%) and about one-third (36%) from Gaza. In contrast, only small percentages favor peaceful resistance methods.<\/p>\n<p>Satisfaction with Hamas\u2019s performance stands at an overall rate of 61%, varying between regions\u201475% satisfaction in West Bank compared to just 39% in Gaza. Approval ratings for Hamas leader Yahiya Sinwar are at 54%, but drop significantly within Gaza (29%). Conversely, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas enjoys very low popularity; he would receive just about 6% if elections were held today.<\/p>\n<p>Regional actors engaged directly against Israel rank highly among public favorability: Yemen leads at a rating of 69%, followed closely by Hezbollah at around44%. Other countries like Qatar (43%), Iran (33%), Jordan (23%), Egypt (20%), UAE (19%), and Saudi Arabia (15%) follow behind but show lower approval ratings overall\u2014particularly Iran which saw a notable drop due to perceived inactivity following an assassination incident involving former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.<\/p>\n<p>Internationally recognized figures include China with a satisfaction rating of approximately26%, while Russia holds around19%. As hostilities have slowed recently\u2014with Israel shifting focus towards its northern border\u2014the situation remains tense amid fears over potential escalations following recent military actions involving Hezbollah communications equipment being targeted by Israeli forces.<\/p>\n<p>The PSR conducted face-to-face interviews with1,200 Palestinians across both regions\u2014790 from West Bank and410 from Gaza\u2014with results carrying a margin error rateof3.5%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2343328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Palestinians-Oct.-7.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[41222,10660,3723,6696,35107],"class_list":["post-2343327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-oct7attack","tag-palestinians","tag-support","tag-war","tag-washingtonexaminer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Palestinians-Oct.-7.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}