(PSR is located in the West Bank and is not run by Hamas.)
from PressTV
A new opinion poll shows that public support for the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and armed confrontation as the best means to end Israeli occupation has increased among Palestinians.
The results of the poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) come as Israel's brutal onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip continues for the eighth month.
The poll found that support for armed struggle rose by eight percentage points to 54 percent among those surveyed in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
The opinion poll showed support for Hamas also climbed by six percentage points to 40 percent and the Gaza-based group enjoyed more support than the Palestinian movement Fatah, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, with 20-percent backing.
Walid Ladadweh, head of the Survey Research Unit at PSR, said the rise in support for Hamas and armed action is a reaction to Israel’s months-long destruction and killing in Gaza...
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