The recent recognitions of a Palestinian state and the October 10 ceasefire have been followed by a flurry of calls to “deradicalize” Palestinian society. The New York Times editorial board went so far as to compare this deradicalization project to the denazification of Germany after the Second World War. These calls have the situation backwards to the point of farce.
  • acargitz@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Easy to pontificate to the Palestinians what they should or shouldn’t do.

    • mrdown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Support for Palestinian factions: support for Hamas declines by 4-points while support for Fatah remains unchanged. The decline in support for Hamas came from the West Bank. Support for Fatah is higher in the Gaza Strip than in the West Bank and support for Hamas is also higher in the Gaza Strip than in the West Bank. In both areas, support for Hamas is higher than the support for Fatah.

      Support for Palestinian factions: support for Hamas declines by 4-points while support for Fatah remains unchanged. The decline in support for Hamas came from the West Bank. Support for Fatah is higher in the Gaza Strip than in the West Bank and support for Hamas is also higher in the Gaza Strip than in the West Bank. In both areas, support for Hamas is higher than the support for Fatah.

      Support for Palestinian leaders: If presidential elections were held between three candidates, Marwan Barghouti of Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, and Khalid Mishal of Hamas, Barghouti would receive 50% of the vote, followed by Khalid Mishal and Abbas.

      The release of Marwan Barghouti is supported by Hamas but not by the Palestinian Authority

      https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-palestinian-authority-oppose-marwan-barghouti-release-negotiations#%3A~%3Atext=The+source+added+that+senior%2Cof+PA+President+Mahmoud+Abbas.

      Demand for the resignation of president Abbas: About 1 in 5 Palestinians are satisfied with the performance of **President Abbas **and 81% want him to resign.

      When asked whether it supports or opposes the disarmament of Hamas in the Gaza Strip in order to stop the war on the Gaza Strip, an overwhelming majority (85% in the West Bank and 64% in the Gaza Strip) said it is opposed to that; only 18% support it.

      • acargitz@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        21·
        1 day ago

        Marwan Barghouti is a member of Fatah.

        The JCPA that you cite is a conservative Israeli think tank…

        Edit: You changed the citation.

        Sure Abbas doesn’t want him out, but Fatah is not Abbas and Abbas is not Fatah. Fatah is a mass organization.

        • mrdown@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Barghouti is one of the few good people left in Fatah and the PA refuse to release him. Fatah abandoned him . I also updated my link with a pro Palestine source instead. The JCPA still a proof that Israel use the PA while insulting it at the same time . Collaborators like Abass are not respected neither by Palestinians and neither by Israeli

          • acargitz@lemmy.caOPEnglish
            2·
            1 day ago

            I think we are not too divergent in our preferences here. We both support Barghouti. Abbas is a 90 year old mummy, one foot in the grave. Not that relevant much longer.

            • mrdown@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 day ago

              We both support Barghouti

              And Fatah do not support his release while Hamas does

              Abbas is a 90 year old mummy, one foot in the grave. Not that relevant much longer.

              He is going to be either replaced by another Puppet or Israel may decide to officially annexing the West Bank and dissolving the Palestinian Authority altogether