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The high-stakes battle over understanding Palestinian public opinion in Israel
The top Palestinian pollster has consistently found that support for Hamas is widespread in Gaza and the West Bank, but the IDF said the findings in Gaza were manipulated by the terrorist group
In March, the highly regarded Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki set out to survey Palestinian public opinion about the brutal attack carried out by Hamas on Oct. 7. The poll, published by Shikaki’s Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research,...