Transcript [00:00] What do the Palestinians, the Arabs in [00:03] Judea Samaria and the Gaza Strip [00:04] actually think right now? That's what [00:07] we're going to talk about in this video. [00:10] I want to introduce you to an [00:11] organization called the PCPSR, the [00:14] Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey [00:17] Research. This is a polling outfit, a [00:18] polling and research outfit. You know, [00:20] I'll just put them on the screen and and [00:22] uh you could I'll read you the [00:23] description uh right there and tell you [00:25] a little bit about them. Cuz that's what [00:27] we're going to be looking at. This is uh [00:28] uh a poll that they published on August [00:30] 12th. The Palestinian Center for Policy [00:32] and Survey Research is an independent [00:34] non-profit institution and think tank of [00:36] policy analysis and academic research. [00:38] It's based in Ramallah. [00:40] And uh just in case you think that it's [00:42] just like a propaganda arm of the [00:43] Palestinian Authority, it is not. Uh I [00:46] follow their polls. I've been following [00:47] their polls for years, and uh they [00:49] certainly wouldn't include a lot of the [00:51] results that they include in their [00:52] information if they were controlled by [00:55] the Palestinian Authority. They're [00:56] generally considered quite reliable. And [01:00] you know, especially since October 7th, [01:01] I've read every single poll that they [01:03] publish, and you can really track where [01:06] where the public opinion is. And uh what [01:08] I want to share with you is uh my is [01:11] what I thought was notable about this [01:14] poll. Uh we're going to pull out a few [01:15] of the a few of the data points and talk [01:17] about them and talk about what it means. [01:20] Okay, that's what we're going to do in [01:20] this video. So, it's a 19-page report. [01:23] I'm obviously not going to go through it [01:24] with you. I just I just highlighted a [01:26] few key points that I want to share. So, [01:29] let's start with my first highlight [01:30] here. [01:32] Um since the last poll, so the last poll [01:34] that they did before this one, this is [01:36] important, was I think 10 months prior. [01:38] I think it was done in October. [01:41] Is that 10 months? Yeah, it's about 10 [01:42] months. It was done in October of 2025. [01:45] So, it's been a while. And in October [01:47] 2025, this was if you remember what was [01:50] happening, we had just entered into the [01:53] the uh you know, the ceasefire [01:55] agreement, which brought the hostages [01:56] home and everything that that meant. And [01:58] now it's 10 months since then, and since [02:00] the previous poll, the first item that I [02:02] highlighted here, is that Hamas has [02:04] experienced a significant decline in [02:06] popularity. It's overall support has [02:09] fallen to 24% [02:11] compared with 35% 10 months earlier. [02:15] While Fatah, and let's get our let's get [02:17] our names right. The Palestinian [02:19] Authority, which was founded by Yasser [02:21] Arafat, and then when he died, was taken [02:23] over by Mahmoud Abbas, who still leads [02:25] it, who's 90 years old, [02:28] is functionally a one-party system, [02:31] meaning it's not really one party. There [02:32] are other parties that have seats in the [02:34] legislature, but Fatah is the [02:37] Palestinian Authority. It's the dominant [02:39] party. It's Yasser Arafat's [02:40] organization. It's Abbas's organization. [02:43] Uh and that's so so keep that in mind [02:45] when whenever you hear Fatah in here, [02:47] okay? [02:48] So, Fatah remains at 24% [02:52] in popularity. [02:53] Uh confidence in Hamas's ability to [02:56] represent Palestinians has also declined [02:58] from 41% to 28%. [03:01] While 44% now say that neither Hamas nor [03:05] Fatah deserves to lead. And those those [03:07] are really the only two large blocks, [03:08] the only two options. [03:10] Okay? 41% 10 months ago, 41% of [03:14] Palestinians still [03:15] uh still [03:17] uh [03:18] had confidence in Hamas's ability to [03:20] lead. And now that's down to 28%. Okay. [03:23] Let's move on. Just I'm just going to go [03:24] to the highlights that I pulled out [03:25] here. [03:27] Uh it So, there's supposed to be [03:29] Palestinian Authority elections, right? [03:31] They've been announced for November [03:32] 28th. [03:34] They're coming up. Uh those are not for [03:36] the presidency. They're only for the [03:37] legislature. Then they're they're uh [03:39] they've they've also announced, without [03:40] giving a date for them yet, that there's [03:42] going to be a second election for the [03:44] presidency that will take place [03:47] uh in sometime in 20 [03:49] 27. [03:51] Doesn't say if there are I don't think [03:53] they're actually going to happen. Who [03:54] knows what's going to happen in these in [03:56] these legislative elections, but that's [03:58] a separate topic. I talked about that a [03:59] little bit in the video that I made uh [04:02] about the Erdogan [04:04] about the Erdogan Abbas meeting the [04:06] other day. [04:07] But, regarding the elections, there's a [04:09] number of questions in here about the [04:10] the upcoming elections. [04:12] And look what it says here. If a new [04:14] Palestinian Authority presidential [04:16] election were held today [04:19] and the candidates were President [04:21] Mahmoud Abbas [04:22] Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya Khalil [04:25] al-Hayya and Fatah prisoner Marwan [04:29] Barghouti. He's sitting in an Israeli [04:30] prison for for his role in numerous [04:33] murders. [04:35] If those were the three candidates, [04:37] Barghouti would receive 54% [04:40] from among likely voters [04:42] followed by al-Hayya with 26% [04:46] and Abbas with 14%. So, the first thing [04:48] we see here is how unpopular Mahmoud [04:50] Abbas is. He's his uh he would get 14% [04:54] of the vote if there was an election [04:56] between these three. [04:57] Barghouti is extremely uh [04:59] you know, the terrorist Barghouti is [05:01] extremely popular. Hamas is down [05:04] uh to the Hamas leader al-Hayya is down [05:06] to 26%. Okay. But, notice what it said [05:09] in here is that this is among likely [05:11] voters. Well, how many likely voters are [05:13] there? [05:14] Well, let's go to this chart. [05:16] And this is the chart that accompanied [05:18] that paragraph. And they divide the [05:20] chart into into uh West Bank, which is [05:22] Judea and Samaria, Gaza Strip, and [05:24] total. But, take a look at this. Here's [05:26] the question. What if it's the same [05:27] question. What if the competition was [05:29] between Marwan Barghouti, Khalil [05:30] al-Hayya [05:31] and Mahmoud Abbas, to whom would you [05:33] vote? Now, in the earlier polls, they [05:35] had different they had the previous [05:37] leaders of Hamas who were alive at the [05:39] time or still or or still leader. [05:42] Um [05:44] so, they've and and they also have the [05:46] they have what's happened in these polls [05:48] September [05:49] 2023 [05:50] through August of 2026 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [05:55] different polls that have been done over [05:56] the last over the last 3 years. [05:59] Okay, so they do them every every so [06:01] often. But look at this total number. [06:04] In this chart, we don't just get likely [06:07] voters. We get everyone who was polled. [06:09] And look what it says here. So, we saw [06:11] in the in the result up top that [06:13] Barghouti would get 54% of the vote. But [06:16] look what it says here. [06:20] Here Barghouti Barghouti is the blue. [06:22] Barghouti would get 34% of the vote. 17% [06:29] 17% would go to Khalil al-Hayya of [06:32] Hamas, 9% to Mahmoud Abbas, [06:34] 36% [06:37] said I will not participate in the [06:38] elections. [06:40] And another 4% said I don't know which [06:42] one to choose. [06:43] Meaning not available. [06:45] Which means that 40% [06:49] of those polled [06:50] either said none of the above [06:54] or I'm not voting. 36% I'm not voting. [06:57] I'm not voting got more votes than any [06:59] of the than any of them. [07:05] And that is [07:06] that's a very high number. I'm not [07:08] participating in the election. [07:10] Okay. [07:11] Let's move on. I think that's very [07:13] significant. [07:14] Oh, this is This is a funny one. This is [07:17] if it's up to you, do you want to have [07:18] Abbas resign? So, the number currently [07:21] stands at [07:23] 79% say that he should resign. Okay, and [07:25] it's been hovering in the '80s and [07:27] '70s and '80s for a long long time. [07:30] Okay, here's another question about the [07:31] elections. If if new elections agreed [07:35] to by all factions are held today, and [07:38] the same lists that took part in the [07:41] last Palestinian legislative council [07:44] elections, meaning the last ones that [07:46] took place were [07:48] 20 years ago. [07:49] If all the same parties were running [07:51] this time, [07:52] for whom would you vote? And the options [07:54] are Fatah, [07:56] Hamas, which is now being called change [07:59] and reform, but it's Hamas, Fatah, [08:01] Hamas, [08:02] other parties, cuz [08:04] as I mentioned before, the only two [08:06] significant blocks are Fatah and Hamas, [08:08] and then you have these other smaller [08:09] parties, so they they lumped them all [08:11] together into one item here, third [08:14] parties, none of the above, and I will [08:17] not participate in the elections. So, [08:19] take a look at this. Look at this chart. [08:21] So, as of today, as of August 2026, the [08:24] total number for everyone, this is Judea [08:26] and Samaria, meaning West Bank and Gaza [08:28] together, [08:29] we have 21% who said that they would [08:31] vote for Fatah, [08:32] 19% would vote for Hamas, so they're [08:35] very close, [08:36] 11% would vote for someone else, [08:39] 14% said none of the above, [08:43] and 34% said I'm not participating in [08:46] the election. [08:49] So, when asked about this, this is not [08:50] the presidential election now, this is [08:51] the this is the legislative election, [08:54] a [08:55] that means that 48% [08:57] 48% [08:59] of those polled said I don't want to [09:01] vote for any of these guys or I'm not [09:03] even voting. [09:05] I'm not going to the elections at all or [09:06] I don't like any of them. [09:08] Think about that. [09:11] The one who scored the highest, the [09:12] party that scored the highest of the [09:14] available blocks, and it lumped all the [09:15] small parties together, they together [09:17] only got 11%. [09:20] 21% is the most that any party got. [09:23] When asked which political party or [09:24] political orientation they support, 24% [09:27] said they preferred Fatah, an identical [09:29] 24% preferred Hamas, 14% chose third [09:32] parties, and 38% said they supported [09:35] none of the above or did not know. 10 [09:37] months ago, 35% said they supported [09:40] Hamas. So, that's down. Hamas' support [09:42] is down. [09:44] And that's another significant point [09:45] about this chart. Hamas' support, Hamas [09:48] is orange. Okay, so take a look. [09:51] This is Hamas' support. It And uh [09:53] starting in December 2023, so we're [09:55] going to go after October 7th, 35%, 30%, [09:58] 32% in the 20s and now it's down to its [10:01] lowest point. It's still at 19%, but we [10:04] see Hamas' support is declining [10:07] significantly. These findings indicate [10:09] that support for Hamas has declined [10:10] substantially over the past 10 months by [10:12] 11 percentage points, while Fatah has [10:15] maintained roughly the same level of [10:16] support, about a quarter of the [10:18] population. Hamas' support declined by [10:20] 14 points in the West Bank and by eight [10:23] points in Gaza. [10:25] Okay, my next highlight is here. [10:27] In your opinion, in this war, who will [10:29] emerge victorious, Hamas or Israel? [10:33] And here, this is interesting in not in [10:35] light of where the number stands today [10:37] as much as in light of how it has [10:39] changed. Check this out. Look at this [10:42] number. So, the [10:44] the blue is that I believe that Hamas [10:46] will win the war. The orange is Israel. [10:49] And 14% here uh in December 2023, the [10:52] gray area is none of the above. [10:55] Um or or and and uh and the yellow is I [10:59] don't know. So, it's kind of the same as [11:01] none of the above, the gray and the [11:03] yellow. But check this out. In December [11:05] 2023, shortly after October 7th, 70% [11:10] of Palestinians believed that Hamas was [11:12] going to win the war. [11:14] And that started declining. [11:16] And you see how it declined throughout [11:17] the war. And the last time they [11:19] conducted a poll, October 2025, still [11:21] 39% [11:24] of Palestinians believed that Hamas was [11:25] going to win. [11:27] And where is that now? [11:29] 20%. [11:31] Okay, and in the [11:33] And that's And that 20% holds in the [11:35] Gaza Strip and in Judea and Samaria. [11:38] Very interesting. [11:39] So, you see that the confidence that [11:42] Hamas is successful, that Hamas can [11:44] support us, that Hamas is winning, [11:46] that Hamas is the answer, [11:48] is dropping significantly in this [11:50] population. And that's a good thing. [11:51] That doesn't mean that they're becoming [11:52] lovers of Israel, they are not, but it's [11:54] it's worth noting. [11:56] All right. And now we have a section [11:57] called Trust in the Board of Peace and [11:59] the National Committee for the [12:00] Administration of Gaza. The National [12:01] Committee for the Administration of [12:02] Gaza, that's the body that the Board of [12:04] Peace created of technocrats to run the [12:07] Gaza Strip. Okay, so look what it says [12:09] here. [12:12] If [12:13] the Palestinian election scheduled for [12:15] for November were held as planned and a [12:18] new government were formed, [12:20] only 28% [12:23] would prefer this elected government to [12:25] assume responsibility for administering [12:28] the Gaza Strip. Now, let me unpack that. [12:30] Think about what he what that just said. [12:33] Right now, [12:34] the Palestinian Authority [12:36] is trying to assert its its right [12:41] or its fitness to govern Gaza. [12:44] We saw this in the the video I made just [12:46] the other day about the Mahmoud Abbas [12:50] uh [12:50] Erdogan meeting in Turkey where they [12:53] were talking about the elections and and [12:55] about Gaza. [12:56] It was very clear that one of the main [12:59] points that both Erdogan and Abbas were [13:01] making in their speeches in that press [13:02] conference [13:04] was that [13:06] we want to assert Palestinian Authority [13:08] control over Gaza. [13:10] Right? And the And the Trump 20-point [13:13] plan [13:15] uh specifically says, "No, the [13:16] Palestinian Authority has to undergo [13:17] reforms before it can it can take over [13:19] Gaza." [13:21] But there's this narrative out there [13:22] that that's what the [13:24] that that's what the Palestinians want. [13:25] But look what it says here. If [13:26] Palestinian elections were held as [13:29] planned and a new government were [13:31] formed, [13:32] doesn't even ask who's in the [13:33] government. [13:35] Only 28% [13:38] want this government to assume [13:40] responsibility for administering the [13:42] Gaza Strip. [13:43] A larger percentage [13:47] would prefer the national committee to [13:49] remain responsible for Gaza. [13:52] And that percentage is much higher in [13:54] the Gaza Strip than in Judea and [13:56] Samaria, than in the West Bank. 43% of [13:59] Gazans [14:00] do not want the Palestinian Authority [14:02] involved. They want the national [14:04] committee, which is the Board of Peace, [14:06] to remain responsible for Gaza. They [14:07] believe they have a better shot. You [14:09] see, [14:12] people aren't stupid. [14:14] They know [14:15] that they're not always going to be 100% [14:17] truthful in how they answer things. [14:18] These people are often very afraid, so [14:20] they're very they're very guarded in [14:21] what they say quite often. But, [14:25] think about this. [14:27] These people live under Hamas or they [14:29] live under the Palestinian Authority. [14:31] They know how corrupt these people are. [14:33] Well, I mean, in this in this poll it [14:35] also shows that like 83% of Palestinians [14:37] believe the Palestinian Authority is [14:39] corrupt, which it is. Which is what [14:41] which is one of the reforms they're [14:42] supposed to go through is clean up the [14:43] corruption. [14:45] But, they they don't want to live under [14:47] more of these corrupt guys. The National [14:50] Committee for the Administration of [14:51] Gaza, they're not I mean, [14:55] they're under the Board of Peace. [14:57] They're un- they're there's this [14:59] oversight by the Trump administration [15:00] and by other international bodies. They [15:03] prefer that to their own people [15:06] governing them because they know [15:09] they know how bad they are. [15:12] 34% do not prefer either option. It's [15:15] worth noting that support is worth [15:17] That's another one. So, even the ones [15:18] who don't want [15:20] the National Committee or the Board of [15:22] Peace running things, they they still [15:23] don't want the Palestinian Authority [15:25] coming in there to run things. [15:27] It's worth noting that support for the [15:29] establishment of the national committee [15:31] stood at 51% in Gaza and 41% in the West [15:34] Bank 10 months ago. Okay. [15:37] Oh, this was this was interesting. Um [15:41] Look at this. [15:42] They're pulling them about how various [15:45] regional actors [15:47] behaved during the war and what and what [15:49] they thought of them. [15:50] Among Arab and regional actors, the [15:52] highest level of satisfaction is with [15:55] the Houthis in Yemen [15:57] as found in our previous surveys, 61% [16:02] 61% have a [16:04] have meaning when when they were asked [16:05] to rate [16:07] the behavior of various regional [16:09] countries, regional actors, and how how [16:11] favorable their behavior was, the [16:14] highest scoring country to Palestinians, [16:17] the the country that they are most fond [16:20] of, they have the most satisfaction for [16:21] how they've behaved [16:23] is the Houthis in Yemen. [16:26] Think about that. [16:27] 61% [16:29] followed by Qatar [16:31] at 51%, Hezbollah at 50%, and Iran. [16:35] These are the nations that are admired [16:39] by the Palestinian people. [16:40] These findings indicate an increase in [16:42] satisfaction with Iran, stable levels of [16:45] satisfaction with the Houthis and [16:46] Hezbollah, and a significant decline in [16:49] satisfaction with Qatar compared with 10 [16:52] months ago. [16:55] See that? [16:56] So, the Palestinian people, yeah, [16:58] they're becoming So far, what have we [16:59] seen? They're becoming dissatisfied with [17:01] Hamas. They're just they're certainly [17:03] very dissatisfied with the Palestinian [17:05] Authority. But as I said, that doesn't [17:06] mean that they're becoming pro-Israel. [17:08] Not at all. They're not moving in our [17:09] direction. [17:10] They They're the the foreign entity they [17:13] admire most, they're most happy with, is [17:16] the Houthis, [17:18] followed by Qatar, Hezbollah, and Iran. [17:20] Okay, so they're still very much in [17:22] favor of the mortal enemies of Israel [17:24] and the United States. [17:26] Of the Islamists, that's where these [17:28] people are. They just [17:30] they also can't stand their own [17:32] leadership. [17:33] Okay, that's where they are so far. What [17:35] else do we see? Among international [17:37] actors outside the region, Spain [17:40] received the highest level of [17:41] satisfaction. Spain! Of all the foreign [17:43] nations. [17:45] They asked them, "What Which foreign [17:46] nations have received the highest level [17:47] of [17:48] satisfaction?" Spain. [17:50] Spain who refused to let Trump [17:53] uh [17:54] you know, use use his terri- you know, [17:56] use their territory in the war. [18:00] Spain has become one of the most [18:02] anti-Israel countries in the world. [18:04] Spain. Maybe that's why they got the [18:05] level of satisfaction at the highest, [18:07] followed by China [18:09] at 40%. President Trump is at 5%. 10 [18:12] months ago, satisfaction with Spain was [18:14] at 35 and China at 34. So, Spain has [18:16] taken a bigger leap forward. China's [18:18] also leaped forward. So, these are So, [18:20] the Palestinians, they love the Houthis. [18:24] They love Iran. They love Hezbollah. [18:25] They love Spain. They love China. [18:30] That's where these people are at. [18:32] A And And here we have a section, [18:34] domestic conditions. Check this out. [18:37] A majority of 65% compared with 56% 10 [18:41] months ago. So, it's gone from [18:43] uh slightly over half to [18:46] 2/3 [18:47] believe that Palestinian that the [18:49] Palestinian Authority has become a [18:51] burden on the Palestinian people. [18:55] Only 29% compared with 40% 10 months ago [18:59] believe that it is an achievement for [19:01] the Palestinian people. [19:05] See that? [19:06] They don't even want the Palestinian [19:08] Authority. The largest share of the [19:10] public, 33%, say that the elections of [19:13] Fatah's eighth general conference [19:15] produced little meaningful change in the [19:17] movement's leadership because Fatah, [19:18] then the largest party, just had this [19:21] their internal elections and basically [19:25] a third of the public said it doesn't [19:26] mean anything. 10% say the leadership [19:29] has become better, 16% say it's become [19:31] worse, 42% say they didn't follow the [19:35] conference proceedings and have no [19:36] opinion about them. [19:38] That's the largest number. [19:41] Meaning, when it said the largest share [19:43] of the public says that the produced [19:45] little meaningful change, that's not [19:46] even accurate cuz 42% didn't even [19:48] participate in this [19:49] in this question. They basically said, [19:51] "What What do you mean? I've no opinion. [19:53] I didn't even follow." [19:56] So, 42% they didn't said they didn't [19:58] even follow the elections of the largest [20:00] party [20:02] that governs the Palestinian Authority [20:03] and another 33% said that they that they [20:06] don't that the elections don't mean [20:07] anything. [20:08] So, 75% of the people [20:11] in this poll [20:13] said [20:14] either I didn't follow [20:16] or it means nothing. This is the largest [20:18] party, the party that governs them. [20:20] The situation is not very different [20:21] regarding Hamas elections, which [20:23] resulted in the selection of Khalil [20:24] al-Hayya as the movement's leader. 30% [20:26] said the elections produced no change in [20:28] Hamas's leadership, 14% said the [20:30] leadership has become better, 13% said [20:33] it became worse, 43% said they didn't [20:35] follow the Hamas elections and have no [20:37] opinion about them. 43% of Palestinians [20:39] said they couldn't care less who was [20:41] elected leader of Hamas, they didn't [20:42] even follow it. [20:46] Okay? [20:47] Um last couple things. [20:52] Uh support for two-state solution is [20:55] down to [20:57] is down to 44%. Well, it's it's been [20:59] around there for a while. It's at 44%. [21:02] Okay? [21:04] And look at this. [21:06] When asked about support for opposition [21:07] to specific political measures intended [21:09] to break the current deadlock, [21:11] 67% supported joining additional [21:14] international organizations, 54% you [21:16] could answer multiple answers in this [21:18] question. [21:19] Uh 54% supported resorting to nonviolent [21:22] popular resistance, 36% supported a [21:24] return to confrontations and armed [21:26] intifada. [21:27] 51% [21:29] supported dissolving the Palestinian [21:32] Authority, dissolving it. [21:35] Dissolving the Palestinian Authority. [21:39] I mean, [21:40] let's think about the in the big picture [21:41] like [21:42] from everything I've shown you here, [21:43] this each data point, let's [21:46] adding more and more color to our [21:48] understanding of where is Palestinian [21:50] society right now. [21:54] They love Qatar, Iran, Hezbollah, [21:57] Spain, China. This is who they look to [21:59] as their saviors, as [22:01] their they have no use for their own [22:04] leaders at all. [22:06] Hamas's popularity is declining. [22:09] Um Fatah's popularity has been low for a [22:12] long time and isn't doing much better. [22:15] The largest number when asked who you [22:17] would vote for is I'm not participating [22:19] in the election. [22:21] That's the largest number. [22:23] And this isn't not participating the way [22:25] a lot of people in in prosperous Western [22:27] nations don't vote because, you know, [22:29] life is okay and they and it doesn't [22:30] mean enough to them. These are people [22:32] that there's a lot riding on who's [22:33] leading them. [22:35] And they're saying I don't even want to [22:36] participate in this thing. That's that [22:37] that's the largest number. [22:41] >> [sighs and gasps] [22:42] >> So, where are these people? [22:45] Where are these people right now? They [22:47] want to dissolve the Palestinian [22:48] Authority, the majority of them. A [22:50] majority of them want to dissolve the [22:52] Palestinian Authority. I'd be in favor. [22:54] I don't know if they want what's coming [22:55] next. [22:58] Figure 10, in your view, what is the [23:00] best means of achieving Palestinian [23:02] goals in ending the occupation and [23:03] building an independent state. So, this [23:05] one's interesting for the trajectory. [23:08] What's the best way to move forward to [23:11] end the occup- the occupation and [23:12] achieve a Palestinian state? So, look at [23:14] this. So, each each line here is a [23:17] different poll, right? And this is the [23:18] total, and then we have the Gaza Strip [23:19] and the West Bank separated. But, look [23:21] at this. In in the polling from [23:23] September 2022 till August 2026, [23:26] the large there has been a significant [23:29] growth [23:30] in negotiations. [23:33] Wanting to negotiate as a as a way of [23:35] solving your problems [23:38] was [23:40] it was at 30% in September 2022. [23:43] It dropped down to 20%, [23:46] and it was in the 20s [23:48] into mid-2024, and then it's been [23:50] steadily rising, and it's now at its [23:52] highest ever recorded. 44% want [23:55] negotiations. [23:57] An additional 19% want peaceful popular [24:00] resistance. [24:01] Put those two numbers together, and you [24:04] have [24:05] over 60% well over 60% [24:09] who want either negotiations or a [24:11] peaceful resistance. [24:13] And armed struggle, which means [24:16] terrorism, is at its lowest ever. It's [24:18] at 27%, and it always was over 40 and [24:21] usually over 50% over the last couple [24:23] years. And not only is it not over 40% [24:26] or over 50%, it's at 27%. [24:29] Okay, so [24:30] this is this is this is a this is a [24:33] positive sign. [24:34] There seems to be a lot of confusion in [24:35] these people, which is understandable. [24:37] They know what's not working. They know [24:39] that armed struggle is not working for [24:41] them. They know that negotiations will [24:43] probably be a better path. [24:46] They know that. [24:47] Because violence hasn't worked. This is [24:50] a good sign. The fact that since that [24:52] now that the dust is settling and thing [24:54] and and it's it's it they're realizing [24:56] that Hamas did not win. Remember I [24:58] showed you that graphic earlier in the [25:00] poll about how where they used to [25:03] believe that Hamas would win the war, [25:04] now that's at that's a shrinking number [25:07] of people think that Hamas is successful [25:09] since October 7th. Hamas is losing [25:11] popularity. Armed struggle, meaning [25:14] violence as a method as a political [25:16] tool, is at its lowest popularity. But [25:19] again, that doesn't mean that they're [25:20] becoming pro-Israel. They still love [25:22] love [25:24] you know, the Houthis and the Iranians [25:26] and the and the Chinese Communist Party. [25:29] So, it's interesting. We see how how [25:31] things are shifting here. [25:33] Um [25:35] The recent war between the United States [25:37] and Iran. This is I think the last one I [25:39] have here on the list. Yeah, this is on [25:40] the on the last page. We asked [25:41] respondents about their position toward [25:43] Iran, whether they were with or against [25:46] Iran during the recent war between the [25:48] United States and Iran, which resulted [25:50] in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz [25:52] and retaliatory attacks by the US bases [25:54] in the region or against US bases in the [25:56] region, particularly in several Gulf [25:58] countries. [25:59] 45% said that they were with Iran. [26:02] 12% say that they were against Iran, [26:05] while 40% say they were neither with [26:07] Iran nor with the United States. [26:09] Okay, so we see where this [26:11] where this population is. [26:13] Um [26:14] and uh yeah, that's what I wanted to [26:16] share with you in this video. I I I [26:17] found it interesting. Um [26:20] you know, let me know what you think. [26:21] Like, where do you What do you think [26:22] these numbers say? You can also go to [26:24] the go to the website of PCPSR [26:27] and you can you can download the 19-page [26:29] report yourself or you can read the [26:30] summary of it. But in the summary, [26:32] you're just going to get really [26:33] cherry-picked statistics and you're not [26:35] going to see these graphs and some of [26:37] the trends in here are obfuscated by [26:39] what they cherry-pick in the top line. [26:42] That's where the propaganda piece [26:43] slightly comes in, where, you know, what [26:46] you know, what they choose to emphasize [26:48] in their summary of the report. That's [26:49] why I I read these things in full. [26:52] Um but we see that the here's here's my [26:54] takeaway. We see the [26:57] the you know, the Palestinian Arabs, the [26:59] the Arabs of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza [27:02] are going through a very difficult [27:04] transition. Obviously, life is rough [27:06] there. They know what do they know? They [27:08] know that the leadership structures they [27:10] have are terrible. [27:12] They know that they have failed them. [27:14] They don't want [27:16] they don't want Fatah ruling them [27:17] anymore. That's you know, Arafat, Abbas, [27:19] they don't want them ruling them [27:20] anymore. [27:22] They Hamas still has some popularity, [27:24] but they don't want them ruling them [27:25] them anymore either. [27:27] Um the largest number when asked about [27:29] the elections was saying, "I don't even [27:30] want to participate." [27:33] Okay, this is where they are, but at the [27:35] same time they're still very [27:38] anti-America, very anti-Israel. [27:40] Um [27:41] but they also don't believe that [27:43] violence is going to solve the problem [27:44] for them anymore. [27:46] So, this is you know, there's some [27:47] interesting opportunities here. We see a [27:49] society in transition. [27:51] And uh yeah, that's it. That's what I [27:52] wanted to share with you. I hope you [27:53] find it interesting. [27:55] God bless.
