During its operations in Gaza, the IDF uncovered evidence that Hamas had manipulated poll results from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) to create a misleading impression of support for the group.
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According to the IDF, polls released in March were distorted by Hamas. One poll asked, “Who do you think will win this war?” and falsely reported that 56% of respondents supported Hamas, while only 18% supported Israel. In reality, 30% supported Hamas and 52.2% believed Israel would win the war.
Another poll compared potential presidential candidates Mahmoud Abbas and Ismail Haniyeh. Hamas distorted the results, which actually showed Abbas with 25.8% support compared to Haniyeh’s 21.3%, by claiming that 48% favored Haniyeh and only 22% supported Abbas.
In a survey on leadership satisfaction, 31.9% of respondents approved of Hamas, and 22.1% supported Sinwar. The manipulated results misleadingly claimed that Hamas had a 62% approval rating and that 52% approved of Yahya Sinwar, the current Hamas leader.
