Palestinians Express Strong Support for October 7 Massacre, Hamas

A latest ballot exhibits vital Palestinian help for the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas and its October 7 bloodbath — the deadliest in opposition to Jewish individuals because the Nazi Holocaust, which noticed the torture, rape, execution, and abduction of tons of of Israeli civilians — whereas almost three-quarters favor the elimination of Israel, with the creation of a Palestinian state “from the river to the sea” in its stead.
A latest poll by Birzeit University’s Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD) exhibits robust Palestinian help for Hamas and the October 7 assault in opposition to Israel.
In the West Bank, 83.1% of Palestinian respondents supported the assault, whereas in Gaza, the determine was 63.6%.
In the West Bank, simply 6.9% opposed the assault, whereas 8.4% had been impartial; and in Gaza solely 20.9% opposed the assault, whereas 14.4% had been impartial.
A Palestinian public opinion ballot by Arab World for Research and Development, in Ramallah, exhibits:
➡️83% of West Bank Palestinians ‘extraordinarily help’ or ‘help considerably’ Hamas’s antisemitic bloodbath on Oct. 7.
➡️Only 7% oppose it.
Think about that. pic.twitter.com/pls6jI3HpG
— CAMERA UK (@CAMERAorgUK) November 18, 2023
Overall, 75% of Palestinian respondents agreed with the assault, whereas 74.7% favored a single Palestinian state “from the river to the sea” instead of Israel.
— Claudia Tenney (@claudiatenney) November 17, 2023
Minimal variations had been famous between Palestinian males (75.2%) and ladies (74.9%) of their help for the October 7 assault.
Respondents confirmed robust help for the army wings of assorted terrorist teams: Palestinian Islamic Jihad (84%), al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (80%), and al-Qassam Brigades (89%), with Hamas general receiving 76%.
The Tuesday ballot surveyed 668 Palestinians within the West Bank and Gaza Strip “during the fourth week” of the continued Israel-Hamas conflict “through tablet-assisted, face-to-face interviews,” in line with AWRAD’s press launch, which famous that “the poll’s sample includes all socioeconomic groups, ensuring equal representation of adult men and women, and is proportionately distributed across the West Bank and Gaza.”
The survey finally revealed that Palestinian society exhibits better unity on this subject than the worldwide neighborhood.
Last month, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) asserted, “Anyone who claims to support the people of Gaza but not Hamas should remember that Gazans elected Hamas.”
Anyone who claims to help the individuals of Gaza however not Hamas ought to do not forget that Gazans elected Hamas.
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) October 24, 2023
“At some point, some will have to reconcile themselves to the fact that while many Palestinian civilians did not take part in the massacre, many almost certainly cheered it,” wrote Erielle Davidson, senior coverage analyst with JINSA. “The savagery and rot that pervades the Hamas terrorist is not exclusive to the terrorists themselves. Same animating hatred.”
World-renowned army historian and professor Dr. Victor Davis Hanson argued that the “picture of eager civilian involvement was apparently confirmed by videos that emerged from the Gazan street, as the Israeli captives and dead were spit upon, struck, and reviled by civilian mobs — at least in the heady days after news of the easy killing of Jews in Israeli but before the IDF aerial response.”
“No doubt public opposition to Hamas is impossible for Gazans; but the idea that a vast majority of civilians became sickened by Hamas and ashamed of their subhuman killing is so far not demonstrable,” he added.
The Hamas One-Eyed Jack
Gruesome particulars of the October 7 Hamas assault on Israeli civilians proceed to come back to mild. Hamas gunmen who’ve been captured or discovered wounded are fairly candid in taped interviews about their killing spree. They apparently stay unapologetic about…
— Victor Davis Hanson (@VDHanson) October 25, 2023
Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis proclaimed, “If you look at how [Palestinian civilians] behave — not all of them are Hamas, but… none of them believe in Israel’s right to exist.”
Conservative pundit Brigitte Gabriel shared what she termed the “sad truth” that the Palestinians in Gaza “mostly support what Hamas is doing,” and even those that disagree with Hamas “hate the Jews so badly — they are collectively antisemites.”
The Palestinians in Gaza principally help what Hamas is doing. It’s the unhappy reality. pic.twitter.com/95jUgDvFaa
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) October 18, 2023
Hamas’ bloodbath acquired broad help from Palestinian factions throughout the board, with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad participating in it, the “moderate” Fatah expressing help, and the official Palestinian Authority (PA) pledging to pay almost $3 million to the households of slain Hamas terrorists who executed the bloodbath.
Palestinian politician Major General Issam Abu Bakr, who served as governor of the Palestinian metropolis of Tulkarem, (*7*) his perception in unanimous help for the assault, saying “I do not think there is a single Palestinian who does not support what happened.”
An further ballot from March carried out by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research within the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, found that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians — almost seventy % — expressed help for the creation of armed terrorist teams to assault the Jewish state.
A earlier ballot carried out by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) revealed {that a} whopping 93 % of Palestinians maintain antisemitic beliefs.
We must make conflict to show that we’re stronger than the Jews,
says a little bit Palestinian schoolgirl in a Gaza faculty. pic.twitter.com/5XAVpZqKMJ
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 12, 2023
While the depth of help for Hamas among the many tens of millions of Palestinians within the West Bank and Gaza is tough to precisely measure although polls, quite a few movies depict a supportive response of the Palestinian avenue to information of the bloodbath.
As Breitbart News reported, instantly after phrase of the assaults bought out, Palestinians at residence and overseas had been seen celebrating jubilantly.
Photos and movies uploaded to social media present Palestinian crowds greeting the returning executioners as heroes and burning seized Israeli automobiles within the streets of Gaza.
Others present Palestinians rallying, handing out sweets, and firing weapons within the air.
Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank Celebrate on October 7, Hand Out Sweets, Fire Guns within the Air, following Hamas’s Invasion and Massacre within the Gaza Envelope #Palestinians #Hamas #Gaza #Israel pic.twitter.com/hox5P91DkM
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) October 29, 2023
Ordinary Palestinian civilians weren’t simply seen celebrating the bloodbath, however actively collaborating in it, with full mobs captured on movie pouring throughout the breached border to participate within the killing and raping of innocents, and the looting of their property.
October seventh: After the primary wave of Hamas terrorists, odd Palestinian “civilians” entered Israel to participate in lynching, looting, mutilating, and burning. Some of them with their swords for beheadings 👇 pic.twitter.com/kBrGTdx33p
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) November 2, 2023
According to IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus, vital numbers of Palestinians unaffiliated with terror teams entered Israel and took part within the atrocities alongside the terrorists.
In addition, Gadi Yarkoni, the mayor of the Eshkol Regional Council, informed the Free Beacon that the “second wave of Arabs who came into the country were just as cruel as the terrorists of the first wave.”
“We saw that it was not only Hamas who came to slaughter us,” he added. “It was all the residents of Gaza, including people who worked in our kibbutzim.”
However, in latest days, an increasing number of Palestinians seem like popping out in opposition to Hamas.
In one clip, an aged Palestinian fleeing his residence lashes out at “Arab traitors,” whereas insisting “the Jews are kind with us.”
75 year-old Palestinian fleeing his residence, tells Al Jazeera:
“Arab traitors are conspiring against us. Arabs, and only Arabs are betraying us. The Jews are kind with us.”
— American.357 (@ASimplePatriot) November 13, 2023
Another exhibits a person telling an Al-Jazeera reporter that Hamas can “go to hell and hide there instead.”
Al-Jazeera reporter interviews a wounded aged man at a Gaza hospital about how he bought harm.
His reply?
“Why is Hamas hiding amongst us civilians? Why don’t they go to hell and conceal there as a substitute?”
The reporters rapidly ends the interview…. pic.twitter.com/nB1EOOxY8l
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 14, 2023
In one other clip, one Gaza resident is seen publicly chanting in opposition to Hamas within the midst of a public official’s press convention.
The disruption of Gaza Interior Ministry Spokesman Iyad al Bozum wherein a resident overtly chanted in opposition to Hamas is being thought to be one of many first excessive profile public dissents.
But the person who disrupted the press convention at al Shifa has not been heard from since. pic.twitter.com/OmS18C8aJE
— Gaza Report – اخبار غزة (@gaza_report) November 9, 2023
One lady in Gaza, mourning a cherished one’s dying, was seen overtly blaming the “dogs of Hamas,” earlier than being swiftly silenced.
A grieving lady in Gaza was caught on digital camera blaming the “dogs of Hamas” for the dying of a cherished one in Gaza and was rapidly and forcefully silenced.
Palestinians below the Hamas regime don’t have any freedom of speech and will be punished for talking out in opposition to Hamas. Israel is… pic.twitter.com/FOZxjvxjDW— Bassem Eid (@realbassemeid) November 3, 2023
The matter follows Hamas’ multi-pronged assault final month that noticed some 3,000 terrorists burst into Israel by land, sea, and air and gun down contributors at an outside music competition whereas others went door to door looking for Jewish males, girls, and youngsters in native cities who had been then topic to torture, rape, execution, immolation, and kidnapping.
These angels had been kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. pic.twitter.com/Wm3HhL9rl1
— Azzat Alsalem (@AzzatAlsaalem) October 30, 2023
The bloodbath, which drew parallels to scenes from the Nazi Holocaust, resulted in additional than 1,200 useless contained in the Jewish state, over 5,300 extra wounded, and a minimum of 241 hostages of all ages taken.
The overwhelming majority of the victims are civilians and embody dozens of American residents.
Joshua Klein is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jklein@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter @JoshuaKlein.