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Thread #47925   Message #734186
Posted By: CarolC
21-Jun-02 - 06:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: Who are the terrorists? Part 113
Subject: RE: BS: Who are the terrorists? Part 113
Looks like you're twisting the truth a bit there GUEST. According to the polls you mentioned, the recent incursions into the occupied territories actually caused an increase in radicalization among Palestinians. So the survey you cite shows pretty conclusively that the Israeli government's policies toward the Palestinians has caused the increase in terrorism.

Just as I said it would.

Effects of Israeli incursion policy on Palestinian public opinion

* The recent Israeli incursion policy influenced Palestinian public opinion on various levels. The Israeli incursions caused an increase in support for Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Fateh Movement and Hamas Movement, while causing a decrease in support for the Palestinian Authority, security agencies and negotiations.

In answering a question on how did the incursion raids influence your position of the following,
38.4 percent said it increased their support of President Arafat as opposed to 34.2 percent who said their support of Arafat decreased.
42.7 percent increased their support of Fateh, while 26 percent decreased their support.
58.9 percent increased their support of Hamas, while 13.1 percent decreased their support.
65.6 percent increased their support to suicide operations, while 14.8 percent decreased their support.
16 percent increased their support for the Palestinian Authority, while 49.1 percent decreased their support.
16.7 percent increased their support of the security agencies, while 52.2 decreased their support.
12.3 percent increased their support of negotiations with Israeli, while 60.6 percent decreased their support.

* Those interviewed were divided on their opinions towards the performance of Palestinian Authority institutions during the incursions wherein 44.5 percent considered that within the limited capabilities it was not possible for the institutions to work better, while 43.3 percent considered the performance of these institutions during the incursion disappointing. Only 6.4 percent considered the performance at its best. There was a more positive evaluation of Arafat's performance during the incursion when 27.7 percent said his performance was good and 14.4 percent said it was bad. Meanwhile, 26 percent said Arafat's performance was medium (in between).

http://www.jmcc.org/publicpoll/results/2002/no45.htm