[IMPORTANT] Hamas launches foot assault against settlements.

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The problem is that the majority of those Palestinians surveyed on the west bank supported the "unprovoked" rape and murder of Israeli civilians on Oct 7 meaning its their retrospective view that terror against Jewish civilians is legitimate before the current conflict.

I imagine the views in Gaza would be worse. The specific thing that shocked the world on Oct 7 was the absolute brutality inflicted on civilians that came out of nowhere. I'm not a psychologist but to me that represents a very deep hatred

The problem is that the majority of those Palestinians surveyed on the west bank supported the "unprovoked" rape and murder of Israeli civilians on Oct 7

One thing we don't know is how the attack was reported in their news media. I suspect that that aspect of the attack may have been downplayed.

If Palestinians seem worse to you than the average person, it's probably because you (we) don't have all the facts or because personal bias is at work. People are people.

One thing we don't know is how the attack was reported in their news media. I suspect that the attacks on Israeli civilians, and any other aspect of Hamas's behavior that could be seen as a war crime, may have been downplayed.

It's probably hard to feel remorse for Israel when one's general vicinity is being turned to rubble and people are dying and facing/experiencing extreme suffering on a massive scale at this very moment. People can't focus on the plight of others amid such conditions.

All I saw on Oct 7 from Palestinians was cheering in the streets (before the IDF retribution)

It doesn't surprise me at all that that's all you saw.

According to the poll, 65% support a broad invasion of Gaza and 51% support a broad military operation against Hezbollah, and 80% demand that Netanyahu bear responsibility for the political and security failures, while his popularity and the popularity of his coalition decline significantly.



65% of citizens in Israel supported launching a large-scale ground military operation in the Gaza Strip, while 21% opposed it, and 14% said that they had no opinion about that, according to a poll published by the newspaper “Maariv” today, Friday, and showed that there was no difference in positions between Likud party voters and Yesh Atid party voters.

Also, 51% called for a broad military operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon under the pretext of responding to the firing of missiles towards northern Israel, and 30% supported launching a local military operation against Hezbollah.



A large majority, 80%, believed that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, should bear responsibility for the security and political failures that led to the Hamas movement’s success in launching a large, sudden attack in southern Israel on October 7th.



69% of Likud voters said that Netanyahu should announce that he bears responsibility for these failures. This comes after ministers, security and military officials announced that they bear responsibility for this failure, while Netanyahu has so far refrained from doing so.



The decline in Netanyahu's popularity continued this week, and it was found that 28% prefer that Netanyahu assume the position of prime minister, while 49% said that they prefer that the head of the "National Camp" bloc, Benny Gantz, assume this position.



The poll also showed that the popularity of the current coalition parties is still declining, and that if elections were held for the Knesset now, the coalition parties would have won 43 seats, even though they are represented today by 64 seats. Opposition parties will obtain 77 seats in new elections, or 68 seats without the Arab parties.



65% said they were optimistic about Israel's future, while 25% said they were pessimistic about its future. The percentage of optimists decreases and the percentage of pessimists increases among secular Jews.



Source: Arab 48

People can't focus on the plight of others amid such conditions.

Trying to put Palestinians views through the lens of western morals and ethics seems like a waste of time

I'm not a journalist but I am yet to see a single Palestinian on camera show remorse over the Oct 7 attacks.