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[-] tony@lemmy.stad.social 5 points 1 year ago

Check the statistics I linked though and you’ll find that 50% of Palestinians don’t want peace as long as israel exist.

From your link:

Moreover, half (50%) agreed with the following proposal: “Hamas should stop calling for Israel’s destruction, and instead accept a permanent two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.”

That does not support your claim, because people were not asked about what you claim, and it's grossly dishonest to suggest they answered based on your characterization.

The question is two-pronged, asking both whether Hamas should change their demands and then narrowing the possible solution down to one specific peace alternative that we know many Palestinians would be deeply unhappy with, given that it would mean substantial territorial concessions and might well also have been interpreted as largely giving up the very thorny right of return demand.

Nothing in this question asks people to agree or disagree to "peace as long as Israel exist".

A more reasonable interpretation is that half of Gazans are support substantial concessions before even starting any negotiations by expressing support for a kind of peace that'd involve the Palestinian side giving up on big territorial claims from the outset.

When you misrepresent the numbers this way, why should anyone listen to you?

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