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Hamas was unpopular in Gaza before it attacked Israel – surveys showed Gazans cared more about fighting poverty than armed resistance

  • Written by Nathan French, Associate Professor of Religion, Miami University
imageWho speaks for the Palestinians of Gaza? Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

Amid the escalation of the Israel-Hamas war, observers in the region and internationallycontinue to make assumptions about Gazan public support for Hamas.

Mistaken assumptions such as those by U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, claiming that all Gazans are “anti...

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