Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Most Palestinians want an 'armed intifada,' not stabbings

Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades terrorists (illustration)
Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades terrorists (illustration)
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A new opinion poll among Arab residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza indicates that the Palestinian Arabs want the current wave of terror attacks to shift from stabbings to an armed intifada, calling for more shootings and bombings.

Support for knife attacks dropped from 67% last December to 58% this month, and that figure is even lower (44%) when only looking in Judea and Samaria where most of the Arab terrorists have come from in the current onslaught.

According to the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR), which conducted the research that was cited by Ma'an News Agency on Tuesday a day after being published, the drop in support for stabbings comes due to a perception that the brutal attacks lack efficiency. READ MORE