Friday, August 11, 2006



New Fisk

Hizbollah's iron discipline is match for military machine

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US-funded I.D.F. policy to starve Palestinians and Lebanese into submission is raising support for Hamas and Hizbollah... Poll this week showsed that support for Hamas and Hizbullah among the Palestinians has increased over the past few weeks and that the number of those who believe in peace with Israel has dropped sharply....The poll, conducted by the Ramallah-based Near East Consulting group, covered more than 1,200 Palestinians living in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem....While about 76% of the Palestinians in June declared their support for a peaceful settlement with Israel, the percentage after five weeks dropped to 51%....For the first time, a majority of 55% agreed that Hamas should not change its position regarding the destruction of Israel. Even 29% of the Christian Palestinians share this view. ...The war in Lebanon has increased support for Hizbullah, with an overwhelming majority of 97% voicing their backing with the Shiite group. This position, according to the poll, is also held by 95% of the Christians...
Again, the Christian minority also appears to have been radicalized by the war in Lebanon, as 66% of them said that their support for Hizbullah was now stronger than ever. ...most Palestinians no longer see Israel as a peace partner. About 75% of those polled said they do not believe there is a peace partner for the Palestinians in Israel, as opposed to 71% who said that Israel does have a partner on the Palestinian side...Among Palestinian Christians, 63% also do not believe that the Palestinians have a peace partner in Israel....Asked about kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl Gilad Shalit, who is being held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas and other armed militias, about 91% of the Palestinian public does not believe he should be released unconditionally. The vast majority of the Palestinians, 70%, believe that an unconditional release will not make any difference as far as the Israeli attacks are concerned.

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Posted by Anonymous : 8/11/2006 08:34:00 PM