On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM, John Edmundson wrote: > > My guess would be that Hamas would do well if an election were held today.
My expectation is that most Palestinians are exhausted and demoralized by the war and that there would be a correspondingly high abstention rate in the unlikely event the Palestinians were allowed to hold a fair election. Patriotic enthusiasm typically leads the masses to rally behind their leaders when war breaks out, but to hold them to account if the ensuing carnage does not bring the promised victory. In this case, none of the historic objectives of the Palestinians have been met and are probably further away than ever. Hamas boldly attempted a jailbreak in Operation al-Aqsa Flood, but It wouldn't surprise me if the growing despair and disillusionment with the largely unforeseen catastrophic consequences, as reported by DW last August has, if anything, deepened. https://www.dw.com/en/has-palestinians-perception-of-hamas-changed/a-70021640 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34698): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34698 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110643656/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
