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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Also, I think as much as Gazans blame Israel, they arent too happy with Hamas right now either. If there was ever a time to help them get new leadership, this would be it. [/quote]

You have no basis for such a statement. This is simply wishful thinking on your part. There is no way for you to have any idea who Gazans blame (or for me to know for that matter).[/quote]

My basis are these articles

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/gaza-public-rejects-hamas-wants-ceasefire
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/25/war-weary-gazans-lash-out-at-hamas-over-refusal-cease-fire/
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4555631,00.html[/quote]

The first two links are based on the same "poll" conducted by a pro-Israel think tank who didn't even reveal the identity of the pollster. I would take those results with a grain of salt. Do you seriously think an accurate poll could have been conducted during the past month?

The third link -- and a huge number of similar articles -- all trace back to a website in Egypt that is pro-Sisi. Of course, Sisi opposes Hamas. There is no independent confirmation of the beating, who did it, or why they did it. Moreover, a single anecdote is hardly authoritative.

You may be right and Hamas has lost popularity. My instinct is that the opposite is true. Regardless, I stand by my original point that it is impossible to know at this point.
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