No, the Palestinians Did Not Vote for More Terrorism in the 2006 Elections
No, the Palestinians Did Not Vote for More Terrorism in the 2006 Elections MIKE WHITNEY https://twitter.com/TvTecpro/status/1754107896118305157 Is this statement true or false: Israel is justified in flattening Gaza because the Palestinians elected Hamas in 2006 which proves they support terrorism. True False The answer is “2”. The 2006 elections do not prove that the Palestinians support terrorism. Quite the contrary. What the polling data shows is that the majority of people voted on issues completely unrelated to terrorism. Here’s what they voted for: Safety and Security (37%) Decreased Corruption (25%) What a surprise, eh? So, the Palestinians want the same thing that people want everywhere; More security and less corruption. No one—and I mean no one—voted for Hamas because they thought the group would instigate more bloody confrontations with Israel. The fact that “safety and security” were the Number 1 issue, shows that there’s no appetite for more conflict at all. Palestin...