FTR
'Those calling for a ceasefire in Gaza really need to understand that there WAS a ceasefire, signed in June. Hamas broke it on Oct 7th. As they broke the one before that, and the one before that, and the one before that. As they will break the next one'
"Over the past two weeks, when I talked to Arab officials throughout the region whom I have long known, every single one told me that Hamas must be destroyed in Gaza."
(Unlocked article)
I Might Have Once Favored a Cease-Fire With Hamas, but Not Now https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/opinion/hamas-war-gaza-israel.html
@walterbays yeah i can't access NYTimes even free articles ask for email or log in via Google Apple etc
@ecksmc I had trouble with NYT gift articles before. 😥 Will summarize. Washington Post seems always to work.
@walterbays thanks :) for the link
surveys like that i take with a pinch of salt
"The survey comprised face-to-face interviews with representative national samples of 1,000 citizens in Arab countries polled and at least 500 residents each in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, selected according to standard geographic probability procedures"
i mean, they numbers are very low you can't say every citizen of any country agrees with the opinions of 500 people from that country
@ecksmc Usually the big problem with polls is reliance on phone calls when only a tiny unrepresentative minority of people will answer the phone.
In Gaza/Russia pollsters might ask on the street, do you think Hamas/Putin is the best leader who deserves your unquestioning support? They might look closely into the pollster's eyes, look cautiously over both shoulders, and then answer.
@walterbays and FTR i'm not just saying because it's that survey i have said numerous times polls and surveys mean jack shit
from 2019
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/103095217493497957