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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: jlallen who wrote (692209)7/15/2005 3:22:12 PM
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Support for Suicide Bombers Plummets

geopoliticalreview.com

Israel's Haaretz newspaper reports that a new poll released yesterday has found that support for suicide bombers among the Palestinians has dropped substantially in the past few months:

Support among Palestinians for suicide bombings has dropped sharply in the past six months, from 77 percent to 29 percent, according to a poll published Monday.

The poll also found that support for Hamas, which is competing in local elections in May and parliamentary elections in July, increased from 18 percent in December to 25 percent in March. Support for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement dropped from 40 percent in December to 36 percent.

Shikaki said the poll indicates the Palestinians yearn to resume a normal life after more than four years of fighting with Israel. "This is a major change in attitude. In the past, the public wasn't sure the Israelis would reciprocate )if attacks stopped(," he said, adding that Palestinians now feel a truce will pay off.

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