The findings by a Palestinian pollster signal more difficulties ahead for the Biden administration’s postwar vision for Gaza and raise questions about Israel’s stated goal of ending Hamas’ military and governing capabilities.

Washington has called for the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, currently led by Abbas, to eventually assume control of Gaza and run both territories as a precursor to statehood. U.S. officials have said the PA must be revitalized, without letting on whether this would mean leadership changes.

The PA administers pockets of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and has governed Gaza until a takeover by Hamas militants in 2007. The Palestinians have not held elections since 2006 when Hamas won a parliamentary majority.

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    Oh, the weirdo who keeps calling me Clyde is back.

    You have fun ignoring the actual strategies used in counter-insurgency warfare in exchange for your weird, pseudo-religious view of world politics and The Great Satan.

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      actual strategies

      You desperately wanting to cling onto GI Joe fairy tales does not make “hearts and minds” any less of a propaganda strategy purely intended to fool people like you, Clyde. I guess the people who came up with it knew their audience well enough, eh?

      But hey… maybe I’m wrong. And in that case it should be very easy for you to find evidence of a colonialist war where this “hearts and minds” malarkey even influenced the final outcome of colonialist warfare.

      Shouldn’t be too difficult for you, should it?

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        Sorry Bob, I just don’t care enough to argue with reactionary scumbags like you. Have fun playing with yourself, though!

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          reactionary scumbags

          I’m not the one swallowing colonialist propaganda, Clyde - you are.

          So that’s a no on the whole “provide-a-shred-of-evidence-for-your-claim” thing?

          No surprises there.

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            Sorry Bob, I just don’t care enough to argue with reactionary scumbags like you. Have fun playing with yourself, though!

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              reactionary scumbags

              I’m still not the one swallowing colonialist propaganda, Clyde - you are.

              So that’s satill a no on the whole “provide-a-shred-of-evidence-for-your-claim” thing?

              Still no surprises there.