Hamas fälschte Meinungsumfragen in Gaza

Israelische Soldaten haben in einem der unzähligen Tunnel einen Fund gemacht, der belegt, dass die Hamas massiv Meinungsumfragen fälschte.

Oft wurden sie zitiert, diese Meinungsumfragen aus Gaza, die zeigen sollten, dass eine große Mehrheit der Bevölkerung auch nach dem 7. Oktober weiter hinter der Hamas steht. Ein Fund der IDF rückt dies in ein etwas anderes Licht, wie die Times of Israel berichtet:

The Israel Defense Forces released Hamas documents on Thursday that it said showed Hamas had secretly falsified its levels of public support in polls conducted by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR).

The IDF said the documents do not prove that PCPSR was cooperating with Hamas, but rather that the terror group was conducting clandestine actions to fraudulently influence the results of the polls.

PCPSR, which is based in the West Bank city of Ramallah, is run by prominent Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki.

The Israel Defense Forces released Hamas documents on Thursday that it said showed Hamas had secretly falsified its levels of public support in polls conducted by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR).

The IDF said the documents do not prove that PCPSR was cooperating with Hamas, but rather that the terror group was conducting clandestine actions to fraudulently influence the results of the polls.

PCPSR, which is based in the West Bank city of Ramallah, is run by prominent Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki.

In the Gaza Strip, the firm uses Gazan data collectors to conduct surveys in residential areas and shelters for displaced Palestinians, and it is thought that Hamas was able to take advantage of this to manipulate the results later sent back to Shikaki.

The alleged Hamas security apparatus documents , which the military said were found in Gaza, showed the results of a PCPSR poll from March 2024, with both the alleged original data and the falsified numbers.

One document, under “corrected result” — the figure that was published — gave Hamas’s approval rating in Gaza as 62 percent, compared with what was termed the “actual result” of 31.9% support; Hamas Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar’s “corrected” approval rating as 52%, up from 22.1% “actual” support; and there was a 71% “corrected” approval rating for the October 7 onslaught, up from an “actual” 30.7%.