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A Month after Gaza War, Hamas Still Rides a Wave of Popularity
(Ha'aretz) Joel Greenberg - If presidential elections were held today in the West Bank and Gaza, the Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, would defeat Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a recently published poll showed. Hamas' claim that it won a victory in last month's war by striking deep into Israel appears to have resonated widely. At a Hamas rally this month in Nablus, the first allowed in the West Bank in five years, a veiled woman said permission for the rally did not represent a change in attitude by the PA, but rather its recognition of "the political situation" after "Hamas won in Gaza" last month.