Among Israeli Arabs, Hezbollah is more popular than Hamas

Jefferson Morley — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:34:58 +0000

Presumably because they are more of a pain to Israel. From the Pew Global Attitudes Project, these and other nuggets.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is losing popularity at home and abroad.
Even before their disputed elections last year, both Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were generally unpopular. Ahmadinejad’s highest ratings are in the Palestinian territories (45% confidence) and Indonesia (43%), although even among these publics fewer than half express a positive view of his leadership.
There is no country in which even 40% express confidence in Karzai. In Pakistan (10%), Turkey (7%) and Lebanon (7%) one-in-ten or fewer hold this view of Washington’s favorite Afghan.
And there’s a couple of pockets of support for Osama.

The peace process has failed

Jefferson Morley — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:08:06 +0000

Clinton doesn’t know it but Abbas has admitted it. Now the Palestinians need a new strategy:

Jefferson Morley — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:48:33 +0000

Guess who’s winning? The National in Qatar says Hamas.