What is happening in Jerusalem?

It is clear that Hamas won the 2006 elections, but this tells us nothing about the Palestinian population regarding their religiosity and civilization. The only real leader they had was Arafat, a progressive Muslim, of a secular background, married to a Christian woman, and Arafat went to the Christian Christmas mass in the basilica of the nativity. What should we think? That first the Palestinians were secular Muslims and then all of a sudden they became fundamentalists because they voted for Hamas? Palestinian society must be considered according to other criteria. I have read many experts on Islam talking about the various Islamic states and their populations, and they all agree that the Palestinians are a very multi-religious and secular society, by Middle Eastern standards (such as the Syrian one before the war). For example, Christians in both Israel and the West Bank are very integrated with the Palestinians.

What we can hypothesize is that, after the death of Arafat, strongly desired by Sharon for the elimination of the only true Palestinian leader, knowing that after him the Palestinians would have slaughtered themselves in internal struggles for power, it happened in both society, the Israeli and the Palestinian, a radicalization, which brought the religious right to power: the messianic right in Israel, which now also has the support of the left (leaders of the Israeli left like Barak have made ministers for right-wing governments ), and Hamas in Palestine. Except that Hamas was fought by Fatah, and eventually took refuge in Gaza, Netanhyau instead became the strongest and most enduring Israeli leader after Sharon and the Israeli left has practically disappeared. Now we know that Israel has become a nationalist and religious state, led by the messianic right, which it was not in the beginning (Ben Gurion), while it is difficult to pronounce on the Palestinians because society is now completely fragmented in the enclaves in which they are locked up and many analysts say who do not feel represented by anyone at the political level, because abu Mazen no one considers him a chief in Palestine, he has no real power, and Hamas is in Gaza, and there have been no more real and recognized unitary elections, they are in a power vacuum.

What I was saying on the polls was this:

When Hamas fires rockets, we don't know how many Palestinians approve, nor how many Palestinian parties approve, because there is no parliament to decide and there are no population polls.

On the other hand, in the case of Israel, it is known who in the Knesset is against the launching of missiles on Gaza, and usually there are also polls made by the most important Israeli newspapers that tell us how much population is in favor.

According to the latest wars, for example that of 2009 (the most catastrophic for Gaza), I know for sure that the newspaper polls said that 90% of the Jewish population was in favor.

In the Knesset the only opposition is usually made by the Communist Party (which I don't know if it still exists, it is very small) and the parties led by the Palestinians.

1) The link you mentioned to me about the Arab uprisings is about the Palestinians rising up against the British and the Jewish settlers, because they are undergoing colonization against their will and they fear that the British will leave a Jewish state to the newly arrived Jews. This does not contradict what I wrote to you, which is that before the creation of Israel the Palestinians had no problems with the Jews. In this case, they had problems with the Zionists settlers.

2) Hamas was elected in 2006, but Hamas has never had popular leaders like Arafat, who was a secular socialist, in his own way, and if you talk to an Islamist he will confirm to you that Palestinian society is, by Arab standards , very secular. Then Hamas has only commanded the Gaza Strip for 15 years now, most Palestinians live in the West Bank and do not support Hamas. As far as I know, Hamas is also detested by many Palestinians in Gaza. There are no polls on how many Palestinians approve of Hamas rocket firings, while in previous Israeli wars with bombings on Gaza, where 99% Palestinian civilians and 30% children still die, Israeli polls give the favorable population about the 90%.

3) If you've seen Steven Spielberg's Munich (Jewish director, Jewish screenwriter), in one scene a Palestinian says: I'm not Arab, I'm Palestinian. Palestinian identity is very distinct today from Arab identity (in 1947 this was not the case)

4) Do you remember the song Pishkuli, by Les Anarchiestes? I've posted it in an Interactive Poll. The singer was the director and theater actor Moni Ovadia, who is perhaps the most disputed Jew in Italy by his community of him, because, for example, these days, he said:

"Israel's politics is segregationist, racist, colonialist - says the actor, musician and writer of Jewish origin - And the international community is of a repugnant partiality. With a few rare exceptions, countries like Sweden and some South American countries do not he looks to see that the condition of the Palestinian people is that of the loneliest, most abandoned people on earth because everyone gives in to the blackmail of the infamous exploitation of the Shoah ". Moni Ovadia explains even better: "All this has nothing to do with the extermination of the Jews, it is pure exploitation. Today Israel is a very powerful, highly armed state, which has the most powerful countries on earth as allies and which just makes a small protest all countries bow down, starting with Germany with its terrifying feelings of guilt ".

https://www.adnkronos.com/moni-ovadia-politica-israele-infame-e-senza-pari-strumentalizza-shoah_3151RAi6zwnLmC7HGWrGLY

Moni Ovadia does Jiddish cabaret, tells stories of the Yiddish Jewish tradition, is a fabulous singer and theatrical actor, who knows, since you understand Italian, maybe we will be able to go to a show of him together in Italy!