Alwaght- More than 70 percent of Palestinians want leader of Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas to leave office, the most recent poll says.
According to the most recent poll -- conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research if elections were held today in Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, would only get 38 percent of the votes while the chief of Hamas resistance group Ismail Haniyeh would receive some 54 percent.
The Gaza-based hams movement has adopted resistance in the face of occupying Israeli regime's violence while the Fatah-led PA has chosen to compromise with Israeli regime.
Estimates suggest that 70 percent of Palestinians are dissatisfied with the policies led by Abbas. 73 percent wants him to resign. That option, however, seems to be nowhere in sight.
Hani Al Masri, a Ramallah-based political analyst, says these results were highly predictable.
According to him one of the reasons behind increasing of Hamas' and decreasing of Fatah's popularity is ther reactions to Israelis raid on the al-Aqsa mosque, one of the holiest site for Muslims.
Extremist Israelis' raids on al-Aqsa have become a regular phenomenon but the PA has continued to maintain its security cooperation with the Israeli regime, to the frustration of the Palestinian masses.
However, the dissatisfaction has also been mounting for yet another reason – failure of the so-called peace talks with Tel Aviv regime. Direct negotiations between PA and Tel Aviv authorities ended in 2014 but they did not bring any results. Israeli regime has continued to construct illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, including during the tenure of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. The Palestinian public has been angry that PA did not do anything to stop that encroachment of their lands.
"The PA has ignored al-Quds and it does nothing for the peace process. Palestinian leaders are now dealing with the PA as if it was the final goal, not one of the steps before the end of the occupation. This is something that the Palestinians cannot accept, and this is why they are looking for alternatives," reasoned Al Masri.
"Of course, Hamas has also made mistakes. But at least they embrace change and resistance."
"The PA, on the other hand, doesn't. They only care about their own interests. Abbas destroyed all the institutions inside Fatah [his ruling party]. He collected all the authority inside his hands so it is not surprising why many want him to leave office," he added.
"It is not easy to oust Abbas. Palestinians are very divided and disorganized. They might slam him on social media networks. They might write posts and articles against him. But they lack unity. And if so, chances that he will leave are scarce," concluded Al Masri.
