How do Palestinians conceive of liberation and hope today, after decades of disillusion, and beyond the narrow language of statehood? In this bleak moment, what forms of governance, sovereignty, or resistance still feel possible?
Zayne Abudaka argues that understanding Palestinian public opinion requires a new approach to polling — one that doesn’t flatten or distort Palestinian perspectives. A co-founder and senior fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Progress in Ramallah, Abudaka leads the Institute’s polling efforts in the West Bank and Gaza, adapting methods throughout the war to reach Palestinians under extraordinarily difficult conditions. Among other issues, he discusses his team’s recent findings on Palestinians’ attitudes towards party politics, armed struggle, the two-state paradigm, and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement.
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