(Gatestone Institute) Bassam Tawil - Hamas-affiliated lists won most of the seats in the elections for the student councils at the two most important Palestinian universities in the West Bank: An-Najah University and Birzeit University. Students affiliated with Hamas boasted that their group continues to carry out terrorist attacks to kill Jews and ridiculed their rivals in Fatah for being too soft on Israel. The underlying message the Hamas-affiliated lists sent to thousands of students was: Vote for us because we uphold the armed struggle against Israel and promise to continue the Jihad (holy war) to murder Jews and replace Israel with an Islamist state. The Hamas victory is yet another reminder how Palestinians have been raised to hate Israel and glorify those who murder Jews. For generations, Palestinian leaders have been poisoning the hearts and minds of their people. The elections are a clear indication that if all of the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem were ever handed over to the Palestinian Authority, they would end up in the hands of Hamas, whether through elections or a violent coup like the one that took place in Gaza in 2007.
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