(Times of Israel) Dr. Daniel Polisar - After Wednesday's shooting attack in Tel Aviv, in which Palestinian terrorists killed four Israelis and wounded several more, the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) published a poll on Thursday based on responses of 1,270 Arab residents of the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza. Asked whether they supported or opposed the April suicide bombing on a Jerusalem bus which injured more than 20 Israelis, Palestinians expressed their support by a margin of more than two to one (65% to 31%). Since August 2014, PSR has on eight occasions asked Palestinians about their attitudes regarding "attacks against Israeli civilians within Israel," and each time a majority expressed support. Would-be terrorists contemplating an attack can be reasonably confident that if they succeed in killing or injuring Israeli civilians, their actions will earn support and praise in their society - for themselves, their families, and the militant group to which they belong, whether or not they live to enjoy it personally. They will be seen as heroes in the minds of most Palestinians. The writer is provost of Shalem College in Israel.
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