Israel's Attack on Lebanon and Hezbollah

[jman220]

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But, IMO, this was not the prominent factor behind the victory of Hamas. If anything, this kind of corruption has always been there, to a varying degree, yet the Palestinians kept voting in the secular moderates.

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The Palestinians kept voting for Fatah, even with the corruption and poor social planning, because Arafat was still alive.

And as much as you can say "IMO, thats not the main reason," your opinion is contradicted by the Palestinians themselves, who, upon being interviewed, overwhelmingly stated that that was in fact the main reason.