JD: Itamar, Hamas is 31 years of age and it seems like they’re still going strong. You can look at all of 2018 and Hamas has been a major player.
IM: Hamas has the support of according to the last poll basically the majority of the Palestinian population. They go up and down and switch in popularity with the Palestinian Authority. Right now in the latest poll if there were an election today between the head of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh and Mahmoud Abbas the head of the Palestinian Authority Fatah Ismail Haniyeh would win and they would have a dead heat in the Parliament.
