Poll: 39.5% to Vote for Fateh, 19.9% for Hamas

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Poll: 39.5% to Vote for Fateh, 19.9% for Hamas
NABLUS, November 20, 2005, (WAFA)- A center at An-Najah University said on Sunday that 39.5% will vote for Fateh block in the coming Legislative Council elections, while 19.9% will vote for Hamas block.
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In the Fifteenth Palestinian Public Opinion Poll conducted by the Centre for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University during the period from November 16 to 18, 2005, the center revealed that 66.8% from among respondents believe that the second legislative elections will be conducted on its specified date.
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According to the poll, 53.% from among respondents assert that the legislative elections will be democratic and fair, adding that 75.5% from among respondents will participate in the coming legislative elections and 24.5% will not.
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The poll also pointed out that if the choice before voters in the coming legislative elections is limited to a choice between two blocks, one representing the PLO and another representing Hamas, 55.8% from among respondents will vote for the PLO block and 29.1% will vote for the Hamas block.
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[Behind the Aegis]

1. Just an interesting fact.

The two top Palestinians murdered in Jordan's bombings were both members of Fateh (I thought it was Fawtah).

[Lithos]

2. It is Fatah

Though the consonents are a bit more important than the vowels in the transliteration to English. Fatah means something like victory. I think the name also means something in reverse (Hataf = death?), I don't recall exactly off-hand. There is also supposed to be another acrostic dealing with it meaning the Palestinian Liberation Front. Lots of meaning and double entendre.