Landslide victory for Hamas student bloc in West Bank reflects shift in popular support - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Hadeel Al Gherbawi

Hadeel Al Gherbawi

May 25, 2022

Palestinian students supporting the Islamic Hamas movement. — Palestinian students supporting the Islamic Hamas movement celebrate a victory in student elections at Birzeit University on the outskirts of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on May 19, 2022. — ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

A student supporting Hamas holds a Palestinian flag in a rally during an election campaign for the student council at the Birzeit University in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RTX2BOVO

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Palestinian students hold the hand of Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal (2nd R) during his visit to the Islamic University in Gaza City December 9, 2012. Meshaal, in a defiant speech during his first ever visit to Gaza, told a mass rally on Saturday he would never recognise Israel and pledged to "free the land of Palestine inch by inch". REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3BDJP

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Palestinian students supporting Hamas flash three fingers to draw attention to their electoral number during an election campaign for students' council at Palestine Polytechnic University in the West Bank city of Hebron April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX19HXV

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