RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 10 (UPI) -- Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh would defeat Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas if an election were held this week, a poll indicated.
The poll, published Monday by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, based in the West Bank, also showed Hamas' popularity among Palestinians has increased in the wake of Israel's 22-day military incursion into Gaza, which began in late December, The Jerusalem Post reported.