Hamas uses the UN agency’s schools and clinics to store weapons and kill Israeli soldiers; the agency, an enabler of irredentism, waves the bloody shirt and blames Israel.

In an extensive report on a major survey of Palestinian public opinion, David Pollock sums up his key findings. Above all, the results suggest that large numbers of Palestinians are willing to make compromises with Israel in the short term, but tend to harbor maximalist, even militant, long-term goals: