US public support for Israel drops; majority backs a ceasefire, Reuters/Ipsos shows
US public support for Israel drops; majority backs a ceasefire, Reuters/Ipsos shows
U.S. public support for Israel's war against Hamas militants in Gaza is eroding and most Americans think Israel should call a ceasefire to a conflict that has ballooned into a humanitarian crisis, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Yo even the boomers get it. This is huge.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
An erosion of U.S. public support could be a worrisome sign for the Middle Eastern country, which faces not only Hamas militants in Gaza but the Hezbollah Islamist movement in Lebanon and has conducted a long-running “shadow war” with Iran, its regional arch-foe.
The drop in U.S. support, seen in the new poll among both Democrats and Republicans and especially among older respondents, follows weeks of heavy Israeli bombardment and ground combat against Hamas in Gaza in retaliation for an Oct. 7 rampage by the Islamist militants in southern Israel.
Palestinians trapped inside Gaza's biggest hospital were digging a mass grave on Tuesday to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement.
By comparison, 41% of people answering the poll said they backed sending weapons to Ukraine in its fight against a nearly 21-month-old Russian invasion, compared to 32% who were opposed and the rest unsure.
While most moderate Democrats in Congress have long supported military assistance to Israel, some progressives in Biden's own party have started to question whether there should be greater scrutiny as well as conditions attached to such aid.
U.S. officials have cautioned that funding for Ukraine military aid is running low as the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-majority Senate remain at odds over the Biden administration’s request for billions of dollars more in assistance to Kyiv.
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Was this not obvious? I don’t think I’ve seen a single comment here supporting them.
I think it's noteworthy. It's not like Israel suddenly turned evil recently, but last year people who said bad things about Israel could be labeled as antisemitic or believing in crazy conspiracy theories.
It’s mostly the Jewish/right wing crowd that are supporting them in the places I see. Even most of the Jewish people have stopped supporting them.