[Jpost] The number of those in the youngest age group saying they sympathize more with the Paleostinians tripled from 1997 to 2020, going from 10% to 30%.
| Three-fourths of Americans (74%) view Israel favorably. This matches the figure of two years ago and is the highest favorable rating since 1991, when that number reached 79% after the First Gulf War |
In the all-important battle for public support in the US for Israel, much emphasis is placed on the "youth" — the 18-35 demographic surveyed in the polls.
This age group, the oft-heard argument runs, is traditionally the least supportive of Israel — having no personal memory of the Holocaust, Israel’s birth, the wonder of the Six Day War in 1967 or the existential threat of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Moreover, they are being educated on decidedly liberal college campuses where they are exposed to a steady drumbeat of anti-Israel propaganda. |