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| Poll shows 54% of US Jews have favorable view of Israeli government, 58% of all Americans support Israel vs Hamas |
| 2024-03-22 |
| [IsraelTimes] According to the new Pew poll, a majority of Jewish adults — 54 percent — hold a favorable view of Israel’s government versus 44% with an unfavorable view. Among all Americans, the poll says 41% have a favorable view and 51% unfavorable. The survey was conducted last month, but its release comes days after US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 48.29324 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017... gave a speech calling on Israel to hold new elections to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, saying he was speaking for "so many mainstream Jewish Americans — a silent majority." Poll: Most Americans say Israel has valid reasons to fight Hamas; young Americans far less supportive [IsraelTimes] A majority of Americans — 58 percent — believe that Israel has valid reasons for fighting Hamas, while just under four in ten US adults say Israel’s prosecution of the war has been acceptable, a new survey from the Pew Research Center finds. The 34% of respondents who say Israel’s conduct in the war is unacceptable is less than the 38% who support how the Jewish state has fought Hamas, while the remaining 26% don’t know. Just 22% of respondents say Hamas’s reasons for fighting Israel are valid and just 5% of them say the terror group’s October 7 attack was acceptable. Respondents under 30 years old are significantly more critical of how Israel is fighting than older Americans, with 46% describing it as unacceptable, including 32% who call it completely unacceptable. These younger respondents are similarly likely to say that Israel (38%) and Hamas (34%) have valid reasons for fighting. Three in ten Americans (31%) sympathize entirely or mostly with the Israeli people, while 16% sympathize entirely or mostly with the Palestinian people and 26% say they sympathize with both sides equally. Another 18% are unsure where their sympathies lie. Eight percent of Americans have a favorable view of Hamas, compared to 84% who have an unfavorable view. Twenty-three percent of respondents have a favorable view of the Palestinian Authority. Twice as many Americans favor the US providing humanitarian aid to Gaza as those who oppose it, 50% vs. 19%. Thirty-six percent are in favor of the US providing Israel with military aid, while 34% oppose it. Only 20% want the US to play a major role in diplomatically resolving the conflict, with another 35% supporting a minor role. Democratic respondents are divided over whether US President Joe Biden is tilting too far toward Israel’s position, with 34% saying he has, compared to 29% who say he’s striking the right balance and 3% who say he’s favoring the Palestinian position too much. A plurality of Americans (40%) say the best outcome to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be a two-state solution. Thirty-three percent of Republicans say they support a two-state solution, compared to 38% of Democrats. Support for a single state governed by Israel is up from 18% to 26% among Republicans. Forty-one percent of respondents say they have a favorable view of the current Israeli government — down from 47% in 2022. The number who expressed “very unfavorable views” has doubled in that same period. Nearly 13,000 US adults participated in the survey that took place last month. It has a margin of error of 1.5%. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 If they do get an answer they don't like, they can always mark you "not home" or (phone call) "did not answer". |
| Posted by: Bobby 2024-03-22 12:13 |
| #6 #3 Is an important point and the pollsters know it. Never ask a question you might not like the answer to. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-03-22 11:09 |
| #5 ^Well, me for one. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-03-22 10:48 |
| #4 ^ Oops. That was me. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-03-22 10:47 |
| #3 In a survey, the answers always depend on the questions you ask. Not to imply that the pollsters are lying crapweasels, but of the Israelis who fall into the Unfavorable category, how many of them disapprove of their government because it is not dealing with Gaza and the Paleos more harshly? |
| Posted by: Jainter Elmeth9355 2024-03-22 10:45 |
| #2 ..embrace the power of 'and' |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-03-22 09:24 |
| #1 Low information or low integrity? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-03-22 07:00 |