Information on the latest poll of American attitudes on Israel, Hamas, and Gaza can be found here: “Vast Majority of American Voters Back Israel in War Again Hamas, New Poll Reveals,” by Ben Cohen, Algemeiner, February 28, 2024:
A heavy majority of respondents — 78 percent — agreed that Hamas needed to be removed from governing Gaza. Asked about who should administer the territory after the war, 34 percent answered Israel, while 39 percent expressed support for a new authority created by Arab states. Only 28 percent believed that the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority (PA) should govern in a post-war scenario.
Nearly four out of five Americans polled believe that Hamas should be removed altogether from any future position of authority in Gaza. As for alternatives, more than one-third wanted Israel to administer Gaza (which the Israelis do not want to do; they only want to ensure that Hamas does not make a comeback in the Strip). Nearly 40 percent want the Arab states — meaning the rich Arab states that will be largely responsible for the reconstruction in Gaza that will take years — to appoint a new authority in Gaza, neither Hamas nor the PA, but a group of technocrats whom the Arab donor states can keep a close eye on, making sure that there is no repetition of the colossal corruption that has been such a feature of Hamas rule in Gaza, where just three of its leaders — Khaled Meshaal, Ismail Haniyeh, and Mousa abu Marzouk — managed to steal for themselves a total of $11 billion. And Americans are suspicious, too, of the Palestinian Authority, because it has been a despotism ruled by the corrupt Mahmoud Abbas, who with his sons Tarek and Yasser has acquired a family fortune of $400 million. Abbas is in the nineteenth year of his four-year-term. When dissidents against his rule acquire a following, he does not hesitate to murder them, as he ordered the murder of the late Nizar Banat. Only 28 percent of those polled saw any role at all for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war ends.
The poll also examined voter attitudes towards the wider region, with 80 percent agreeing that US forces in the Middle East are facing attacks from local terrorist groups. US President Joe Biden’s policy towards Iran has also attracted significant criticism, with 54 percent answering that the US response to attacks launched by Iranian-backed terrorist organizations in Yemen, Syria and Iraq had been “too weak.” Pressed further on whether Biden’s Iran policy had been “successful,” 61 percent answered negatively….
More than half of those polled think that Biden has been “too weak” in responding to attacks by Iran-backed terrorists in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. It is obvious that the attacks on the Houthis have had no effect in slowing down, much less in ending, attacks by the Houthis on commercial shipping near and in the Red Sea. The Houthis have even launched drone attacks on American warships. Those polled want a more muscular policy toward Iran’s proxies. which makes one wonder if they would be willing to support a preemptive strike on Iran, as it creeps ever closer to being able to make a nuclear bomb. That question, however, was not asked.
Among 18-24 year olds, support for Israel stood at 72 percent, and at 66 percent among voters aged 25-34. More than 90 percent of voters over 55 declared their support for Israel.
The loss of support for Israel among the young has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, 72 percent of the youngest voters, 18-24 year olds, support Israel, and the figure dips just a little, to 66 percent, among those 25 to 34. Too many people have assumed that those noisy campus pro-Hamas protesters who garner such media attention reflect the views of a great many young people; it turns out that they do not.
However, a majority of 18-24 year olds — 53 percent — expressed backing for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza irrespective of whether the hostages are released, while the majority of older voters remained opposed. Among the over 55s, more than 80 percent said they were opposed to a ceasefire absent the release of the hostages….
This is the only response that is a bit worrisome. A slight majority — 53 percent — of the youngest voters support an immediate ceasefire, whether Hamas releases the hostages or not. Clearly the freeing of the hostages does not loom as large in the minds of the young as it does among the older people polled, A reflection, perhaps, of the wisdom that some say comes with age?
More than half of the young voters, in the 18-34 age groups, want Israel to continue its ground invasion, which means, since the poll was taken on February 20-21, they support an attack on Hamas operatives in Rafah.
The younger voters are still on Israel’s side. The two key figures are these: Of the 18-24 age group, 72 percent support Israel, and of the 25-34 age group, 66 percent support Israel. And that is despite the malign coverage in so much of the media.
Rick Gordon says
Interesting as this ‘poll’ is so different from all of that reported by talking heads or social media postings. How could this be? Is it possible the established media is too focused on their antisemitism and anti-Israel point of view?
tim gallagher says
Good to hear about the strong support for Israel. I get the feeling that, in all our western countries, the attention is all on the loud demonstrating rabble, the foaming at the mouth Muslims and their left wing fellow travellers, while the normal, average people are watching these scum and have a totally different view of things and are just disgusted by these demonstrating pro-hamas, anti-Israel shitheads. IN fact, and I hope that this is happening, many normal, average people are watching the foaming at the mouth Muslim scum and really waking up to what scum they are and what a mistake it has been letting them invade our countries. I hope that that is happening. There’s that saying that the shit is really beginning to hit the fan and I think those demos lately might have woken a lot of the sleepwalkers up when it comes to the Muslim invasion. Of course, I think the support for Israel, the only civilised country in the Middle East, should close to 100%.
JimJFox says
Very heartening to hear, tim. Absolute proof that the BS being served up by media everywhere it’s not blinding the people as they would hope.
Robert Spencer has been telling his truth for three decades or more and at last people are listening.
“No man is more hated than he who speaks the truth”
PS – I’m one of the 90% and have been since I was in my 40s
Calvin’sLutheran says
One thing is for sure. Westerners nowadays are not high-quality critical thinkers. With children accepting mumble rap and grunge rock over 80s and pre 80s music there is a map of a degenerative cultural mindset that should be apparent to boomers all over the earth. In Great Britain (Land of Shakespeare, Milton, Francis Bacon, and The Industrial Revolution) and Europe you’d have thought that the limp wristed left could see that trading an ostensibly ultra-successful cultural heritage would be rationally chauvinistic enough to read deeply the literature of all the invaders and people such as Geert Wilders, Mark Steyn, and Robert Spencer to use their molded leftist brains for Western survival. Yet 30 years later the West acts as if Marxism will stave off the invading hordes. Somehow the children have been taught that the fruit of the Western World is self-sustaining. The thinking of these invading hordes is that they’ll reap the benefits of Western society forever while they burn it down. Poor ole Africans believe that a smile from their Islamic oppressors is worth a ton of gold. Meanwhile the left cannot see that riches unattended and uncirculated gather rot and do indeed dull the senses.
Ray Jarman says
+1 Calvin
Excellent points and remember King Richard the Lion Heart fought the hordes from hell.
gravenimage says
Actually, I found the results of this poll pretty heartening.
somehistory says
Propaganda. Using the media to cause people to think what they should think. Not just what to think about, but **what to think, believe, about what they are told to think about.**
If the media is honest and just reporting on what people should know, in order for the public to *think,* about what is happening someplace, then people come to their own conclusions and decide what is right, wrong, true or false. Or they discuss the subject with others and may reason on it correctly.
somehistory says
“Documentary filmmaker and activist Michael Moore argued that Israel should be less concerned with their Palestinian neighbors and instead view White Christians as their true enemy. ”
These are the lies that keep so many in the dark to the Truth. Will any who hear this lying fool wonder just how many “White Christians” were in the mob that slaughtered the Jews on Oct 7?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/moore-says-white-christian-people-are-the-true-enemies-of-israel-cites-spanish-inquisition/vi-BB1jkh9n?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=dee0cb2c989f458283088e76f7d1ba6f&ei=38
Rufolino says
If he means to say there are a lot of Jew-haters amongst White Christians, he is correct.
James Lincoln says
Rufolino,
I am a white Christian.
The Christians who I have associated with – over many years – have never said anything about “hatred of Jews”.
Never.
somehistory says
James, I have also known hundreds…having met and gotten to know many in several states, some coming from Canada, Sweden, and other nations while visiting the U.S…I have yet to meet even one who had anything bad to say about the Jews. None, absolutely none, expressed a hatred of the Jews, recognizing that from the Jews came the Bible, which is the basis of our belief, our faith, in our Heavenly Father, His Son and the reasons for the Christian congregation.
to make the claim that the idiot, attention hound, moore made, is to slander Christians everywhere.
The Truth is, the leaders…high priest, Sanhedrin, Pharisees and Sadducees,,.,hated Christ and had the Romans put Him to death..
Kind of like the pope making friends with those who hate Christians and are putting many, many Christians and Jews to death wherever they can.
James Lincoln says
100% agree, somehistory.
gravenimage says
Michael Moore is a vicious moron.
Kenneth Johnson says
Congressmmen, take note. KEN
gravenimage says
72 Percent of the Youngest Voters Support Israel
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Generally good news!