Around 40% believe the IDF\u2019s actions in Gaza amount to genocide, a recent poll suggests<\/p>\n
Sympathy for Israel over Palestine among US voters has plummeted to a record low, according to a recent survey by Big Data Poll (BDP).
\nThe pollster interviewed 2,005 registered voters; 29.1% said they side with Israel, while 21.4% expressed support for the Palestinians. Nearly 30% said they sympathize with neither side of the conflict, which BDP interprets as a \u201cclear indication of growing weariness over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\u201d
\n\u201cThe only notable demographic that remains majority sympathetic to Israel is Republican voters over 50 years old,\u201d BDP Director Rich Baris said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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Israeli troops forced Palestinians into explosive-laden tunnels \u2013 Reuters<\/p>\n
According to BDP, sympathy for Israel spiked to 54% shortly after the surprise Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, which killed around 1,200 Israelis and prompted Israel\u2019s bombing campaign and ground invasion of Gaza. Support for Israel has since declined as the death toll in Gaza has risen.
\nNearly 70,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, according to local health officials. The BDP poll indicates that nearly 40% of registered US voters believe Israel\u2019s actions amount to genocide, while nearly 30% said they disagree with this.
\nA ceasefire took effect last month, after which Hamas returned the last remaining living Israeli hostages captured during the 2023 attack in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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