Just 46% of adults sympathize with Jewish State, while 33% side with the Palestinians
By Don Feder
A Gallup poll shows support for Israel at an all-time low. That’s bad news for Israel and worse news for America.
The poll, conducted Feb. 3-16, shows that only 46% of adults sympathize with Israel while 33% side with the Palestinians, 6 percentage points higher than last year.
It must be the terrorists’ humane treatment of their hostages – the ones they didn’t starve or torture to death – that accounts for increased support for their cause. Pro-Hamas demonstrations on college campuses, rife with antisemitism, have doubtless played a part here too.
Sympathy for the Palestinians is highest among Democrats (59%), the young (48% of 18- to 34-year-olds) and those without a religious affiliation.
Israel has the backing of Republicans (75%), older Americans (56%), who can actually find the Middle East on a map, and White Evangelical Protestants (70%), who read the Bible more than they watch CNN.
Growth of opposition to the Jewish state is in part a product of coverage by the legacy media, which act as if there’s a real difference between the Palestinians and Hamas and uncritically accept casualty figures from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry.