Public Opinion
Updated 2024-02-26
2024-02-02 Israel is Going ‘Too Far’ – Most Americans Do Not Approve of Israel’s War on Gaza Among American adults, 50 percent said they believe that Israel’s actions in Gaza had “gone too far”, compared to 40 percent in November. “Two-thirds of US adults disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling the conflict,” the poll found.
The numbers are even more astonishing among young Democrats. According to the poll, “seventy-two percent of Democrats aged 18-44 disapprove” of Biden’s conduct. Nearly 40 percent of Americans think that the US is too supportive of Israel in its war on Gaza, while about half of US adults are “extremely or very concerned” that the war “will lead to a broader conflict in the Middle East”. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israel-is-going-too-far-most-americans-do-not-approve-of-israels-war-on-gaza/
2024-01-12 Americans Are More Likely to Back Candidates Who Support a Cease-Fire, a New Poll Shows The survey finds high levels of enthusiasm for a Gaza cease-fire, especially among young voters and key Democratic constituencies.
Powerful political action committees and dark money groups that want the United States to continue to support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government have signaled that they intend to spend epic amounts of campaign funds to defeat progressive House members who support a cease-fire in Gaza. Indeed, there have been reports that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its allies could spend as much as $100 million to boost primary challenges to popular incumbent Democrats such as Missouri’s Cori Bush and Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib, the chief sponsors of a cease-fire resolution in the House, along with co-sponsors of the proposal to stop the killing, such as Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar, and New Yorkers Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Jamaal Bowman.
But the evidence is clear that Americans are not inclined to punish House members who, since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing Israeli bombardment and invasion of Gaza, have called for de-escalation. In fact, according to a new nationwide poll, likely voters are substantially more likely to back candidates for Congress if they know those candidates favor de-escalation. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/americans-are-more-likely-to-back-candidates-who-support-a-cease-fire-a-new-poll-shows/ar-AA1mSnv9
2023-10-00 Palestine and Empire As chilling as it is, the vicious military and settler violence is also having an impact on sectors of U.S. society. While the Democratic Party leadership remains unshakably committed to the Israeli-partnership, sympathy with Palestine is growing among the voting base and especially young people.
More of the U.S. Jewish community is becoming alienated and angry, particularly as the pillar of the Zionist lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) turns more and more to supporting rightwing politicians including election-denying Trump Republicans. In the face of state-level attempts to criminalize Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions activism, support for the BDS movement is gaining ground. https://againstthecurrent.org/atc226/palestine-and-empire/
2023-07-18 Overton Windows: Israel/Palestine
00:05 What is this new Overton Windows series about?
9:37 Tamler’s connections to Israel and Bob’s experiences there
18:54 What does Zionism mean in practice?
27:07 The shifting Overton window around Israel/Palestine
45:06 The heavy-handed response to the BDS movement
56:45 What the Israel/Palestine discourse says about Overton windows
1:01:41 So where should the boundaries be set?
The Overton window of political possibility is the range of ideas the public is willing to consider and accept.
In the United States, the idea of different races mixing in public or women’s suffrage were once considered fringe, extreme policies. That they’re now deemed common sense, reflects progress in shifting the Overton window.
https://nonzero.substack.com/p/overton-windows-israelpalestine#details
2022-08-17 Why Did 72% of Israelis Want Attack on Gaza to Continue? Shir Hever, a political economist who grew up in Israel, talks about the extreme right-wing radicalization of most of the Israeli Jewish population. https://theanalysis.news/why-did-72-of-israelis-want-attack-on-gaza-to-continue/
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