The images and reports are still coming in two weeks after Hamas, along with some Gazans, flooded into Israel to slaughter, rape, torture, and kidnap innocent citizens. It’s not at all surprising to learn that Americans, overwhelmingly (more than 80%) support Israel.
It’s heartening that those who side with these vicious barbaric actions against peaceful private citizens of one of our nation’s strongest allies are being called out and forced to face the socially and morally unacceptable nature of their siding with terrorists over America’s allies. There is one segment of the American population, though, who—by a solid majority—say the attack was justified: Muslim Americans.
From the Cygnal poll:
Below are the top five takeaways from our poll on these issues:1. Joe Biden and the leader of the terrorist organization Hamas have similar unfavorability among Americans. While Muslims have a higher view of the leader of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority that Jews or other Americans, they have almost as equally as high a view of Israeli PM Netanyahu.2. Hamas is largely seen as about the same as Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and ISIS (60% about the same among each), while roughly a third say Hamas is worse than the other three terrorist groups. Muslim-Americans tend to agree, though they slightly over-index for saying Hamas is not as bad as each of the other three terrorist organizations.3. A majority of Muslim-Americans agree that Israel has a right to defend itself, but in stark contrast to other demographic groups, a majority disagree that Israel should invade Gaza, and a majority agree that Hamas was justified in its attack on Israel.4. On the topic of the level of aid the U.S. should provide for Israel, a majority agree that the U.S. should stand strongly with Israel, the U.S. should provide financial support, and that Iran should be held accountable for the actions of Hamas against Israel.5. The general population is largely split on whether the U.S. should directly engage its military to support Israel. There is also nearly even agreement and disagreement for whether support for Israel is more important than support for Ukraine.
You can view the full poll, including many graphics here.
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