Poll Finds Support for Israel Among Americans is Divided by Age
Many young people have bought the progressive narrative on Israel, which is hardly surprising based on what we have seen on college campuses.
Professor Jacobson is quoted in this piece from the Daily Signal:
Americans Sharply Divided by Age Over Support for Israel, Poll FindsA new poll about the Israel-Hamas war found a 29 percentage point divide between older and younger Americans on support for Israel.Recent polling for the Napolitan News Service of 1,000 registered voters comes as President Donald Trump hopes to end that war in the Middle East. Trump last month hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, where they talked about Arab countries taking Palestinian refugees and the future of Gaza.Sixty-six percent of senior citizens polled consider Israel an ally, whereas only 37% of younger voters do. While no senior citizens surveyed viewed Israel as America’s enemy, 16% of younger voters (under 35) regarded that country as an enemy.The poll also found that 40% of respondents expressed support for the state of Israel in the conflict, and overall, 52% of voters polled consider Israel an ally, whereas only 5% see it as an enemy.Voters were also divided by age regarding Palestinian groups. Among senior citizens, only 3% supported the Palestinians as allies, whereas 42% saw them as enemies. Younger voters were more closely divided: 26% saw the groups as allies, whereas 20% viewed them as enemies…The Daily Signal reached out to William Jacobson, a professor of law at Cornell Law School who has spoken out against the “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” movement against Israel on college campuses.“There clearly is a gap in support for Israel between younger groups and most other age groups, but the data is not consistent or conclusive. Younger voters tend to be more left-leaning, and the question always is whether and how they will change as they age,” Jacobson told The Daily Signal.“That said, it is clear that the gross demonization and dehumanization of Israel by faculty, the media, the entertainment industry, and particularly on social media are having an impact. Israel is the object of hate, but the hate really is for our own society, for capitalism, and for Western civilization,” Jacobson told The Daily Signal.
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