by Wallace White
Most Americans support the U.S. recognizing a Palestinian state as perceptions of Israel’s actions in Gaza continue to sour, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday.
Nearly 60% of Americans now support recognition, split between 41% of Republicans and 80% of Democrats, according to the poll. U.S. opinion on Israel and Palestine has undergone a sea change in recent years as stalwart support of Israel from Republicans and Democrats continues to wane among lawmakers and voters alike.
Additionally, over half of Americans agree that President Donald Trump deserves the credit if his Gaza ceasefire holds, according to the new poll.
American disapproval of Israel has risen sharply since the Oct. 7 attacks, with support plunging from 47% after the attack to just 34% in a September New York Times/Siena University poll. In that survey, more voters sided with Palestine than with Israel for the first time since the Times began asking the question in 1998, and nearly 40% of respondents said they believed Israel was “intentionally killing” civilians in Gaza.
A big divide among older Americans and younger Americans exists on how they view Israel. In July, a Gallup poll showed that among Americans between the ages of 18 and 34, only 9% supported Israel’s military actions against Palestine. Compared to Americans over 55 years old, 49% of them backed Israel’s military actions.
Additionally, only 6% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 supported Bibi Netanyahu, while 47% of Americans over 55 years old supported him.
A growing number of Western nations have moved to recognize a Palestinian state, with Canada, Australia, the UK and France all voicing their support for a state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.
Americans generally approve of how Trump has handled negotiations between Hamas and Israel, according to an Emerson poll released Oct. 17.
Currently, Hamas has returned all living hostages taken on Oct. 7 while continuing to release bodies of deceased captives. However, Hamas has continued to publicly execute its rivals in Gaza, prompting the U.S. to increase pressure on the terrorist group to commit to the rest of the peace plan.
Reuters polled 4,385 people nationwide between Oct. 15 to Oct. 20, with a margin of error of +/- 2 percentage points.
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Wallace White is a reporter at Daily Caller News Foundation. Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network and contributed to this story.
I sincerely Doubt that. They had Gaza, it was a good start to the Palestinian state. They allowed Terrorists to take over their new country and attack another county. They have shown their inability as a group to co exist with other people.