Democratic views on how President Joe Biden is handling the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians have rebounded slightly, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The shift occurred during a time in which Biden and top U.S. officials expressed increased concern about civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip, emphasized the need for a future independent Palestinian state and helped secure the release of hostages held by Hamas during a temporary truce.
Fifty-nine percent of Democrats approve of Biden’s approach to the conflict, a tick up from 50% in November. His latest standing is roughly equivalent to Democrats’ 57% approval rating for him on the issue in an August poll, conducted well before the latest war began on Oct. 7 when Hamas attacked Israel.
Still, the issue remains divisive among Democrats, who are less enthusiastic about Biden’s handling of the war than his overall job performance. Seventy-five percent of Democrats said Biden is doing well as president, also up slightly from 69% last month. His approval rating among U.S. adults stands at 41%.
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Turns out the less you slob Israel’s knob, the more support you get. Who would’ve thunk?
Well the discovery of an enormous weapons cache near a school and clinic helped realign people’s understanding.
https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-776786
The testimonials of the rape victims helped realign people’s understanding. (obvious TW here)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7050237
Finding out aid groups in Palestine were sitting on hoards of supplies, because Hamas ordered them to, helped realign people’s understanding.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesofisrael.com/video-said-to-show-desperate-gazans-ransacking-unrwa-supplies-stockpile/amp/
Finally, a global rise in antisemitism helped clarify where a lot of the anti-Israel sentiment comes from.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/antisemitism-rise-us-amid-ongoing-israel-hamas-war/story?id=104485604
At its worst, Israel enjoyed the same support levels that Ukraine has. It’s really just places with a heavy leftist presence that gives the opposite impression.
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2023/11/30/poll-finds-strong-support-for-arming-ukraine-israel-and-taiwan/#:~:text=That poll found 53%25 of,arming Israel with 43%25 opposed.
This war sucks, and most people would love a change in Israeli policy now and in the future as well as an ouster of Israel’s right-wing, but there is clearly one least-bad group here and it ain’t Hamas.
Even the most radical person here shouting “genocide supporter” at me later today doesn’t support Hamas. They have less than 1% support in the US.
Definition of “least bad of 2 bad choices.”