2024-03-22 11:58:46
Amid the continuing war in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement, popular and official pressure on Tel Aviv is increasing for an immediate ceasefire, as its closest allies are clearly calling for it, and popular support for its military operation in the besieged Strip has become weaker than before. The latest manifestation of this is an opinion poll conducted by the Pew Research Center on Thursday, 03/22, which showed that young Americans have become more critical of the Gaza war compared to other citizens. Despite the divisive debate over the war and intense debates in Washington about how it will affect Biden’s re-election chances, the poll also found that many Americans are not following the matter closely or attaching much importance to it, and that 40% said they are not sure whether Biden is striking the right balance. .
Published on: 03/22/2024 – 12:58
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Among Americans ages 18 to 29, 46% of those surveyed said that the way Israel Its response to the October 7 attack was unacceptable, while only 21% said it was acceptable, and the remainder said they were not sure.
The opinions of young people differed almost completely from those of older Americans, with 53% of those aged 65 and over supporting the Israeli response, and 29% of them describing it as unacceptable.
Despite the divisive debate over the war and the intense debates in Washington On how it affects Biden’s re-election chances, the Pew Research Center poll also found that many Americans do not follow the matter closely or attach much importance to it, and that 40% said they are not sure whether Biden is striking the right balance.
Despite Biden’s military and diplomatic support for Israel, he also criticized its leaders for not doing enough to protect civilians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
As the US presidential elections approach, attention is focused on the state of Michigan, which Biden must secure victory in November in his new confrontation with Donald Trump, and where a large segment of Muslims and Arab Americans could play a decisive role in the close competition.
According to the poll, Democrats’ opinions were also mixed regarding Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza. 34% of them said that Biden favors Israel too much and 29% said that he achieves the right balance.
The poll, which included 12,693 people, showed sharp critical views of Israel among Muslim Americans.
Allied position
Also at the official level, the voices of Israel’s allies calling for a ceasefire in Gaza are growing, including Australia and the United Kingdom, as they called, through the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense, for an “immediate cessation of fighting” in the Gaza Strip at the conclusion of a meeting in Adelaide in South Australia.
In a joint statement, the ministers stressed the “necessity” of an immediate end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip “to allow the transfer of (humanitarian) assistance and the release of hostages.”
For their part, the leaders of the 27 European Union countries called, during a summit in Brussels, Thursday 03/23 for an “immediate humanitarian truce” in Gaza, and in a joint statement they urged Israel not to launch a ground operation in Rafah in the far south of the devastated Strip.
European leaders noted that more than a million Palestinians “are currently searching for safety from the fighting and access to humanitarian aid there.”
The European Union is struggling to formulate a unified response to the military operation launched by Israel following the Hamas attack on October 7.
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