Democrats' Sympathies in Middle East Shift to Palestinians

[womanofthehills]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After a decade in which Democrats have shown increasing affinity toward the Palestinians, their sympathies in the Middle East now lie more with the Palestinians than the Israelis, 49% versus 38%.

Today’s attitudes reflect an 11-percentage-point increase over the past year in Democrats’ sympathy with the Palestinians. At the same time, the percentages sympathizing more with the Israelis (38%) and those not favoring a side (13%) have dipped to new lows.

Sympathy toward the Palestinians is also at a new high among political independents, up six points to 32%. However, more independents still lean toward the Israelis (49%).

https://news.gallup.com/poll/472070/democrats-sympathies-middle-east-shift-palestinians.aspx

[stopdiggin]

1. and 'sympathies' for Palestinians run strongest

(among ALL parties) - when they are not shelling or carrying out brutal attacks against the state of Israel. Just a small fact.

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[Think. Again.]

3. Just to be clear...

...it is not "Palestinians" who are "shelling or carrying out brutal attacks against the state of Israel."

It is hamas who is doing that, against the wishes of the majority of Palestinians in Gaza.

[stopdiggin]

7. understand that. and the point still stands.

sympathies run greater - when Israel is not being attacked.

(and you're talking to someone that has had a fairly diminished level of 'support' - and certainly for some of the actions and stances - for the Israeli state - for a fairly lengthy period of time. Hamas has managed to increase that score by several tics)

[Lunabell]

9. It is not the Palestinians.

It is hamas. Just like the American people did not invade Iraq in 2003. The US government did. I was vehemently against it. I am not a rethuglican. Not all Palestinians are hamas.

[stopdiggin]

10. I refer you to post #7 -(nt)-

[leftstreet]

2. Wow and this was from March 2023, before...n/t

[BootinUp]

4. This isn't a horse race. nt

[David__77]

5. I understand and dislike the question.

[dembotoz]

6. thanks to nutty yahoo there are limits to uncontional love

[onecaliberal]

8. Killing alot of people has a way of doing that.