Thursday, March 7, 2019

Poll: US Sympathy for Israel Lowest Since 2009; Liberal Democrats Raise Backing of Palestinians

A new Gallup poll finds that a majority of Americans remain partial towards Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with 59 percent saying they sympathize more with Israelis, whereas 21 percent sympathize more with the Palestinians, the World Israel News website reports today (March 7, 2019).

However, while still widespread, sympathy toward Israel is down from 64 percent in 2018 and marks the lowest percentage favoring Israel since 2009, says Gallup.

Meanwhile, the 21 percent sympathizing more with the Palestinians -- statistically unchanged from a year ago -- is the highest by one point in Gallup's trend since 2001.

These results are based on Gallup's annual World Affairs survey, conducted each February.

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