Poll: US Public Support for Israel Wanes as 68 Percent Call for Ceasefire

 

TEHRAN (FNA)- Israel’s war on Gaza is upsetting many Americans who think it must follow growing demands for an immediate ceasefire, according to a new poll.

The Reuters/Ipsos survey found only 32 percent of respondents said “the US should support Israel”. That is down from 41 percent from a poll conducted on October 12-13 – just days after the war broke out.

About 68 percent of respondents said they agreed with the statement, “Israel should call a ceasefire and try to negotiate”. Some 39 percent supported the idea “the US should be a neutral mediator”, compared with 27 percent a month earlier.

Only 4 percent of respondents said the United States should support Palestinians, while 15 percent said the US shouldn’t be involved at all in the war.

While the US has been a significant Israeli ally, just 31 percent of respondents said they supported sending Israel weapons.

The plunge in support follows weeks of heavy bombardment of Gaza that has killed more than 11,500 people, and could be a worrying sign for Israel.

Israel waged the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas carried out the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm into the occupied territories in response to the occupying regime’s intensified crimes against the Palestinian people.

 

This article was published in Fars News Agency and is re published here under a creative commons license.