OVER ONE-THIRD OF AMERICANS BELIEVE ISRAEL IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE: POLL

Thu 25 January 2024:

More than one in three Americans believe Israel is carrying out genocide against Palestinians, according to the latest Economist/YouGov poll.

The survey says 35 percent affirm this belief and 36 percent oppose it, while 29 percent remain undecided.

According to the Economist/YouGov poll, roughly equal numbers of adults believe Israel’s military campaign against Palestinians, which is estimated to have killed more than 25,000 people since 7 October, amounts to genocide: 35% say it is, 36% say it isn’t, with 29% undecided.

Among younger Americans, and along political lines, divisions are more prominent. Almost half of those surveyed aged 18-29, 49%, say Israel is committing genocide, with 24% disagreeing and 27% uncertain.

These trends are largely mirrored among registered Democrats, where 49 percent lean towards characterising Israel’s actions as genocide, 21 percent disagree, and 30 percent are undecided.

In contrast, Republicans show stronger support for Israel, with 57 percent stating there is no genocide, 18 percent asserting there is, and 25 percent expressing uncertainty.

The polling, which took place between 21 and 23 January, comes as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague prepares to deliver on Friday an interim ruling on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, and a separate lawsuit against Joe Biden’s administration for “failing to prevent genocide” advances.

The ICJ case, which was heard over two days earlier this month, is seen as an important gauge of international sentiment over Israel’s campaign in Gaza. South Africa claimed that more than 50 countries agreed with its assertion Israel had shown “chilling” and “incontrovertible” intent to commit genocide in Gaza during its military response to the Hamas attacks of 7 October.

“This court has the benefit of the past 13 weeks of evidence that shows incontrovertibly, a pattern of conduct and related intention that justifies a plausible claim of genocidal acts,” the South African lawyer Adila Hassim said.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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