"As Israel's bombardment of Gaza and starvation policy in the exclave nears the beginning of its third year, the assault that has killed more than 66,000 Palestinians has driven US support for Israel "off a cliff," suggested one commentator in response to a poll released Monday by The New York Times and Siena College."
"The survey of 1,313 registered voters found that for the first time since the newspaper and university have polled Americans on their sympathies regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1998, more respondents said they support Palestinians than Israelis. Thirty-five percent expressed sympathy with the Palestinian side, while 34% said they support Israelis and 31% said they were unsure or had equal sympathy for both sides."
"The poll did not show a majority of respondents backing Palestinians, who have demanded the right to self-determination and an end to Israel's occupation and apartheid policies since Zionist forces ethnically cleansed hundreds of Palestinian towns and cities, killed 15,000 people, and expelled at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in order to establish the Jewish-majority state of Israel in the 1940s."
Israel's bombardment of Gaza and reported starvation policy approaches its third year with more than 66,000 Palestinians killed. A New York Times/Siena College poll of 1,313 registered voters found 35% expressed sympathy with Palestinians, 34% with Israelis, and 31% unsure or neutral. For the first time since 1998 polling, more respondents said they support Palestinians than Israelis. The poll did not show a majority backing Palestinians, who demand self-determination and an end to occupation and apartheid policies, citing mass killings and expulsions in the 1940s. The shift in sympathy was described by some observers as seismic.
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