A majority of Americans stand firmly behind Israel over the Palestinians in their bitter decades-long territorial conflict — while 66% strongly support the “total eradication” of Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the terror group’s massacre of civilians in the Jewish state that, according to a new survey.
The Rasmussen Reports poll asked likely voters, “Which is closer to your opinion of the conflict between Israel and Palestine: That Israel is mostly to blame, that the Palestinians are mostly to blame, or that both sides are equally to blame?”
53% of respondents said the Palestinians were mostly to blame for the conflict, while only 10% said Israel was mostly to blame and 24% said both sides were equally to blame.
Another 13% of respondents have no opinion.
Voters were also asked, “Do you agree or disagree with this statement: ‘Israel has no choice but to seek the complete elimination of Hamas in Gaza.'”
More than 50% of respondents believe that Palestine is mostly to blame for the conflict.REUTERS Another 13% of respondents have no opinion.AP
66% of respondents agreed, while only 19% disagreed — a staggering 3-to-1 margin.
The US and the European Union have designated Hamas a terrorist organization because of its armed resistance and attacks on Israel.
The group controls the Gaza Strip, which has a population of 2 million.
66% of respondents agreed with “…the complete eradication of Hamas in Gaza.” Getty Images
The poll of 1,007 likely voters was conducted from October 10-12 after Hamas launched a sneak attack on Israel, killing and kidnapping civilians, on October 7.
The poll has a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Israel has declared war and is moving to destroy Hamas in what is expected to be a brutal ground war in Gaza.
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