A minority of Jewish-Americans agree that Hamas was justified in its attack on Israel
American Jews are much less likely to support their own killing, kidnapping and torture than the average liberal.
Cygnal polled Muslims and Jews in America. It found that 57% of Muslims believed that Hamas atrocities against Jews were justified. But a less widely reported result found that 11.5% of American Jews also agreed that Hamas was justified.
3.6% of American Jews “strongly agreed” that Hamas was justified while another 7.9% “somewhat agreed.”
Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh enjoys a 7.2% favorability rating among American Jews.
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Another poll, from Harvard/Harris, found that 16% of Americans side with Hamas and 24% agreed that “the Hamas killing of 1200 Israeli civilians in Israel can be justified by the grievances of Palestinians.”
- This was an opinion held by 31% of Democrats and 36% of self-described liberals.
- People with college degrees (29%) were more likely to support Hamas atrocities than people with only some college (21%).
- Urbanites (40%) were far more likely to believe that the murder of Israeli women and children was justified than suburban (17%) or rural (13%) residents.
- Those making $75,000 or more were more often Hamas supporters (33%) than those making less (19%)
- Blacks (33%), Hispanics (28%) justified the murder of Jews more than white people did (21%).
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