61% of American Jews think Israel has committed war crimes; 40% call it genocide.

[iemanja]

Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians, according to a Washington Post poll.

The findings are striking given the long-standing ties between the U.S. Jewish community and Israel, suggesting the potential for a historic breach over the Gaza war. Two years after Hamas militants poured into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 250 hostage, Israel’s retaliatory incursion has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry — which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians but says the majority of the dead are women and children — displaced many more, and led to widespread hunger in the territory. . .

Many of those who spoke to The Post in follow-up interviews said they supported Israel’s military incursion at first, given the brutality of the Hamas attack and the need to respond. But as the war has dragged on, with reports of atrocities accumulating and little evident progress, they have recoiled at Israel’s actions.

A few months ago, according toa Gallup poll, Jews were more evenly split on Gaza:

Jews in the poll are almost evenly divided over Israel’s actions in Gaza, with 46 percent approving and 48 percent opposing. That remains more supportive than many other groups: Among all Americans, 32 percent approved of Israel’s actions and 60 percent disapproved, according to a July Gallup poll.

It would appear that opinion has shifted since then.

Washington Post via MSN
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/many-american-jews-sharply-critical-of-israel-on-gaza-post-poll-finds/ar-AA1NQQpE?ocid=BingNewsSerp

The concern over Gaza makes sense to me given the Jewish community's long engagement in social justice work, including our country's early union movements to the Civil Rights protests of the mid-20th century. We can sometimes get a stilted view of Jewish opinion from the most vocal pro-Israeli voices on the internet, but this poll shows that they are not in the majority.

[Grins]

1. My Jewish American friends agree and told me so years ago.

Not proud of Israel’s actions, but also very wary of being labeled if they support Israel too much. Or don’t at all.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Add me to the list.

It’s genocide no matter how mistreated the Jews have been for millennia.

[hlthe2b]

3. The harder Bebe's Likudists well-reinforced by Trump & US End Time-believers (who are keen on exploiting Israel

for their own motivations) continue to deny what cannot be buried, denied, justified, or aggressively deflected, the more even the average American will show this in opinion polls. People recognize a justified response to the horrific attack that happened on October 7 two years ago, and they recognize what has become exponentially something else, despite the ongoing excuses. And they are NOT going to allow deflection by accusation--i.e., claiming those who believe this is an atrocity or even genocide are antisemitic or anti-Israel.

[iemanja]

4. Also, 84% of Democrats oppose Israeli actions in Gaza

Trump's approval rating among Dems is higher than that.

[Crunchy Frog]

10. What I have trouble understanding about this "war"

is why the IDF didn't simply go in and take full operational control over the strip, and institute a regular occupation regime, instead of spending two years bombing the place to rubble.

It's a very small area and it doesn't seem like it should have been that difficult. They could have at least taken control over hospitals, other important infrastructure, and distribution points for aid. Unless, of course, the objective was always simply to eliminate the population one way or another.

Maybe someone could explain it to me.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. As noted in the above poll, many American Jews are NOT happy with Bibi and his ultraright wing government

[cliffside]

6. Israel has not been making many friends - "Hundreds of thousands march across Europe in support of Palestinians"

Israel has not been making many friends lately.

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-protests-turkey-europe-2ee3dc7338d9c27f88a9f730ce927343

"... In the Netherlands, an estimated 250,000 people, most dressed in red, gathered in Amsterdam to press the government to take tougher action against Israel.

... A weekend of rallies across Europe

A day after mass demonstrations across Spain, thousands of people held smaller marches in several cities, calling for an “end to genocide” and trade relations with Israel.

Rallies in Santiago and Gijon, both in the north of Spain, were among the largest, with several thousand attendees. In Gijon, a group of women marched carrying white bundles symbolizing the bodies of children killed in Gaza.

Sunday’s demonstrations came a day after hundreds of thousands marched in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid in a show of growing international outrage at Israel’s two-year military campaign in Gaza. Smaller rallies took place in Paris, Lisbon, Athens and Skopje, North Macedonia, and in London and Manchester..."

[iemanja]

7. That's encouraging

Protests here are demonized as antisemitic, as though it's not possible to care about Palestinian lives without hating Jews. This poll shows that couldn't be farther from the truth, despite the Israeli propaganda to the contrary.

[cliffside]

8. Yes, at some point the same excuse no longer works. nt

[cliffside]

9. Share link to the WaPo poll ...

https://wapo.st/4gYN3Tp

[iemanja]

11. Thank you!

[cliffside]

12. You're welcome :) nt