American Jews Turn on Israel Over War in Gaza

[applegrove]

American Jews Turn on Israel Over War in Gaza

October 4, 2025 at 10:49 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 67 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/04/american-jews-turn-on-israel-over-war-in-gaza/

“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.”

[enid602]

1. Germans

So did the Germans, AFTER the war ended.

[applegrove]

2. American jews have been demonstrating and saying 'not in my name'

almost the whole time.

[Mosby]

3. 29% of the respondents said Judaism isn't important to them.

If you were polling self identified Christians about their Xmas traditions and close to 30% said Jesus Christ wasn't very important to them I not sure the survey would yield meaningful info.

[multigraincracker]

4. Here is to all secular people of all religions.

[cliffside]

5. Would you please post a link to that question? I just looked over the questions in the WaPo article ...

possibly too fast, but did not see that particular question.

Thanks!

[Israeli]

7. So in other words .....

If you are not a religious Jew your opinions dont count ......

[WDLAL]

8. This brings up something I haven't considered.

I’m a Christian and my religion is very important to me. When I hear, or read, that someone is Jewish, I naturally assume they are religious Jews.

I know religious Jews born outside of Israel often feel a strong tie to Israel. Generally speaking, how common is that feeling among secular Jews?

I assume the Holocaust would cause non Israeli, secular Jews to feel a special tie to Israel. Is that true? Is it common for secular Jews to feel a special tie to Israel? Or is it more like most of us feel toward the countries from which our ancestors came? The connection is there, but not something we think about much. Since Israel has only existed in its current state since 1948, do secular Jews whose parents were also secular feel differently about Israel?

I also assume that tie to Israel would lessen with each generation without the religious connection. If you are non Israeli and non religious, do you think of yourself as Jewish or only of Jewish ancestry. For example, my ancestors came largely from the UK several centuries ago. I don’t think of my ancestral connection when reading about issues in the U.K.

Being neither Israeli nor Palestinian, I will add that I mean no disrespect with my comments. I apologize in advance if my comments are in any way offensive.

[Israeli]

9. Apologies for late response

Today is the last day of a very long holiday period and the first day I havent
been out protesting against our government or taking care of grandchildren so
that their parents could .

Im sorry I cant answer any of your questions , you are asking the wrong person .
Not only am I secular I am also an atheist.
I have never lived outside of Israel and Im 75 , second generation Sabra .

You need to ask someone from the Diaspora.

[mountain grammy]

6. This Jew gave up on Israel

When Bibi was elected again after being voted out. He and trump. 2 peas