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Roslyn Ross's avatar

Particularly when most Americans including 66% of young American Jews not only say they support the Palestinians but that they support Hamas.

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dale ruff's avatar

That is an outright lie. "Pew Research Center (April 2024): About 34% of Americans under 30 believe Hamas has valid reasons for fighting Israel, while 30% disagree and 35% are unsure. Additionally, 58% of this age group found Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel unacceptable, compared to 86% of those aged 65 and older.

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Wall Street Journal/Ipsos Poll (October 2023): Only 13% of Americans under 30 held a favorable view of Hamas, while 79% viewed the group unfavorably." Support for Palestinian rights is NOT support for Hamas.

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No, it is not an outright lie.

One-third of Jewish-American teens say they 'sympathise' with Hamas, Israeli government poll shows

Survey shows 66 percent of Jewish teens in US say they sympathise with the Palestinian people

Published date: 22 November 2024 19:29 GMT

More than one-third of American-Jewish teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18 agree with the statement, "I sympathise with Hamas" - more than a year into Israel's war on Gaza, according to a new poll released by an Israeli government ministry.

The survey by Israel's Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism found that 36.7 percent of American-Jewish teens either "agreed" or "strongly agreed" to the statement, "I sympathise with Hamas", Israeli media reported on Thursday.

The number contrasted sharply with the seven percent of Jewish teens living outside of the US who agreed with that statement.

An even greater percentage of American-Jewish teens, 41.3 percent, agreed with the statement that Israel was "committing genocide" in Gaza. Only 10 percent of Jewish teens living outside the US agreed with that statement.

A majority, 66 percent, said that they sympathise with the Palestinian people as a whole.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/one-third-american-jewish-teens-say-they-sympathise-hamas-israeli-government-poll-shows

The October 2023 poll does not count because the media campaign of atrocities lies was in full swing.

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