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[–] TokenBoomer 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Yo even the boomers get it. This is huge.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


An erosion of U.S. public support could be a worrisome sign for the Middle Eastern country, which faces not only Hamas militants in Gaza but the Hezbollah Islamist movement in Lebanon and has conducted a long-running “shadow war” with Iran, its regional arch-foe.

The drop in U.S. support, seen in the new poll among both Democrats and Republicans and especially among older respondents, follows weeks of heavy Israeli bombardment and ground combat against Hamas in Gaza in retaliation for an Oct. 7 rampage by the Islamist militants in southern Israel.

Palestinians trapped inside Gaza's biggest hospital were digging a mass grave on Tuesday to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement.

By comparison, 41% of people answering the poll said they backed sending weapons to Ukraine in its fight against a nearly 21-month-old Russian invasion, compared to 32% who were opposed and the rest unsure.

While most moderate Democrats in Congress have long supported military assistance to Israel, some progressives in Biden's own party have started to question whether there should be greater scrutiny as well as conditions attached to such aid.

U.S. officials have cautioned that funding for Ukraine military aid is running low as the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-majority Senate remain at odds over the Biden administration’s request for billions of dollars more in assistance to Kyiv.


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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Was this not obvious? I don’t think I’ve seen a single comment here supporting them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I think it's noteworthy. It's not like Israel suddenly turned evil recently, but last year people who said bad things about Israel could be labeled as antisemitic or believing in crazy conspiracy theories.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It’s mostly the Jewish/right wing crowd that are supporting them in the places I see. Even most of the Jewish people have stopped supporting them.