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Majority of Americans Believe US Should Continue Supporting Israel in Gaza War, Poll Shows
US President Joe Biden, left, pauses during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 18, 2023. Photo: Miriam Alster/Pool via REUTERS
A commanding majority of the American public believes that the US should continue to back the Israeli military effort against the Hamas terror group in Gaza, according to a new poll.
Over 70 percent of Americans think their government should continue supporting Israel, according to a May 2024 poll by Marist. In contrast, only a quarter of Americans believe the US should pause its support for the Jewish state until a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is secured, the poll found.
When asked about their views on the Israel-Hamas war, 23 percent of Americans agreed that the US “should fully support all of Israel’s military actions against Hamas.” Meanwhile, 48 percent took a more tempered approach to the war, arguing the US “should support Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas but should also use its influence to encourage Israel to protect Palestinian civilians.”
A clear minority of the public believes that America should prioritize ending the war before Israel can meet its key objectives, with 25 percent agreeing the US “should stop all support for Israel until there is a ceasefire in Gaza.”
Both major political parties believe that the American government should continue lending support to Israel. Among Republicans, 41% said that the US should fully support Israel’s war effort against Hamas” while only 10 percent of Democrats stated that position. Another 41 percent of Republicans said they believe their government should back Israel’s right to self-defend against Hamas while using its influence to push Israel to protect Palestinian civilians” alongside 55 percent of Democrats.
Minorities among both parties believe that the US government should stop the war at all costs. A meager 14 percent of Republicans agreed that Washington should stop all support for Israel until a ceasefire is reached in Gaza, alongside a more significant 33 percent of Democrats.
Views of the war did not significantly split along gender lines, with 24 percent of men and 21 percent of women saying that the US should fully back Israel. Meanwhile, 48 percent of men and 49 percent of women agreed that the Biden administration should support Israel while urging Jerusalem to protect Palestinian civilians. Twenty-five percent of both men and women claimed all US support for Washington’s top Middle Eastern ally should stop until there is a ceasefire.
The poll came amid growing fears among some politicians that the American public is souring on Israel’s military effort against Hamas. In the months following Hamas’ Oct. 7 slaughter of over 1,200 people across southern Israel, left-wing activist groups have organized mass protests across the country, demanding that politicians stop supporting the Jewish state. Democratic lawmakers, in particular, have substantially increased rhetoric critical of Israel, hoping to mollify their far-left critics.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.