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More Than 7 in 10 American Jews Disapprove of Trump’s Performance Thus Far, Poll Says
US President Donald Trump waves as he walks before departing for Florida from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
An overwhelming majority of American Jews disapprove of US President Donald Trump’s job performance thus far, including his efforts to combat antisemitism, according to a new poll.
The survey — conducted by the Mellman Group and published by the Jewish Electorate Institute — found that, among American Jews, 72 percent disapprove and 24 percent approve of Trump’s performance. Moreover, 67 percent of Jews indicated that they “strongly disapprove” of the president’s performance, compared to only 16 percent who “strongly approve” of the job Trump has done thus far.
“American Jewish voters are deeply distressed about the direction in which Donald Trump is taking the country and oppose many of his key policies,” Mark Mellman, a Jewish Democratic pollster who founded the Mellman Group, said in a statement.
A majority of Jews, 56 percent, expressed disapproval with how the president is combating antisemitism. Comparatively, 31 percent indicated approval of how Trump has handled anti-Jewish hatred thus far. More precisely, 49 percent of respondents indicated they “strongly disapprove” and 24 percent claimed they “strongly approve” of Trump’s approach to antisemitism.
During the 2024 US presidential election, as part of a broader effort to entice Jewish voters, Trump vowed to aggressively crack down on antisemitic incidents, which have spiked across the country in the 18 months following the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of southern Israel, according to data compiled by both federal government agencies and advocacy organizations.
However, according to the poll, Jewish denominations are heavily divided on the White House’s approach to antisemitism, with a majority of Orthodox Jews supporting the Trump administration’s attempts to tackle anti-Jewish hatred. Conversely, most Reform and unaffiliated respondents indicated disapproval of the White House efforts to punish antisemitic conduct.
Moreover, the poll reveals overwhelming disapproval of the Trump administration’s executive orders empowering federal agencies to deport immigrants without a legal hearing. Approximately 71 percent of Jews “oppose” and 23 percent “support” the executive order.
Since returning to the White House, the Trump administration has detained several non-citizen anti-Israel activists on university campuses for participating in often destructive demonstrations while allegedly supporting Hamas, the US-designated terrorist organization that has ruled Gaza since 2007. Some of these arrests, particularly of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, have sparked significant backlash, with critics accusing the White House of undermining free speech rights.
However, about two-thirds of the American people support the deportation of non-citizen students, such as Khalil, who indicate support for internationally recognized terrorist groups, according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll from March.
Martin Frost, a former congressman and chairman emeritus of the Jewish Electorate Institute, said the Trump administration should consider the poll a warning.
“This poll makes it clear that President Trump’s executive actions – across the board – are wholly rejected by American Jewish voters,” Frost said in a statement. “The president should not ignore these results, including on his handling of antisemitism, as they reflect significant political risks for both him and his party in upcoming elections.”
American Jews are a traditionally Democratic-leaning voting bloc who have consistently supported the Democratic presidential nominee over the Republican nominee by wide margins.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Trump Is Lying When He Speaks of Peace
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with government officials in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2025. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Donald Trump on Saturday of lying when the US president said during his Gulf tour this week that he wanted peace in the region.
On the contrary, said Khamenei, the United States uses its power to give “10-ton bombs to the Zionist (Israeli) regime to drop on the heads of Gaza’s children.”
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One after departing the United Arab Emirates on Friday that Iran had to move quickly on a US proposal for its nuclear program or “something bad’s going to happen.”
His remarks, said Khamenei, “aren’t even worth responding to.” They are an “embarrassment to the speaker and the American people,” Khamenei added.
“Undoubtedly, the source of corruption, war, and conflict in this region is the Zionist regime — a dangerous, deadly cancerous tumor that must be uprooted; it will be uprooted,” he said at an event at a religious center in Tehran, according to state media.
Earlier on Saturday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Trump speaks about peace while simultaneously making threats.
“Which should we believe?” Pezeshkian said at a naval event in Tehran. “On the one hand, he speaks of peace and on the other, he threatens with the most advanced tools of mass killing.”
Tehran would continue Iran-US nuclear talks but is not afraid of threats. “We are not seeking war,” Pezeshkian said.
While Trump said on Friday that Iran had a US proposal about its nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in a post on X said Tehran had not received any such proposal. “There is no scenario in which Iran abandons its hard-earned right to (uranium) enrichment for peaceful purposes…” he said.
Araqchi warned on Saturday that Washington’s constant change of stance prolongs nuclear talks, state TV reported.
“It is absolutely unacceptable that America repeatedly defines a new framework for negotiations that prolongs the process,” the broadcast quoted Araqchi as saying.
Pezeshkian said Iran would not “back down from our legitimate rights”.
“Because we refuse to bow to bullying, they say we are source of instability in the region,” he said.
A fourth round of Iran-U.S. talks ended in Oman last Sunday. A new round has not been scheduled yet.
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Hamas Confirms New Gaza Ceasefire Talks with Israel in Qatar on Saturday
Doha, Qatar. Photo: StellarD via Wikimedia Commons.
A new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel is underway in Qatar’s Doha, Hamas official Taher al-Nono told Reuters on Saturday.
He said the two sides were discussing all issues without “pre-conditions.”
Nono said Hamas was “keen to exert all the effort needed” to help mediators make the negotiations a success, adding there was “no certain offer on the table.”
The negotiations come despite Israel preparing to expand operations in the Gaza Strip as they seek “operational control” in some areas of the war-torn enclave.
The return to negotiations also comes after US President Donald Trump ended a Middle East tour on Friday with no apparent progress towards a new ceasefire, although he acknowledged Gaza’s growing hunger crisis and the need for aid deliveries.
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Report: ICC’s Khan Goes on Administrative Leave Amid Sexual Misconduct Probe
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in The Hague, Netherlands, Feb. 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
i24 News – Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan has stepped down temporarily as an investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct by United Nations investigators is nearing its final phase, Reuters reported on Friday citing sources from the international court.
Khan allegedly forced sexual intercourse upon a member of staff on multiple occasions, the Wall Street Journal reported last week, linking the allegations to Khan’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-defense minister Yoav Gallant.
A statement is expected later today announcing that Khan is going on administrative leave, according to a source in the prosecutor’s office.
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