Americans’ support for Israel over Hamas in the Gaza conflict remains high, with 77% of voters supporting the Jewish state, according to poll results released on Feb. 24.
The February Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll is a monthly collaboration between the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard (CAPS) and the Harris Poll and HarrisX.
Some 67% of voters have heard of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States should take over the Gaza Strip to redevelop it, the survey found. And 47% believe Trump was being serious, while 53% believe he was posturing to start negotiations.
A total of 70% said the United States taking over Gaza is a bad idea, while 56% opposed removing Arabs from Gaza to rebuild the territory.
So far, 54% of voters support Trump’s handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
A strong majority of voters, 76%, say Iran’s nuclear-weapons facilities should be destroyed. Fifty-seven percent of voters say the United States should support Israel in airstrikes on such facilities (Democrats: 45%; Republicans: 74%; Independents: 51%).
The survey was conducted online within the United States by the Harris Poll and HarrisX on Feb. 19-20, among 2,443 registered voters.
