Three-quarters of Democrats oppose aid to Israel, poll finds |
A survey released this week found that three-quarters of US Democrats are opposed to the US providing aid to Israel, in another indication of the party’s turn against the Jewish state.
The poll, by The New York Times and the Siena Research Institute, found that 74% of Democratic voters opposed “providing additional economic and military support to Israel.”
Only 20% of respondents were in favor of aid to Israel.
Among respondents, 60% said they sympathized more with the Palestinians, while only 15% sympathized more with Israel.
The survey also found that 48% of Democrats said the party has been “too supportive of Israel,” while eight percent said the party was not supportive enough, and 34% said US backing was “about right.”
Ninety percent disapproved of US President Donald Trump’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and 94% opposed Trump’s........