Most Americans support the international recognition of Palestine: a survey Israeli conflict news

Reuters poll/Ipsus shows that 59 percent of the respondents in the United States say that the military campaign for Israel in Gaza was excessive.

Washington, DC, Most Americans believe that all countries should recognize Palestine as a country, and the new Reuters/Ipsos poll, as general support for Israel in the United States, points out. It continues to decrease Amid the atrocities in Gaza.

The majority of the respondents – 59 percent – also said that Israel’s army The response in Gaza was excessive.

The survey, which was released on Wednesday, was interrogated 4446 American adults between August 13 and 16.

Fifty -eight percent of the respondents agreed to the statement that “Palestine must be recognized as a state by all members of the United Nations.” The number increased to 78 percent among Democrats, compared to 41 percent of Republicans.

Fightly, a number of democratic respondents agreed 77 percent, that “Israel must be recognized as a state by all members of the United Nations.”

The study comes at a time when global anger is growing against Israel’s campaign to destroy, hunger and displacement in Gaza, which was described by the leading rights groups As a group extermination.

Many American allies, including France, UK And CanadaThey said that they intend to recognize Palestine as a country at the United Nations General Assembly next month.

US President Donald Trump’s administration to reject International efforts to recognize a Palestinian state and refused moves as meaningless.

The vast majority of countries already realize Palestine. It remains to see how more recognition by Western countries will affect the ongoing war of Israel in Gaza and the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank – the two that form a Palestinian state.

Rights defenders call on the international community to impose severe consequences on Israel because of violations against the Palestinians, including sanctions and arms embargo.

Despite the protests of European countries, Israel is pressing a campaign to The seizure of Gaza CityIt is an attack that risk the displacement of tens of thousands of people and the destruction of the remainder of the region that was one day in Palestine.

In the West Bank, Israel continues to intensify the army and Settler attacks While building more settlements in violation of international law.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezallil Smotrich celebrated a newly announced plan for 3400 Israeli illegal housing units between occupied East Jerusalem and Palestinian societies in the West Bank as an effort to eliminate the possibility of a Palestinian state.

“The Palestinian state is erased from the table, not through slogans, but with actions,” Sottic said, according to the Israel newspaper. “Every settlement, every neighborhood, every housing unit is another nail in the coffin of this dangerous idea.”

Last year, the International Court of Justice ruled this The existence of Israel In the occupied Palestinian territories – Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem – is illegal and must end “as soon as possible.”

The Fourth Geneva Convention, which considers Israel signed, prohibits the occupation force from the transfer of “parts of its civilian population to the lands it occupies.”

The successive American administrations supported the two -state solution, while continuing to provide Israel with billions of dollars in military aid because it established its work for the Palestinian territories.

Trump-a strong supporter of Israel-has broken the traditional policy, and has explicitly rejected the support of the two-state solution or criticizing the expansion of the settlement.

However, American public opinion continued to move against Israel.

In Yougov reconnaissance On Tuesday, 43 percent of the respondents in the United States said they believed that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, compared to 28 percent who did not agree to the statement.