A majority of US citizens support conditioning defense assistance to Israel, a poll conducted at around the same time as the latest round of fighting between Israel and Gazan armed groups has shown.
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Respondents were asked if they would back legislation that "would stop Israel from spending US taxpayer dollars on the military detention of Palestinian children; the seizure or destruction of Palestinian property and homes; or, support for Israel's annexation of Palestinian territory."
The poll by Data for Progress, a progressive polling firm, showed that 55% of US citizens were in favor of such moves, while 29% opposed it.
The widening gap between Democratic and Republican voters was shown with 72% of Democrats, 57% of independents, and 36% of Republicans supporting the idea.
Once considered a bipartisan and unquestionable policy position in the US, the notion of caveating financial support for Israel has grown in prominence in recent years, buoyed in part by the progressive wing of the Democratic party.
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A bill pushed in April by Representative Betty McCollum, a Democrat from Minnesota, that garnered 27 Democratic cosponsors in the US House of Representatives, is the basis for the question contained in the polling.
J Street and Americans for Peace Now, two major liberal nominally pro-Israel groups, support McCollum's bill.
The poll was conducted through a web panel from May 12-25, a period roughly consistent with the most recent flare-up of violence between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The survey reached 2,100 likely voters and has a margin of error of 2%age points.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
