Thoughts on Israel and Gaza

It means rejecting efforts to minimize the terrible tragedy that the Israeli people have just endured, as well as the morally-bankrupt ...

A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 39% of Israelis say Israel's military response against Hamas in Gaza has been about right.

Although many Americans call for the discontinuation of Israel's operations in Gaza, more say Israel's attack is justified (44%) than not ...

A year into this devastating war, what are you feeling and thinking? How have your feelings changed over the course of the year?

In the year since Hamas attacked Israel, and Israel responded by invading Gaza, U.S. public opinion on the war shifted modestly.

There seems to be a broad consensus atop the Democratic Party about the war in Gaza, structured around two propositions.

In March, U.S. adults' approval of Israel's efforts fell to 36%, with 55% disapproving. Although all party groups showed declines in approval of ...

What Kamala Harris really thinks about Israel and Gaza. Biden's approach to the war in Gaza has been divisive. Would Harris chart a new path?

She and President Biden are still pushing for a cease-fire deal that sees the hostages released, the fighting in Gaza to end and so "Palestinian ...

Across partisan lines, most Republicans who give their opinion say Israel is justified in defending its interests (53%), while most Democrats ...

Fifty-five percent currently disapprove of Israel's actions, while 36% approve. Americans Have Shifted to Disapproval of Israeli Military ...

It is in this context that we hear some Western commentators speak of the IDF bombardment of Gaza as “a response to Hamas's attack.” Israelis ...

A real change in the regional order requires either a political process between Israel and Hamas, or the complete destruction of the latter.

The brutality of Israel's war on Gaza has put an end to the apathy towards the suffering of the Palestinian people in the West.

Conflict between Hamas and Israel in Gaza is not based on religion, although common narrative would have it otherwise. Equally, it is only ...

Israel's Defense Strategy and Domestic Politics in Shaping Gaza Policy ... The former Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan once remarked that “ ...

The world's attention has largely moved on from the Hamas attack on October 7. But in Israel, the atrocities are still front and centre ...

We overestimated Israel's strength and the quality of its intelligence. The one thing we didn't overestimate was the brutality of Hamas.

First, public opinion on U.S. policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian issue remains divided along partisan lines, with an increasing majority of ...

Overall, Arab public opinion of the US response to the Israeli war on Gaza is overwhelmingly negative, with 82% seeing the US response as “Very ...