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But that's what Israeli wants..they will vote on someone who can fullfil the same promise
Nah mate. Just not true. Millions of them have been protesting Bibi's horrible leadership decisions here
They've been protesting against him because he violated their security and democracy, not because he's committing genocide. 80% of them (including 88% of Jewish Israelis) are perfectly fine with that part.
Be careful with the us vs them mentality here.
They're not all genocidal war mongers whether we think that or not.
I mean I'm quoting numbers from two weeks ago. I'd love to think that the number of people who support genocide in Israel is less than that, but you can't argue with evidence.
I don't even want to partially defend Israel here, but can you show me the 88% that have specifically said it's about security/democracy and not the thousands of deaths?
Because I highly doubt the poll was "safety or dead children?" and 88% said "dead children" yeah?
Fuck the IDF, but don't ALSO spread silly prop
They don't need to say it (mostly because nobody is asking that question). Two questions that were asked is "Is the number of deaths in Gaza justified by the war" and "do you think Israel is using adequate or too little force in Gaza". And apparently 88% of Israeli jews think the answer is yes for the former, and 94% think so for the latter. Similarly, only 27% of Israeli Jews support a two-state solution, while 38% think Israel should annex the West Bank with limited Palestinian rights (admittedly I thought this one would be higher).
https://archive.is/PWZ1h
The stats you are using are correct based on the source.
I just don't think I agree w/ taking the Tel Aviv study of <1k people at face value.
Remember, if you didn't see the >700k marching in DC (not a single television broadcast), why would US media show you the Jewish citizens who are pissed w/ Bibi?
Edit: I appreciate you providing the source though! The New York Times has a pretty heavy swing bias, IMO. I'll include both of the polls mentioned below.
Palestinian Poll from the Article
https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2090%20English%20press%20release%2013%20Dec%202023%20Final%20New.pdf
Israeli Poll from the Article
https://en-social-sciences.tau.ac.il/sites/socsci-english.tau.ac.il/files/media_server/social/peaceindex/2024-01.pdf
There are tons of US media reporting on protests in Israel against Netanyahu (not all of which are against his policies, of course), but regardless of protests there is a reason he's been reelected so many times, and it's that the progressive Jewish Left in Israel is massively outnumbered by the hardliner ultranationalist and religious Right.
There are huge protests in SF for movements like Land Back (which just last month worked with Berkeleyto return burial land to the Ohlone peoples), but that doesn't mean even 1% of the US is on board with it.