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Date: October 30, 2024 at 10:35:56
From: old timer, [DNS_Address]
Subject: About half in new poll worried about possibility of broader war in Mid |
URL: About half in new poll worried about possibility of broader war in Middle East |
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About half in new poll worried about possibility of broader war in Middle
East
BY FILIP TIMOTIJA 10/30/24 10:58 AM ET
This picture shows projectiles being intercepted by Israel above Tel Aviv
on October 1, 2024. Air raid sirens sounded in central Israel on October 1,
the military said, a day after the army launched ground operations into
southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah positions. "Sirens sounded in
central Israel," the military said, without providing details of the areas that
were affected.
Around half of Americans are worried about the possibility of a broader
war in the Middle East, according to a poll released Wednesday.
The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found 51 percent
of registered voters are “extremely/very” concerned about the conflict in
the Middle East escalating further. Another 36 percent said they were
“somewhat concerned,” while 11 percent stated they were not worried as
much or not at all.
The poll was conducted before Israel’s strike on Iran last week.
Approximately 85 percent of registered voters said they were at least
“somewhat concerned” that the U.S. will be drawn into a war in the Middle
East, according to the survey. Some 14 percent disagreed.
Nearly half of Americans surveyed, 49 percent, said the U.S. is doing “as
much as it can” to broker a cease-fire between the Palestinian militant
group Hamas, Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Some 3
in 10 registered voters said the U.S. could be doing more.
Nearly 6 in 10 registered voters said Hezbollah, Hamas and the Iranian
government bear “a lot” of responsibility for the escalation that has
transpired in the Middle East in the past year since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023,
attack on Israel that killed about 1,200 Israelis, while another 250 were
taken hostage.
The Israeli government has responded to last year’s attack by bombarding
Gaza, engaging in a military operation in the territory that has killed more
than 43,000 Palestinians. Upward of 90 percent of Gaza population has
been displaced since Israel’s military campaign began.
About 42 percent of Americans said the Israeli government has “a lot” of
responsibility for the escalation, while 18 percent pinned it on the U.S.
government. There’s a big divide along party lines on Israeli government’s
responsibility in the ongoing conflict — about 57 percent of Democratic
voters said Israel’s government bears “a lot” of responsibility, while 39
percent of independents and 26 percent of Republicans said the same.
The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll was conducted Oct.
11-14 among 1,072 adults. The margin of error for registered voters was
4.2 percentage points.
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Date: October 30, 2024 at 11:19:09
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: About half in new poll worried about possibility of broader war... |
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I think we'll worry no matter what about the Mideast.
It's a mess. We can argue about how it got there (get
ready for 2000 yrs of arguments), argue about what
works, what doesn't now, what to do, what not to do
now...
But, whatever we argue, Trump will make it worse.
May God guide the Harris admin with more wisdom toward
peace and mercy if she is elected.
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Date: October 30, 2024 at 11:22:55
From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: About half in new poll worried about possibility of broader war... |
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May God guide the Harris admin with more wisdom toward
peace and mercy if when she is elected.
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