Poll finds many Americans accept Gaza famine label, reveals generational division over Israel support

A recent poll by Harvard University’s Center for American Political Studies and The Harris Poll found that a majority of the respondents believe that famine conditions exist in the Gaza Strip following the recent United Nations Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report. But most also believe that Hamas is responsible for those conditions.

The poll, conducted during August, found that 69% of respondents believed famine reports are accurate, with Democrats more likely than Republicans or Independents to accept those reports.

Regarding an opinion on who is responsible for the famine conditions, the poll found a similar breakdown, with 61% of all respondents blaming Hamas, Republicans (74%) and Independents (60%) more likely to blame Hamas, and with Democrats split between blaming Hamas or Israel largely along age lines. Democrats between the ages of 18-24 were more likely to blame famine conditions on Israel than the Hamas terror group.

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