Poll: More Than 50 Percent of Americans Oppose Weapons Shipments to Israel
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6 March 2024 11:26 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A US think tank revealed on Tuesday that more than 50% of Americans want the Joe Biden administration to halt weapons shipments to Israel until it stops its attacks on the Gaza Strip.
"Fifty-two percent of Americans agree that the US government should halt weapons shipments to Israel until Israel stops its attacks on Gaza," the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) said in a statement, citing a new YouGov poll it commissioned.
CEPR said the poll revealed a major partisan split as 62% of the respondents who voted for President Biden in 2020 agree with the statement ‘The US should stop weapons shipments to Israel until Israel discontinues its attacks on the people of Gaza’ while just 14% disagree.
By contrast, CEPR said only 30% of Trump voters support halting US weapons shipments, while a majority (55%) oppose, and another 15% say they are unsure. The poll was conducted between Feb. 27 - March 1.
Israel has launched a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7 attack by the Palestinian group Hamas. Israel said the attack killed around 1,200 people.
At least 30,631 Palestinians have since been killed and 72,043 others injured amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.
According to several media reports, the US has provided 21,000 precision-guided munitions to Israel since October. Other types of munitions and weapons include tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells, thousands of bunker-buster munitions, and 200 kamikaze drones.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi also calls Western countries to halt weapons shipments to Israel, as well as stop the military aggression in the enclave.
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