Majority of Americans believe Biden is mishandling aggression on Gaza

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: News websites
9 Nov 2023 16:39
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An AP-Norc poll reveals public opinion in the US regarding the Israeli war on Gaza, which shows that 40% of Americans believe "Israel" has crossed the line in the Strip.

People wave the Palestinian flag and hold placards during a demonstration of solidarity with Palestine and Gaza, calling for an end to the US-backed genocide of Gaza in Washington, DC, United States, on November 4, 2023. (AFP)

The majority of United States citizens believe that US President Joe Biden is inadequately handling the "Israel's" aggression on Gaza, a poll conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research revealed.

A staggering 63% of poll-takers said that Biden is not doing enough to manage the situation in occupied Palestine, bring a ceasefire, or limit civilian casualties. The survey was conducted from November 2 to 6, and shows that Americans are divided on whether "Israel's" actions in the Gaza Strip have gone too far.

According to the survey's results, 40% of Americans believe that "Israel's" response in the Gaza Strip has gone too far. However, a greater portion of Biden's Democratic Party answered yes when asked the same question, as 58% of Democrats share this belief.

Shockingly, 18% of Americans said that "Israel's" bombardment and shelling of the Gaza Strip has not gone far enough. The poll is being published at a time when over 10,500 Palestinians had been killed by "Israel" in the Gaza Strip, including upward of 4,300 children.

Biden admin support to "Israel" unwavering

The US has aided "Israel" with more than $10 billion since it launched its aggression on the Gaza Strip, securing an air corridor into occupied Palestine, which has supplied the occupation with the necessary bombs and shells that kill Palestinians.

The Pentagon emphasized the United States does not impose conditions on the usage of such weaponry; however, it does expect "Israel" to use the granted weapons in compliance with international law, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Wednesday.

Despite Israeli occupation forces committing massacres on a daily basis, as witnessed by the exceedingly large death toll in Gaza, the US has not condemned "Israel's" bombardment of residential areas, hospitals, schools, and ambulances.

However, CNN reported that some officials under the Biden administration are "distraught" by the scenes coming in from Palestine.

Some senior officials have privately relayed that there are aspects of "Israel’s military actions" that "they simply cannot stomach defending," amid growing calls for the US to back a ceasefire. Other officials have expressed being distraught by the incessant images of Palestinian civilians being killed by Israeli airstrikes.

The sources told CNN that one official said the whole situation has caused "great moral anxiety" that none can express since US President Joe Biden is "all in" with the Israeli occupation's actions.