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No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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there are like a dozen different cease fire stories every dayTo us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Oh yes it does!Originally posted by The Mad Monk View Post
What about we try a different wording. Like "Israel refuses to pull troops from Gaza".In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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How about "Hamas resumes firing during Eid"?No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Thamks for admitting that the headline doesn't "say it all".In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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I don't expect the US to do anything significant about this anytime soon.
More Americans blame Hamas over Israel for violence, poll finds
A new poll shows most Americans continue to side with Israel in the conflict. (John Moore / Getty Images)
By David Lauter contact the reporter
About twice as many Americans blame Hamas over Israel for the current fighting in Gaza, poll shows
Opinions about whether Israel has gone too far in Gaza show sharp partisan division
Younger Americans, Latinos and blacks all less likely to back Israel than are older whites
Americans blame Hamas over Israel for the fighting in Gaza by a roughly 2-1 margin, according to a new poll, which shows a significant partisan divide in U.S. reaction.
About 4 in 10 Americans say that Hamas is most responsible for the violence while 2 in 10 put most of the responsibility on Israel, the new survey by the Pew Research Center shows. An additional 14% of respondents blamed both sides and about 3 in 10 said they did not know.
The survey also showed that about 1 in 4 Americans said they thought Israel had gone "too far" in its response to the conflict -- almost exactly the same percentage who took that view in previous Gaza fighting in 2009 and in Israel's 2006 battle with the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
About half of Americans said they thought that Israel's response in the current fighting had been about right (35%) or had not gone far enough (15%).
Those results are in keeping with long-standing trends in U.S. public opinion, which has consistently sided with Israel, particularly during Middle Eastern wars. The one exception, where support for Israel dropped significantly, was during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the early 1980s.
Although Israel continues to command greater sympathy in the U.S., the new survey showed some significant divisions along partisan and generational lines. Younger Americans and Democrats were more closely divided in their opinions about the conflict than were older Americans and Republicans.
Democrats split almost evenly on which side bore the greater responsibility for the current violence, with 29% blaming Hamas and 26% Israel and 18% citing both. Republicans overwhelmingly blamed Hamas, 60% to 13%, with 10% citing both sides.
Not surprisingly, given those numbers, Republican members of Congress mostly have offered unstinting support for Israel's military actions. The Obama administration has repeatedly said it supports Israel's right to defend itself but has also raised concerns about the number of casualties among Gaza residents, whose death toll has exceeded 1,000, and has tried to negotiate a cease-fire.
Generational and racial divisions reflect the partisan gap. On the question of whether Israel has gone too far, 29% of those younger than 30 and 22% of those older than 65 said it had done so. Just 22% of whites, but 36% of blacks and 35% of Latinos said Israel had gone too far.
Americans 65 and older were more than twice as likely to say they were paying close attention to news of the Gaza fighting than were those ages 18 to 29.
Among those who identify as liberal Democrats, 44% said Israel's actions have been excessive, while 33% said they had been about right and 7% said they had not gone far enough. Among conservative Republicans, only 10% said Israel had gone too far, 51% said its actions had been about right, and 21% said Israel had not gone far enough.
The Pew survey is based on July 24-27 telephone interviews with 1,005 adult Americans. The results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.
For more news on politics and policy, follow me on Twitter @DavidLauter
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21% of republicans think not enough people have been murdered
seems lowTo us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Yeah, the party with no active Jews in Congress supports the Jews more than the party that has Jewish members. Go figure. (that was on the latest Bill M show)It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
RIP Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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Oh yeah! They lost their token member, Eric Cantor.
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If by the US not doing anything of significance MM means military aid, complacent media, support of the rebellion against Bashar Al-Assad, diplomatic isolation of Iran, then he is correct.In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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also, that "support" is hilarious, considering the GOP and Hamas want the same thing... destruction of Israel
I don't know which is worse... wanting that out of hate or wanting that because you believe it brings Jeebuz back.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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IDF almost bombs CNN reporter live on air.
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Since you want all of that stopped, yes, that is exactly what I mean.Originally posted by Oncle Boris View PostNo, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Israeli crowds calling for Palestinian genocide. These people are shameless monsters.
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