{"id":2127927,"date":"2023-12-18T11:04:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T16:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shocker-51-of-gen-z-think-israel-should-be-ended-and-given-to-hamas\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T16:07:14","slug":"poll-shocker-51-of-gen-z-think-israel-should-be-ended-and-given-to-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shocker-51-of-gen-z-think-israel-should-be-ended-and-given-to-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising poll: Over half of Gen Z believes Israel should be &#8216;ended and given to Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-shocker-51-of-gen-z-think-israel-should-be-ended-and-given-to-hamas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2127927&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<h2>Survey Reveals Shocking Views of\u2062 Gen Z on Israel\u200b and Palestine<\/h2>\n<p>More than half of the members of Generation Z responding to a new survey about the Middle East believe the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/finding-hope-in-the-ravi-zacharias-scandal\/\" title=\"Finding Hope In The Ravi Zacharias Scandal\">long-term answer<\/a> to peace is \u2063for Israel\u2019s land\u2064 to be given to the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/harvardharrispoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HHP_Dec23_KeyResults.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard-Harris survey<\/a> was conducted\u2064 online from Dec. 13-14\u200c among 2,034 registered U.S. voters. No margin of error was given.<\/p>\n<p>The survey found that on several questions concerning \u2064Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian people\u200b received far more support from voters between the ages of 18 and 24 than \u200cfrom any other age \u200bgroup.<\/p>\n<p>One question on the long-term future of the region gave \u200brespondents three options: \u201cfor\u2063 Arab states to absorb the Palestinians, for\u2063 there to be two states, \u2062Israel and Palestine, or for Israel to be ended and given to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/netanyahu-warns-hamas-end-leaked-video-seems-show-surrendering-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a> and the Palestinians?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-one percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-shocker-20-gen-z-think-holocaust-myth-28-believe-jews-much-power-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gen Z<\/a> \u200c respondents said Israel should be abolished, with 32 percent saying there should be two states and 17 percent favoring Arab stats\u200d absorbing the\u2062 Palestinians.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s such a \u2062messy poll, too. 69%\u2063 of gen z thinks Israel has a right to exist as a jewish homeland \u2013 but also 51% of them\u200b think Israel should be ended and given to Hamas and the Palestinians. There really are no words.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Courtney (@courtsideview85) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/courtsideview85\/status\/1736191448037335303?\">December\u2062 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following a pattern throughout \u200dthe questions on Hamas and the Middle East, respondents 25-34\u200b were the only \u2063ones close to Gen\u2064 Z, with 31 percent favoring the end of Israel, 49 percent a two-state solution and 20 percent having Arab nations deal \u200dwith the issue.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Has\u2064 the American educational system failed Gen Z?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\"> \t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t<label>Yes<\/label> \t\t<label>No<\/label> \t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\"> \t\t \t\tCompleting this poll \u200centitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge via email. You may \u200copt out at\u200c anytime. You also agree to\u200c our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\"> \t\t\t \t\t\tYes: 100% (2 Votes) \t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\"> \t\t\t \t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes) \t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t \t\t \t \t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) { \t\t\tvar name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;; \t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie); \t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;); \t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3554303\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:>  <\/p>\n<p>When respondents \u200cover 65 gave their answers, only 4 percent\u200d would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shocking-poll-finds-nearly-quarter-gen-z-ban-bible-hate-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abolish Israel<\/a>, 71 percent support two states and 25 percent supported\u2064 letting Arab\u2063 states house the Palestinians. Overall, only \u206419 percent of those responding favored an end to Israel, 60 percent called for two states, and 21 percent felt Arab states should take in the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas said the poll\u2062 provided disturbing results, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/12\/16\/news\/majority-of-americans-18-24-think-israel-should-be-ended-and-given-to-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EVERYONE should be scared of\u200b Gen Z! REMEMBER \u2026 GEN\u200b Z is the only age\u200b group where a majority say that Hamas\u2019s Slaughter of Families, Burning &#038; Beheading of Babies,\u200d and Raping of Women was\u2063 justified. Perverse Generation! Harvard\/Harris\u2062 Poll (page 43)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fEpkBxnSPC\">https:\/\/t.co\/fEpkBxnSPC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lsrAGPiivG\">pic.twitter.com\/lsrAGPiivG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dTed (@streetlevel) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/streetlevel\/status\/1734267374394650626?\">December 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese individuals siding with evil over democracy should be a wake-up call,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdeological rot among young Americans, driven by woke values and\u200c victim culture, has gotten so bad they\u2019ve convinced themselves to sympathize with actual terrorists who hate America,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The poll said that overall, 84 percent of respondents said the Oct. 7\u200b attack \u2063on Israel was terrorism, with younger voters in\u2063 the 18-24 and 25-34 range\u2063 the \u2062lowest at 73 percent and 71 percent respectively.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the Oct. 7 attack\u2064 was justified by the grievances of \u2062the Palestinians, overall 73 percent said it was not justified, but the younger age range\u2063 felt very differently.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The poll numbers\u200c are disastrous for Israel: 24 percent of Gen Z voters believe that Hamas did\u2064 not\u200d commit rapes and other \u2063crimes against women on october 7, but 51 percent of Gen Z voters believe \u2018Israel should be ended and given over to Hamas \u200dand the Palestinians\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RB9J4cV63G\">pic.twitter.com\/RB9J4cV63G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 M (@elsthekid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elsthekid\/status\/1736069082452025517?\">December 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the 18-24 age range, 60 percent said the attack was\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hamas-militant-assumes-top-post-predecessor-killed-idf-tenure-violently-cut-short-just-days-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">justified<\/a>. In the 25-35 range, 44 percent,\u200b the next highest, said it was justified. This compares with respondents over 65 of \u200dwhom only 9 percent said it was justified.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, respondents supported Israel 81 \u200dpercent to 19 percent in the ongoing war, but the balance was 50-50 in the 18-24 age group, with support for Hamas declining with age.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-shocker-51-gen-z-think-israel-ended-given-hamas\/\">Poll Shocker: 51% of Gen Z Think Israel Should be &#8216;Ended and Given to Hamas&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/ca.length><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are some \u200bof the alarming views \u200bheld by Gen Z regarding Israel and Palestine, according to the survey?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  M mentality,\u2062 is threatening the long-standing support for \u200bIsrael and the \u2063principles of democracy that our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-prohibits-trump-from-talking-to-known-witnesses-in-jan-6-case\/\" title=\"Judge bars Trump from contacting key witnesses in Jan. 6 case.\">nation holds dear<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marshall&#8217;s concerns are echoed by many who find the results of the survey \u2064alarming. The fact that a majority of Gen Z respondents \u200bbelieve Israel should\u200b be ended and given to Hamas and\u2064 the Palestinians is\u200c a worrisome indicator of the mindset prevalent among this generation. It raises questions about the education system\u200d and the\u200b values that are being imparted to our youth.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Gen Z&#8217;s views have \u2064come under scrutiny. Previous polls have \u200crevealed disturbing beliefs among this age group, including a significant number denying the Holocaust&#8217;s existence and harboring anti-Semitic sentiments. Such findings are deeply troubling and signal a lack of historical understanding and sensitivity.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to examine\u200d the factors that have contributed to these startling perceptions among Gen Z. The influence of social media, which is\u200d known to perpetuate echo chambers and confirmation biases, cannot be underestimated. The easy access\u200b to information,\u200c albeit potentially\u2062 unreliable and \u200cbiased sources, has shaped the worldview of these \u2062young individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the education system must bear some responsibility for \u200dfailing to impart critical thinking skills and promoting a\u2063 balanced\u2064 understanding of complex geopolitical issues. Educators need to encourage open discussions, provide students with multiple perspectives, and foster empathy, \u2063tolerance, and \u2064respect for diverse opinions.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial that individuals in\u2064 positions of influence exercise care in shaping young minds. Parents, guardians, teachers, and community leaders must actively engage with Gen Z, encourage independent thought, and promote a nuanced \u2063understanding of \u200cglobal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, \u200bit is crucial to\u200d combat misinformation and challenge false narratives. Organizations, media outlets, and the government should work together to provide accurate and reliable information regarding Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Engaging in dialogue\u2063 with Gen Z and\u200c addressing \u2062the root causes of their beliefs is vital for cultivating an environment that champions peace, \u200bharmony, and mutual understanding. It \u2062is imperative\u2064 to emphasize the\u200b importance of democratic values, human rights, and the principles of\u200d justice and equality for all.<\/p>\n<p>While the results\u2064 of the Harvard-Harris survey are certainly concerning, they also serve as a wake-up call for society. It is our \u2062collective responsibility to bridge the divide, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-experts-express-hope-that-college-censorship-is-waning-at-aei-event\/\" title=\"Conservative experts optimistic about declining college censorship at AEI event.\">foster critical thinking<\/a>,\u200d and instill a sense of global citizenship in Gen Z. Only then\u2064 can we hope to create a future generation that is informed, empathetic,\u2063 and committed to working towards\u2063 a just and peaceful world.<\/p>\n<p> <\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 50% of Generation Z respondents in a recent Harvard-Harris survey believe that for lasting peace in the Middle East, Israel should give its land to the Palestinians. 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