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Source: https://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/47th-edition-spring-2024
Harvard Survey: Most Young Americans Sympathize with Both the Israeli and Palestinian People
(Harvard Kennedy School) A poll conducted on March 14-21, 2024, by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that 18-to-29-year-olds nationwide sympathize with both the Israeli (52%) and the Palestinian people (56%). 17% expressed sympathy toward Hamas; for those told that Hamas was an Islamist militant group, sympathy dipped to 13%. Only 38% of young Americans are following the news about the war between Israel and Hamas very or somewhat closely. Asked whether or not they believe Israel's response so far to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas has been justified, 45% say they don't know, 21% say Israel's response was justified, and 32% believe it was not justified.