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In reply to the discussion: John Stewart - "I know what I'm seeing in Gaza, [View all]OrangeJoe
(536 posts)You say "The people of Israel bear no ill will towards the people of Palestine." Let's look at a couple of polls.
"The survey conducted by Professor Tamir Sorek of Pennsylvania State University, published here in Haaretz together with Professor Shay Hazkani, examined what the authors called "eliminatory" attitudes among Jewish Israelis and their theological roots. A majority of 56 percent of Jews supported the "transfer (forced expulsion) of Arab citizens of Israel to other countries." And when asked directly whether they agreed with the position that the IDF, "when conquering an enemy city, should act in a manner similar to the way the Israelites acted when they conquered Jericho under the leadership of Joshua, namely, to kill all its inhabitants?" nearly half, 47 percent, agreed.
https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/poll-show-most-jewish-israelis-support-expelling-gazans
Here's another one for you. "A poll from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in early June provided a chilling statistic: An overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis agree with the idea of there being no innocents in Gaza. 64% of the Israeli public agree with this statement, almost two out of three people. But it is actually considerably higher among Jewish Israelis, because that number is weighted by Palestinians with Israeli citizenship.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/poll-overwhelming-majority-of-jewish-israelis-share-genocidal-belief-there-are-no-innocent-people-in-gaza/
So yeah, contrary to your assertions many of Israelis bear a whole lot of ill will towards Palestinians.
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