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6. Seventy percent of U.S. adults support Israel's right to defend itself
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 05:12 PM
Apr 6

The vast majority of Americans accept the historical truth that Jews are indigenous to Israel, and those that don't are often motivated by antisemitism² Claiming that Iarael is engaged in apartheid is antisemitic, as well as claiming that the Jewish state shouldn't exist.

The numbers used by Hamas are incorrect.³⁴

¹https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5107276-bipartisan-support-israel-hamas-peace/

²https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/allegation-israel-settler-colonialist-enterprise

³https://www.jns.org/hamas-vastly-inflated-gaza-death-statistics-study-shows/

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-gaza-health-ministry-fakes-casualty-numbers

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