Opinion Today
January 5, 2024
Americans Divided Over U.S. Involvement in Middle East Megan Brenan, Gallup Americans lack consensus in their views of the United States’ involvement in the Israel-Hamas conflict and its overall support for Israel and the Palestinians. Partisans are divided, with Republicans more sympathetic to Israel and Democrats to the Palestinians. While Netanyahu’s image has worsened in the U.S., a majority of Republicans continue to view him favorably.
A quarter of Americans believe FBI instigated Jan. 6, Post-UMD poll finds Tom Jackman, Scott Clement, Emily Guskin & Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post Twenty-five percent of Americans say it is “probably” or “definitely” true that the FBI instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a false concept promoted by right-wing media and repeatedly denied by federal law enforcement, according to a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.