After more than 100 days of fighting since the October 7 massacre, Hamas issued an official document, in Arabic and English, to appeal to international public opinion and try to correct its negative image. A new survey, conducted by Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, sought to examine whether the American public believes the organization’s false claims. The poll shows that up to 35% of people under the age of 45 support Hamas’ claims made in the document. According to the findings, this support is also evident among those who define themselves as supporters of Israel’s war in Gaza (about 20%).
The new survey, conducted among 530 American citizens aged 18-65, was based on quotes from the Hamas document to test the level of support among the U.S. public for the organization’s claims. While previous polls in the U.S. showed support for Israel, the new findings indicate that a significant part of the population accepts pro-Palestinian claims that deny or minimize Hamas’ deliberate harm to civilians, the rape of women, and the kidnapping of Israeli hostages. “In the current survey, we told the respondents that the allegations were directly attributed to Hamas, and they even received a link to the terrorist organization’s full document in English,” explains Dr. Mansdorf, a political psychologist. He adds: “The purpose of the study was to check whether the knowledge that the allegations were directly attributed to Hamas, which is officially...
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