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A survey of US Jewish voters conducted after the recent Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip has found that a quarter of respondents believe the occupying entity is an apartheid regime committing genocide against Palestinians.
The study, based on interviews with 800 Jewish voters, was commissioned by the Jewish Electorate Institute and then released on Tuesday.
The findings showed that 25 percent of the voters regarded Israel as an “apartheid” regime and 22 percent agreed that “Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians.”
The poll also found that 34 percent of the US Jewish voters agreed that “Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is similar to racism in the United States.”
Among the respondents, 20 percent agreed with the statement “Israel doesn’t have a right to exist,” and 38 percent said they were “not attached” emotionally to Israel.
The survey was carried out online and via texts between June 28 and July 1 with an overall margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
Gaza has been under an Israeli land, air and sea blockade since June 2007. The crippling siege has caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty in the Gaza Strip.
Since 2008, Israel has waged three wars against Gaza and thousands of Gazans have been martyred in each of these deadly wars.
