Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)

livefromDC said
I can't say none are thinking it, but I don't think it's most. Perhaps that's naive but I liken it to the college kids during Vietnam. Plenty were against the war but were most violent in their disdain for the war? I don't think so. I think most college kids think Hamas should be eradicated but that Palestinians should not be marginalized.

Harvard/Harris did a poll a week or so after the Oct 7 attack that showed that 18-24 year olds were much more likely to disbelieve that Hamas committed any atrocities and/or believe that the hospital explosion was an Israeli attack.

I blame a large part of that on TikTok. You click on one pro-Hamas clip and then the algorithm/hamster wheel is off and running.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...-hamas-and-us-policy-on-israel-301963636.html
SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF YOUNG VOTERS HAVE THEIR OWN FACTS, DENY ATROCITIES COMMITTED

17% of voters think it is a false story that Hamas terrorists killed 1200 Israeli civilians by shooting, raping and beheading people (ages 18-24: 32%; ages 65+: 10%).
46% of voters say that Israel, not Hamas, rules Gaza (ages 18-24: 53%; ages 65+: 32%).
33% of voters think the explosion at a Gaza hospital explosion was caused by an Israeli airstrike rather than a terrorist rocket that went off-course (ages 18-24: 45%; ages 65+: 13%).