Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)

Mr. Sparkle said
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%).

I think this also illustrates how out of touch we are with 18-24 year olds. All the questions are framed around Hamas and Israel. Palestine is literally not mentioned at all in this poll. The first thing out of the mouth of my students is Palestine. There's a definite disconnect there in the conversations we are having as opposed to them. That goes on to affect the nuance through which they are answering the questions versus older Americans.

Dave, this also leads credence though to my argument in the debate we were having a week ago. These are American kids you were talking about deporting.