Support for President Joe Biden's response to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas among Jewish Americans has remained steady despite criticism of his performance from some on the left and the right.
A November poll from the Jewish Electorate Institute found that 74% of Jewish voters approve of how Biden has handled the war, including a slight majority of younger Jewish voters. That stands in contrast to recent polls from The New York Times and NBC News that show most voters don't approve of how he's handled the war.
"There could not be a stronger leader more aligned with the interests of the Jewish community than President Joe Biden," Halie Soifer, chief executive of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, told The Hill.
"He has not only stood by Israel in his unequivocal condemnation of terror, support of Israel's security and its right to self-defense, but he has also pledged that he supports the American Jewish community as it faces this rising scourge of hate."
But some Democrats disagree, as polling shows a split in how they view Israel and how it has handled the war.
A Times/Siena poll released last month revealed that 31% of Democrats said they sympathize with Israel, while 34% said their sympathies lie with Palestinians; 16% said their sympathies lie with both.
"The divide between Jews, the Democrats, is not new," Democrat strategist Hank Sheinkopf said. "It's been going on for a while. The more observant community left the Democrats a long time ago and now other people are starting to get the message, which is they're not welcome unless they conform to a particular point of view."
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