How Americans view Israel and the Israel-Hamas war at the start of Trump’s second term, P2
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By LAURA SILVER
April 8, 2025
Source: PEW Research Center
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How important Americans say the Israel-Hamas war is to them personally
A slight majority of Americans (54%) say the Israel-Hamas war is either very or somewhat important to them personally. This is down from 65% who said the same in January 2024, a few months after the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023.
Republicans and Democrats are about equally likely to describe the conflict as personally important. (In this analysis, all references to Republicans and Democrats include independents who lean toward each party.)
In both parties, people ages 50 and older are more likely than younger adults to say the conflict is important to them personally. But among Republicans, the gap between older and younger adults (18 percentage points) is wider than it is among Democrats (10 points). Younger Republicans are also considerably more likely than older Republicans to say they are not sure whether the war is important to them personally (17% and 7%, respectively).
Jewish Americans are particularly likely to say the conflict is important to them personally, with 93% saying this, including 74% who consider it very important.
Large shares of Muslims (68%) and White evangelical Protestants (66%) say the conflict is either very or somewhat important to them personally. Smaller shares of Catholics (56%) and religiously unaffiliated adults (47%) also say they feel this way.
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