One-third of Jewish-American teens say they 'sympathise' with Hamas, Israeli government poll shows

More than one-third of American-Jewish teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18 agree with the statement, "I sympathise with Hamas" - more than a year into Israel's war on Gaza, according to a new poll released by an Israeli government ministry.

The survey released by Israel's Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism found that 36.7 percent of American-Jewish teens either "agreed" or "strongly agreed" to the statement, "I sympathise with Hamas", Israeli media reported on Thursday.

The number contrasted sharply with the seven percent of Jewish teens living outside of the US who agreed with that statement.

An even greater percentage of American-Jewish teens, 41.3 percent, agreed with the statement that Israel was "committing genocide" in Gaza. Only 10 percent of Jewish teens living outside the US agreed with that statement.

A majority, 66 percent, said that they sympathise with the Palestinian people as a whole.

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