Mabinty Quarshie is the national politics correspondent for the Washington Examiner. Before joining the Washington Examiner, Mabinty was a national political reporter and assistant elections editor at USA Today. She holds a bachelor’s from George Mason University and a master’s in journalism from Georgetown University.
As the war between Israel and Hamas continues, an overwhelming majority of voters are concerned that the conflict in the Middle East could spread into a broader war, according to new polling this week.
In the wake of Hamas launching a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, more than half of voters, 64%, approved of the U.S. sending weapons and military equipment to Israel. Republicans at 79% were more likely than Democrats at 59% and independents at 61% to support sending weapons to Israel. Some progressives have called for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, citing innocent civilian deaths as part of their reasoning.
A little more than half of voters, 52%, said the U.S. support of Israel is about right, 20% think the U.S. is not supportive enough of Israel, and 20% think the U.S. is too supportive of Israel. A majority of voters, 72%, placed the blame for the current crisis on Hamas, while 10% blamed Israel, 6% placed culpability on both sides, and 12% didn't offer an opinion.
President Joe Biden is currently in Israel as the White House reportedly weighs a $100 billion request for the key American ally and Ukraine. His main opponent in the GOP presidential primary, former President Donald Trump, warned this week that the Middle East crisis could escalate into a global conflict."The one thing that we really have to be careful of is World War Three because we're right on the cusp of World War Three," Trump said at an Adel, Iowa, campaign rally on Monday.
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