Washington Watch Articles From 2026
American Voters Want a Change in Policy Towards Israel
Recent polls of US voters by several national public opinion research companies demonstrate that there is a steep decline in overall support for Israel. For example, in February of this year, Gallup showed that when asked with whom they most sympathized, 41% of respondents said Palestinians as opposed to only 36% who named Israel. This stands in marked contrast with results to the same question asked by Gallup in 2023 in which 54% of respondents said they sympathized more with Israel while 36% said they were more sympathetic to Palestinians. Then, just a few weeks ago, Pew released a poll in which 60% of respondents had an unfavorable view of Israel.
We Don’t Need an Autopsy to Tell Us What We Already Know
A mini-brouhaha has erupted over whether or not the Democratic National Committee has buried an “autopsy” report on its party loss in the 2024 presidential election. Some fear that the report isn’t being released because it suggests the defeat was the Harris campaign’s failure to break with the Biden administration’s disastrous policy that enabled Israel’s sustained genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza. As a result, some groups are charging the DNC with a coverup and demanding that the autopsy report be released.