The results of an opinion poll in the United States, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, showed that 62% of those who elected President Joe Biden in 2020 believe that Washington should stop arming Israel and not supply weapons to it.

One thousand people over the age of 18 participated in the survey conducted by the Center for Economic and Political Research (CEPR) and the research company “YouGov,” according to what Anadolu reported.

The survey included a question stating, “Experts say that Israel cannot carry out its attacks on the residents of Gaza, without receiving continuous supplies of weapons from the United States. Do you think that the United States should stop arming Israel and cut off its supply of weapons in order to stop its attacks on Gaza?”

According to the results of the poll, 62% of those who elected Biden in the last presidential elections answered “yes” to this question, compared to 14% “no” and 24% “neutral.”

On the other hand, 30% of those who elected former President Donald Trump in the 2020 elections answered “yes” to the question, compared to 55% “no” and 15% “neutral.”

Regarding the poll participants who did not vote in the 2020 elections, 60% supported stopping arming Israel, while 17% opposed stopping support, compared to 23% who expressed their neutrality.

Biden's allies in Congress are pressing

In a related context, an Associated Press report revealed yesterday, Tuesday, that President Joe Biden’s senior allies in the Senate are pressing to stop arming Israel, if the head of the occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, refuses to change his course regarding the war and prevent humanitarian aid from reaching the Gaza Strip.

The report indicated that a group of progressive Democrats in the Senate, led by Chris Coons, Biden's closest confidant in Congress, believe that the time has come to take a "tougher" position with the Netanyahu government regarding how it is managing the war.

Senator Chris Coons, a senator from Biden's home state of Delaware, recently called on the United States to stop arming Israel and cut off military aid to it if Netanyahu goes ahead with an attack on the city of Rafah, without a clear plan to protect more than a million civilians sheltering there.

“Continuing US military support for Israel at current levels becomes unacceptable when Israel shows that it is not willing to listen to us,” Coons added.

While Senator Jack Reed, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, appealed to Biden to deploy the US Navy to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

As for Senator Tim Kaine, a Biden ally, he challenged the US strikes on the Houthis, saying that “American strikes are unlikely to stop attacks in the Red Sea,” while calling on Israel to “change course.”

On the other hand, Democrats in Congress are reluctant to be seen as challenging the Democratic president's handling of the conflict, aware that criticism could further weaken Biden in his arduous re-election campaign against former President Donald Trump, according to the same report.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, leaving tens of thousands of civilian victims, most of them children and women, in addition to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and massive destruction of infrastructure, which led to Tel Aviv appearing before the International Court of Justice, charged with "genocide".