Has Support for Israel Become Gen Z’s Scapegoat?
A new Yale Youth Poll found that 27 percent of 18-to 22-year-olds say Jews have “too much power.” Another 21 percent support boycotting Jewish-owned businesses, and 18 percent of 18-to 22-year-olds said Jews have a negative impact on the United States. Among voters overall, 35 percent agreed with ending all foreign aid to Israel. That share rises to 55 percent of voters aged 18-22 and 52 percent of voters aged 23-29. (RELATED: Post-Identity Antisemitism: The New Obsession With Israel)These numbers signal a growing hostility in which Jews are becoming the proxy for a generation’s financial fears and cultural chaos.
- ▪A new Yale Youth Poll found that 27 percent of 18-to 22-year-olds say Jews have “too much power.” Another 21 percent support boycotting Jewish-owned businesses, and 18 percent of 18-to 22-year-olds said Jews have a negative impact on the Un
- ▪Among voters overall, 35 percent agreed with ending all foreign aid to Israel.
- ▪That share rises to 55 percent of voters aged 18-22 and 52 percent of voters aged 23-29. (RELATED: Post-Identity Antisemitism: The New Obsession With Israel)These numbers signal a growing hostility in which Jews are becoming the proxy for a
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When more than 100 Congressional Democrats — and a solitary Republican crossing the aisle — voted last week to strip military aid from Israel, it revealed a growing cultural undercurrent in which Israel, and increasingly, Jews themselves, are becoming the preferred scapegoats for a generation’s economic and moral anxieties.Recent polling reveals that 29 percent of Americans aged 18-44 now view Jews as a “threat to the unity of American society.” Among Gen Z, the numbers are even more concerning, as only 52 percent believe Israel has a right to exist.
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