Majority of Americans support halting flow of US arms to Israel: Poll

The majority of Americans support blocking arms shipments to Israel until the current campaign of death and destruction by the occupying regime ends, a new poll says.

The poll, conducted by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) think tank between February 27 and March 1, suggested that more than 50 percent of Americans want the administration of US President Joe Biden to stop sending arms to Israel.

“Fifty-two percent of Americans agree that the US government should halt weapons shipments to Israel until Israel stops its attacks on Gaza,” the economic policy think tank said in a statement, citing a new YouGov poll it commissioned.

According to the results released on Tuesday, 62 percent of respondents who voted for Biden in 2020 wanted Washington to halt weapon support to Israel until the brutal war comes to an end.

The statement of the poll by the Washington-based think tank was “The US should stop weapons shipments to Israel until Israel discontinues its attacks on the people of Gaza”, to which only 14 percent of Biden voters disagreed.

“By contrast, only 30 percent of Trump voters support halting US weapons shipments, while a majority (55 percent) oppose, and another 15 percent say they are unsure,” CEPR added.