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A well-documented shift in how young Americans perceive Israel in recent years has become the subject of heated debate, most notably among some technologists and politicians keen to point the ...
But it has grown less among younger people, with only about 20% now expressing support for Israel compared to 14% in 2014; the share of older Americans backing Israel has nearly doubled to 56% ...
A frail-looking Bill Clinton called out “young Arab Americans” in a hoarse defense of Israel’s deadly war against Hamas in Gaza during a stump speech in Michigan — a swing state with a ...
Stephen Suleyman Schwartz, an American Muslim author, contends that Israel is the historic, sacred land of the Jews, given to the Jews by God "as their eternal home". [80] The American-Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) was formed in March 2003. [81] The group advocates a liberal Islam, compatible with democracy and American values. [82]
Muslims have made several arguments to oppose the state of Israel. Importantly, the vast majority of Palestinians (around 93%) [64] follow Islam. Quran 22:39–40 gives permission for Muslims to fight those who "drove them from their homes", thus some Muslims believed jihad against Israel was justified due to the 1948 Palestinian expulsions. [65]
As Islam developed it gradually became the major religion closest to Judaism, both of them being strictly Monotheist religious traditions originating in a Semitic Middle Eastern culture. As opposed to Christianity , which originated from interaction between ancient Greek and Hebrew cultures, Islam is similar to Judaism in its fundamental ...
Although the poll showed that Americans overwhelmingly view Israel as more of a friend than a foe, it also found that they are divided on whether Israel is a country with which the U.S. shares ...
“Being a fourth-generation American, I don’t see a juxtaposition between being a Muslim and being American. I’ve always been a little different — I’m also Mexican American. All my life I’ve only fit in 90 percent, so it’s just kind of a different 90 percent between am I American or am I Muslim.”